Quote Originally Posted by dml1954 View Post
Italy obviously haven't got any top players, otherwise they would have qualified. Sweden are there on merit and deserve it. To qualify out of that group is a major achievement. Theres a lot of 'snobbery' about regarding the so called major teams like Italy who have no divine right to appear at the World Cup. The competition will be all the better for them not being there with their dull, boring, time wasting and diving type of game.
If Italy are so great, how come they have an Immobile striker? Christ, we had Kenwyne Jones...