Comments on: The end of an era for Italy http://www.footballiscominghome.info/qualification/italy/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthias http://www.footballiscominghome.info/qualification/italy/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Matthias Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:44:18 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=193#comment-8 I agree with Alegi's assessment, but view it as a problem not only for the Azzuri, but for any team which has been hugely successful in the past... For example, Germany made the same mistake in the 1990s after winning the world cup in 1990... Playing Matthaeus for another two world cups in 1994 and 1998 and in the Eurocup in 2000 was just too much love for long-gone glory... Germany exited both worldcups in the quarterfinals, the worst results produced by a German team since 1978, and the Eurocup 2000 in the group stages. It seems as if football teams, just like any enterprise, need a sound balance between a learning- and performance orientation. This is something that most knowledge-intensive companies are very-well aware of... But something that football coaches all too often forget... Young players and the team as a whole need to be developed, just as companies invest in new product and technologies before they can be taken to the market and realize profits... Giving teams the time to learn and develop allows them to realize their full potential - and there is certainly no lack of potential on the Italian side. I agree with Alegi’s assessment, but view it as a problem not only for the Azzuri, but for any team which has been hugely successful in the past… For example, Germany made the same mistake in the 1990s after winning the world cup in 1990… Playing Matthaeus for another two world cups in 1994 and 1998 and in the Eurocup in 2000 was just too much love for long-gone glory… Germany exited both worldcups in the quarterfinals, the worst results produced by a German team since 1978, and the Eurocup 2000 in the group stages. It seems as if football teams, just like any enterprise, need a sound balance between a learning- and performance orientation. This is something that most knowledge-intensive companies are very-well aware of… But something that football coaches all too often forget… Young players and the team as a whole need to be developed, just as companies invest in new product and technologies before they can be taken to the market and realize profits… Giving teams the time to learn and develop allows them to realize their full potential – and there is certainly no lack of potential on the Italian side.

]]> By: William Rosselli Del turco http://www.footballiscominghome.info/qualification/italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 William Rosselli Del turco Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:02:31 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=193#comment-5 It is beyond frustrating to see the Azzurri make the same mistakes as in the past. And to make things worse, the U-21 and the players in their mid-20's are DOMINATING Italian soccer unlike their predecessors. There's no one who knows Italian soccer who is not excited, in real, concrete terms, about the explosiveness of emerging Italian soccer players. Alegi is wrong for not being crazy about Cassano, who has a way with the ball that Bruno Conti could only dream of. He is right, of course, in mentioning the great Antognoni. It is beyond frustrating to see the Azzurri make the same mistakes as in the past. And to make things worse, the U-21 and the players in their mid-20’s are DOMINATING Italian soccer unlike their predecessors. There’s no one who knows Italian soccer who is not excited, in real, concrete terms, about the explosiveness of emerging Italian soccer players.

Alegi is wrong for not being crazy about Cassano, who has a way with the ball that Bruno Conti could only dream of. He is right, of course, in mentioning the great Antognoni.

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