Whenever I hear about the issue with English players not getting along due to their clubs, I think about the contemporary Italy side. People love to talk about the legendary defensive trio of Cannavaro, Nesta and Maldini, but fail to realize that they were the *captains* of their clubs back then (Parma, Lazio and AC Milan. Yes, Nesta only joined Milan _after_ Maldini retired from Italy), and the attacking side of the Azzurri also featured the *captains* of Roma (Totti) and Juventus (Del Piero), all while featuring star players from Inter (like Vieri), Atalanta (Doni) and Fiorentina (Di Livio) just to talk about the examples from the 2002 World Cup alone. Those teams were fighting for not just Italian success, but continental success. However, when they would wear the Italy shirt, all their rivalries were gone. This can also be seen in the recent Euro 2020 win. Italy had either the captain or a key player from AC Milan (Donnarumma), Juventus (Chiellini-Bonucci-Chiesa), Inter (Bastoni-Barella), Napoli (Insigne-Di Lorenzo), Lazio (Immobile), Roma (Spinazzola), Fiorentina (Castrovilli), Sassuolo (Berardi-Locatelli) and Torino (Belotti). You think they all just argued and fought the whole time? No, because, for that month, they were just *Italy* players. I wonder why couldn't England do the same with their Golden Generations. I guess they needed a Southgate-like figure back then, since he did always manage to bring England as close as possible to a victory in those years
Whenever I hear about the issue with English players not getting along due to their clubs, I think about the contemporary Italy side. People love to talk about the legendary defensive trio of Cannavaro, Nesta and Maldini, but fail to realize that they were the *captains* of their clubs back then (Parma, Lazio and AC Milan. Yes, Nesta only joined Milan _after_ Maldini retired from Italy), and the attacking side of the Azzurri also featured the *captains* of Roma (Totti) and Juventus (Del Piero), all while featuring star players from Inter (like Vieri), Atalanta (Doni) and Fiorentina (Di Livio) just to talk about the examples from the 2002 World Cup alone.
Those teams were fighting for not just Italian success, but continental success. However, when they would wear the Italy shirt, all their rivalries were gone.
This can also be seen in the recent Euro 2020 win. Italy had either the captain or a key player from AC Milan (Donnarumma), Juventus (Chiellini-Bonucci-Chiesa), Inter (Bastoni-Barella), Napoli (Insigne-Di Lorenzo), Lazio (Immobile), Roma (Spinazzola), Fiorentina (Castrovilli), Sassuolo (Berardi-Locatelli) and Torino (Belotti). You think they all just argued and fought the whole time? No, because, for that month, they were just *Italy* players.
I wonder why couldn't England do the same with their Golden Generations. I guess they needed a Southgate-like figure back then, since he did always manage to bring England as close as possible to a victory in those years
Great Video man. Keep it up
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