It is not surprising when Italy secured their quarter-final against England. Yes, they are not like the rivalry between the German-Dutch rivalry against the backdrop of World War history. Was not such as Argentina, Brazil to fight the status of the football authorities in the continent.
Although these two countries into European and world football mecca, Britain and Italy alone is rarely met in the highest competition level. Sonder rivalry meeting. Quiet.
But, that does not mean the quarter-finals this time the party did not present a high tension between the two. Differences in the philosophy of football supporters often lead these countries to argue and insult each other.
English fans and journalists often label the Italian football as football is dirty, lazy, defensive, and full of fraud. While fans and the media play football English Italian judge who is too naive and honest.
Utopia versus Realism
Culture in the field, or in the stadium stands, can not be separated from the culture that developed in the community concerned. Most of the values in English football came from the Protestant ethic that has respect for the law and regulations. The same values taught that hard work and honesty is the highest value that can be owned by someone.
While Italy has a different culture, that culture is the concept of regulation is a relative concept. That the difference between truth and falsehood, between fair-play and cheating, are not always black and white. There are spaces for imagination and interpretation there.
Differences in values is what makes the two countries saw battle on the gridiron with two different glasses.
England fans often equate the fight on the ground like a duel; the fight to the death. When Britain went to war, they went with the principle of better to die than to surrender on the battlefield. If defeated, they will die in peace knowing that if they had been struggling with an honest and give everything. The same values also shared by the socialist working class in Britain.
While Italy, and many other Latin countries, see football as a fight in the jungle, where the defense is deemed more important than values. They will use everything to not lose, even if it means playing in a gray area.
So do not be surprised if the type of Italian football is football stretcher full of calculations and strategies. Italian footballer fought not only with his feet, but also with his brain, the imagination, the emotions, with his heart, with his hands, even with his eyes.
They will calculate your opponent's biggest weakness and exploit it, even though it was a mess emotionally and psychologically enemies.
Andrea Tallarita, in a column brilliannya "Understanding Italian football", illustrates both these cultural differences as well. The English have a Sir Gawain, nephew of King Arthur and one of the greatest knights of the round table, as a hero. While Italy mengidolai Ulysses, king of Ithaca astute adviser and managed to win the war because the Trojan horse trickery it.
Football culture that one will always strive to achieve utopia is when victory is achieved through honesty. While other cultures rooted in reality.
The battle on the field: Fantasisti versus winger
The word "imagination" might be the right word to describe the philosophy of Italian football on the field. This is because their football culture, which is loaded with tactics and calculations, forcing the Italian teams to have the imagination to unpack the strategy.
Is the role of a fantasisti, which is literally translated as "employees of imagination", to provide creativity in the field. They are given the gift of ability as a fantasisti even considered a demigod by the Italian fans. From time to time, Italy also has produced a memorable fantasisti as Gianni Rivera, Gigi Meroni, Roberto Baggio, Francesco Totti or Alessandro Del Piero.
Fantasisti itself is not a special position occupied by a player. Through his column again, Andrea Tallarita fantasisti outlined that a player is the ability to see when the time window of opportunity, to ambush opponents suddenly open.
Like a magic wand that turns into interest in the blink of an eye, a fantasisti can deceive his opponent to make a move or unexpected choreography. This notice in the European Cup Antonio Cassano. In contrast to Pirlo, often feed or do not kick that Cassano was born methodically. It was as revolted at the rules when and how a bait to be done.
Despite having no equivalent word in another language, fantasisti itself is not monopolized by the Italian players. Rui Costa, Zinedine Zidane, Yuri Djorkaef, or Kaka, coming to Serie A and then go home to leave a trail as fantasisti that will always be remembered.
However, in the long history of English football, the presence of native English fantasisti itself can be calculated by hand. Matt Le Tissier and Paul Gascoigne are some of them.
In contrast to Italy, the role of English football in the game comes from the traditional grip is hard to be replaced to date.
The rules are simple: The big players are used as the main striker and midfielder. Players with high intelligence are placed as a second striker. Dropped a tough player to a role as a defender diving, and players at high speed is positioned as a winger.
This causes the grip-grip English footballer types produce the same from generation to generation. One of them is a winger.
In addition to Portugal, in Europe the UK is so country that routinely produces a winger, either pure winger (right-footed players are placed on the right wing, and vice versa), and the winger who moves into a stabbing or better known as an inverted winger.
The current generation known names such as Ashley Young, James Milner, Stewart Downing, Theo Walcott, or Adam Johnson. While the period of the 90s there is David Beckham, Ryan Giggs (raised by the league), Steve McManaman, or John Barnes.
This winger is predicted to be key to the success of a club who wants to dominate the Premier League. One example is what Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Although David Beckham's throw from the club, Ferguson never fails to bring back a series of world-class winger in Manchester. Starting from Giggs, Cristiano Ronaldo, Nani, Ashley Young has so far succeeded in his students. Some of them are able to bring the trophy to Manchester United in the Premier League trophy.
Like the British who rarely produce a fantasisti, Italian football was rarely produce a winger. At best Italian teams using seconda punta (second striker), which has a high speed, as attacker is placed on the wing in a 4-3-3 formation.
It is also exacerbated by the adoption of 4-2-3-1 and 4-3-1-2 formation by clubs serie-A in the last decade. This formation is focused on central-midfielder role, so the players rarely get the stage wings.
Although the England winger's presence in the European Cup is not shining, there are at least four England goals came from the right wing area of the field. In Italy itself the role of the central stronghold of Cassano in the open space and provide feedback on Balotelli mature undeniable.
Interesting to observe whether the two different football cultures culmination of this can be the starting point of a long rivalry between England and Italy.
England vs Italy
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England
Joe Hart
Glen Johnson
John Terry
Joleon Lescott
Ashley Cole
James Milner
Steven Gerrard
Scott Parker
Ashley Young
Wayne Rooney
Danny Welbeck
coach :
Roy Hodgson
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Italy
Gianluigi Buffon
Leonardo Bonucci
Daniele De Rossi
Andrea Barzagli
Christian Maggio
Claudio Marchisio
Andrea Pirlo
Thiago Motta
Federico Balzaretti
Mario Balotelli
Antonio Cassano
coach :
Claudio Cesare Prandelli
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