[dfwgator]

Arena had his men fighting for every ball and succeeded in disrupting the flow of Italy's game.

I think the 8 Italy offsides had a lot to do with that more than anything, total lack of focus and discipline on part of the Azurri there.

[Gaetano]

Agreed. Every linesman knows the Italians are the biggest cheats in the World Cup; therefore they are not about to cut them any slack on offsides calls. Knowing this the azzurri should have played differently, not relying on long balls to overmarked forwards. Dummies.