never did the great italian sides of the 70s/80's any harm ..... in fact it probably made them into the most formidable defensive units ever seen anywhere in world football.
However thay appear to have somehow lost the plot in recent years , and some of the defending by italian sides today would be tailor made for the jeremy Beadle show!
it is not correct
the italian sides of the 70s/80's used the man marking: the Genoa of Scoglio developed the sistem and the Juve of Maifredi at the mid '80 (orrific!)
Is the Milan of Sacchi and the Inter of Trappattoni who adopted it avec the gret resultats. But Inter and Milan have very great defenders : Zenga, Bergomi, Ferri, Brehme, Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta..
Italian defenders '60-'70: Burgnich Facchetti, Cabrini, Tardelli, eccc
The problem is simple: great players=great defenses
Actually in Italy have not great defensers
However thay appear to have somehow lost the plot in recent years , and some of the defending by italian sides today would be tailor made for the jeremy Beadle show!
it is not correct
the italian sides of the 70s/80's used the man marking: the Genoa of Scoglio developed the sistem and the Juve of Maifredi at the mid '80 (orrific!)
Is the Milan of Sacchi and the Inter of Trappattoni who adopted it avec the gret resultats. But Inter and Milan have very great defenders : Zenga, Bergomi, Ferri, Brehme, Baresi, Maldini, Costacurta..
Italian defenders '60-'70: Burgnich Facchetti, Cabrini, Tardelli, eccc
The problem is simple: great players=great defenses
Actually in Italy have not great defensers