jim,
The thing is, why should a squad made up of good/great players dominate a "team"?
We saw the same thing with Brazil in the WC. Everyone expected them to dominate, but they had no team, just a bunch of very good players on the pitch with no union.
Inter believed the hype, as many of the fans of the "big clubs" do when playing against lesser known clubs. There are plenty of talented clubs out there who can beat any of the big clubs on any given day. Remember Porto vs. Monaco, the surprise final, but not really when you consider they both had great players and great managers, playing as a team, just not in traditional "big clubs" (although I'm sure the Porto supporters will dispute me on that one)
On paper and in PES Inter has an unbelievable squad, but they have how many new players in the starting 11 this season, for the nth season in a row?
Now before Interistas start off on me, I support Inter in Italy (obviously not fervently, but if I go for anyone in Serie A it's Inter).
I am disappointed with them due to the fact that they consistently assemble an array of talent to match any team in Europe, then disasseble the team and underuse it and just basically manage it very poorly EVERY SINGLE F'N YEAR. It must be very frustrating for you die-hard Interistas out there.
Anyway, I just needed to get that off my chest, because this "surprise result" didn't surprise me at all. I hope Mancini can pull it together, because I'd love to see Inter do well this season (if they lost in the final to Barca I'd be pleased
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