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Paddy Agnew: The “national tragedy” of Italy’s World Cup exit

Paddy Agnew

Perhaps the most telling image linked to Italy’s World Cup debacle in South Africa came via a front page cartoon in the Berlusconi family owned daily, “Il Giornale”, on the morning after that ignominious 3-2 defeat by Slovakia. Cartoonist Forattini presented us with a drawing of a football pitch with the players lined out in a 4-3-3 formation.
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