Former Arsenal striker Wright sees Ozil as a player who relies on team-mates to help and inspire him to greatness - something that he was used to at Real Madrid. And now Mesut Ozil might not truly believe that Arsenal are the club that can take him to the next level.
And Wright doesn't think the German has the sort of personality and desire that can lead a team to victory.
What's your opinion about the relationship between Arsenal and Ozil?
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Experts of last DAILY TOPIC: Why is Italy's defence always better than their attack?
Italy is a country which known for their defensive formation and tactical system.
There are many defenders from Italy well known for their defense. Bonucci ,Nesta , Maldini , Chilleni , Cannavaro etc and thier defense makes them into attack . There are many defensive minded coaches from this country . There are great footballing country .
Ancelotti once said that defensive football historically had given Italian football great joy and he made no apologies for making his defence the cornerstone of his teams' tactics.
Every team has their strengths. For example, Argentina have a strong Attack, Spain have Attack with Possession as their advantage and Germany are an exception. Now, the reasons for Italy being defensive:
➡️ HISTORY
Italy has a history of producing great defenders like Nesta, Cannavaro, Chiellini,etc. So, the national team has rightly adopted defensive tactics. And the same can't be said for their Attack.
➡️ SUCCESS WITH DEFENCE
Adopting Defensive tactics historically has yielded them 4 titles. So, focus on recruiting quality Attackers is not there.
PRESENT SCENARIO:
Yes, they have a weak Attack but it was never strong. Don't get me wrong, Piero, Totti were good but not the best in their time. Italy are on the brink of missing the World Cup but it's just one match and they remain favourites to qualify.
So, in short Defence being better than Attack is down to history and success over the time with mediocre attack. And a personal opinion, they can be very successful if they somehow get Mourinho.
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I think it's the academies. The academies in Italy train players to be aware defensively and cautious offensively, copying the way they have won the World Cup. Just as Brazilians are trained to attack with a lot of flair, how they have won the World Cup, Italian players are trained to be aware defensively. The Italian coaches want to copy how they succeeded in 2006. Their outside backs are taught to be conservative on the attack, unlike Brazilian outside backs, who play more like wing-backs. Also, many Italian players are genetically not very fast (Lorenzo Insigne is an exception). That helps prevent flying wingers who contribute offensively, but not defensively, like Brazil has and helps prevent Italy from having a great offensive player like Messi or Ronaldo(with exceptions). That makes Italy focus more on defense, than offense.
Defense is more important than offense in Italy.
well,the quality of Italy's defence was never borne out of mistake. Italy since the beginning of time itself, have always had a defensive mindset towards their tactical or strategic formations.and over time the best players among them have turned out to be defenders.Italy's defence has been been labelled as the "better"portion of their game than its attack because of two probable reasons:
The Catenaccio tactical system and an incredible knack for defensive football.
The Catenaccio,also known as a Chain-like system, is a tactical system in football with a strong emphasis on defence. In Italian, catenaccio means "door-bolt", which suggests a highly organised and effective backline defence focused on rendering the opponents' attacks futile and preventing goal-scoring opportunities.
Catenaccio is not regularly used by Italian Serie A teams at the moment,who instead currently prefer to apply balanced tactics and formations, mostly using the 5–3–2 or 3–5–2 system.The then Italian national football team with manager Cesare Prandelli also used the 3–5–2 in their first clashes of UEFA Euro 2012 Group C and then switched to their 'standard' 4–4–2 diamond formation for the UEFA Euro 2012 final. Italy's previous coaches, Maldini and Giovanni Trapattoni, used elements of catenaccio at international level,and both failed to reach the top. Italy, under Maldini, lost on penalties at the 1998 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, while Trapattoni lost early in the second round at 2002 FIFA World Cup and lost at the UEFA Euro 2004 during the first round.
Despite the list of its failed applications,the Catenaccio also has given birth to some level of success. Trapattoni himself successfully employed it in securing a Portuguese Liga title with Benfica in 2005. then german coach Otto too,also used a similarly defensive tactic for his Greece side in UEFA Euro 2004, Dino Zoff also put Catenaccio to good use for Italy, securing a place in the UEFA Euro 2000 final, which Italy only lost on the golden goal rule to France. Likewise, italian great Vicini led Italy to the 1990 FIFA World Cup semifinal thanks to small wins in six hard-fought defensive games in which Italy produced a total of only 7 goals for and none against.
Although pure catenaccio does not have its place in Italian football like the days of old, the associaton of totally look-alike copies of ruthless defensive tactics with the Serie A and the Italian national team continues to be spread by the ever busy foreign media, particularly with the extremely dominant Italian defences of A.C. Milan of the 1990s and Juventus F.C. from the 2010s onwards being in the limelight.
As for the incredible Knack for defensive football, The Azzurri have the tactical know-how and the right mentality for defensive football in major events and this has worked for them many times. The Italians are masters at this game and have been doing it for decades, sometimes going way overboard with their approach, but generally just keeping it tight at the back, inviting the opposition to attack and catching them with quick counter-attacks. The modern Azzurri, regardless of who is coach, can defend as a unit very effectively and intelligently,without necessarily looking ridiculous by maybe, putting 10 men behind the ball.
Italy see defending as an art and the key to success. Any defender from a young age would be as happy as keeping a striker quiet as would someone who has scored a hat-trick.
It's the cornerstone of Italy's football culture, that high-profile coaches,the likes of which Claudio Ranieri, Carlo Ancelotti, Roberto Mancini and Fabio Capello have exported to the world over the last decade. Ancelotti had once said that defensive football historically had given Italian football great joy and that he had no apologies for making his defence the cornerstone of his teams' tactics.It is with these two major reasons that Italy's defense,can always considered far better than its attack.
