Re: [nas] USA x-x Italy: Positives but Same Old Story

His description of the tackle is utterly absurd.  He needs to take his 
europhile glasses off.  Clark was over zealous and reckless, but it was not 
malcious. I also think this statement is way over the top, "American defensive 
midfielders don’t have the grace or the technique to tackle properly in those 
situations."  Crazy stuff.  Of course, we have never seen bad tackles from the 
Italians.  

Walt


--- On Mon, 6/15/09, pakurilecz <pakurilecz@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: pakurilecz <pakurilecz@gmail.com>
> Subject: [nas] USA x-x Italy: Positives but Same Old Story
> To: "NorthAmerican SoccerList" <nas@americakicks.com>
> Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 5:41 PM
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> USA
> 1-3 Italy: Positives but Same Old Story
> via Major League Soccer Talk by Kartik Krishnaiyer
> on 6/15/09
> 
> Post game coverage plus a post match podcast coming in
> the next few hours.
> Some quick points:
> 
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> I believe Rico Clark’s sending off was justified.
> I’ve heard and seen since the red card arguments against
> it, but if you tackle from behind with your cleats out and
> get no part of the ball that’s a letter of the law sending
> off. In fact I believe Clark should be suspended for several
> international matches for what was a reckless and malicious
> tackle. American defensive midfielders don’t have the
> grace or the technique to tackle properly in those
> situations. We have seen it time and time again.
> 
> However, I do also believe Landon Donovan being taken
> down in the box late in the second half should have resulted
> in a penalty. We’ve seen two penalties called in matches
> before at FIFA competitions. Anyone recall Cameroon-England
> in 1990?
> 
> Prior to Clark’s sending off Donovan was the most
> impressive player on the pitch and had outplayed the much
> talked about Pirlo. Landon created space for himself today
> comi9ng back into the midfield and linking with the wide
> players and Jozy Altidore up top. Donovan when in the right
> place on the pitch and proerly motivated is still a one of a
> kind player in the history of the US.
> 
> The US ultimately failed because of a lack of tactical
> discipline when down a man and the failure of Coach Bob
> Bradley to properly adjust his setup to being up a goal but
> down a man. Steve Sampson for all his faults quickly made
> changes in 1997 when falling down a man at Azteca and
> allowed the US to get a result. Bradley’s tactics were
> poor, and his substitutions were either poor or made too
> late.
> 
> More later.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Related posts:Confederations Cup 2009:
> Why The US has a Realistic Shot versus Italy  As
> discussed yesterday on this site with our
> retrospective...An American
> Story  What happens when you link up the greatest
> American...Same
> Scoreline: Different Story  2-0. The scoreline
> which rings so familiar in
> US-Mexico...
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