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HardyAnother reason for England's failure bites the dust
February 20th 2008 07:52
There are too many overseas players in the English Premier League. We don't have enough of our players playing at the top level. Our players don't get to play Champions League.
These are all familiar cries in the rush to find excuses for the failure of the English national team. I have to admit that I've been drawn towards that argument at times, and I can see that it has some merit.
Last night however, for me, the argument fell apart at the seams. Inter played at Liverpool in the Champions League, and they had only one Italian player in their ranks. There were several South Americans and a Swede, but only one Italian.
Inter are eleven points clear at the top of Serie A and are clearly the best team in Italy. None of their country's top players play for them.
I look at AC Milan, European champions, and I see some top Italian players but I see Serginho, Kaka, Dida and Cafu from Brazil, Simic from Croatia, and the great Clarence Seedorf from Holland.
All of these 'foreign' players at the two Milan clubs must be holding back the chances of the Italian national team, mustn't they? Oh no, Italy are the World Champions.
Looks like several people, including me, had better try to think of a different excuse.
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