Cheats never prosper? Just try telling that to an Italian

Having now seen the Italian dive that conned the referee and secured a last minute penalty against Australia, the Gorse Fox refers you to this article from the Times Online, written back in April, Cheats never prosper? Just try telling that to an Italian

Gorse Fox would like to point out that this is an extract from Gianluca Vialli's book "The Italian Job"

“In Italy at youth level you learn to be clever and tactically savvy,” says Marcello Lippi. “You play on Saturday and spend the whole week preparing for that one game. We are obsessed with results. It’s not like that in other countries. Elsewhere, they worry about playing and improving.”

The end justifies the means.

English fair play and sportsmanship is more than just a cliché. In terms of ethical football culture there is no doubt that Italy has more to learn from England than vice-versa.

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