They impressed in 2008, I can't deny that. They won fair and square there.
But in 2010, they won largely thanks to help from the refs - Villa's goal against Portugal was clear offside, Germany didn't receive a 100% penalty in the semi, then, in the final, every little challenge resulted in a Spanish player rolling on the pitch and the referee awarded them fouls every time, not to mention book the Dutch every chance he got.
It was a disgrace directed by FIFA.
This year, they've been dry and fruitless. By far the weakest out of the last three tournaments for them. Croatia should have eliminated them, but the referee didn't give them a clear penalty. They beat France cleanly, but France played the worst I've seen them in years. Then Ronaldo went and botched it when Portugal had a chance to finally remove them from the tournament.
I hope Italy does what has been way overdue.
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