I think there is a big difference between club football and international football when it comes to tactics. Parking the bus as a major footballing nation at international level is being pussy. I can understand playing to strengths for the likes of a Denmark or a Poland because they do not have the crop of footballers available. As for England, they consistently leave behind quality players that can actually make a play. As for Italy playing defensive, I would argue that since the slower, tactical based game is played at club level, it is difficult to make a switch to an aggressive approach to the game. Italy has historically had talent in the attacking department, specifically the trequartista. In England it is the exact opposite as the game is fast paced and played down the wings.
As for the media using examples of Mourinho's teams and Chelsea parking the bus I just laugh. It just shows how little they actually know about the game and how quickly they forget details about the actual matches.
England dont have the quality to play expansive football, they are playing to their strengths. They are at least in reality that they are good enough to beat good teams pass for pass, on the other hand you are overrating England's ability very much.
To put it in simpler terms, England dont have players to retain possession, so they defend deep and play on counter which to an extent is working well. It is much better to play defensively and to your strengths rather than pretending to do something you can't and get raped by big teams like Germans did them in 2010 WC.
I dont understand how someone can justify Inter, Chelsea parking the bus after spending few hundreds of millions and playing with same players day in day out and call out National teams for doing same when infact National team is much weaker than the club team.
Not to forget England are missing several key players.
Edit: League football has nothing to do with National team as ManUtd, City dont employ same tactics, likewise Chelsea, Liverpool, Spurs all play different style of game.
Edit2: AFAIK, England have only left Carrick who is good at retaining possession, Wilshere is injured, Rooney is suspended, Smalling is injured, Barry and Lampard are injured.
It is also laughable that you are trying to bring league to justify National teams playing defensively. Just because many teams employ wing based attack in the league doesn't mean National team should try and do the same thing and in process get raped by decent team.
Parking the bus in biggest club competition is also a disgrace?
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