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Originally Posted by Samaldinho
Egypt is no Greece, and we have shown consistency with our team's performances since 2006. We have won the African title twice in a row (06, 08 for a record 6 times).
The exception does not prove the rule. Greece, therefore, is not the same analogy as Egypt.
It was not the last two games that convinced me that Egyptian players were of Milan standard, it simply ensured I did not have to listen to comments from those who do not value players outside of the Euro-South American persuasion.
Egypt outplayed the Brazilians and in a game of straight-up tactical focus, Egypt stared down the Italians in their own specialty: tactics.
Since Italy and Serie A is all about tactics, why wouldn't national team players who fit tactics, stick to them to the death, yet still are able to produce moments of skill, not be worthy of a Milan shirt?
Again, as I said, there is no links between Egyptian players and Milan, however, I simply said that I felt that Egyptian players were certainly of a standard worthy of Milan.
And if it is just national team exposure that rules out Egyptian players, then most people here should stop talking about Rossi, or about how Pirlo plays for La Nazionale.
I am frustrated at the continued arguments against players from "lesser" nations at tournaments, but then suddenly, Rossi decides to score twice against a poor 10-man team, and suddenly we all want Galliani to throw 30 million at Villareal.
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Personnally, if a player looks great in a national team, I'll try to see what he can give in a season before saying he is worth Milan or any other club. Maybe you say that because you follow these players in their club and because they play like that in their club during a whole season. If it's the case, of course, some of them could be worth Milan (one of the defenders and of course, Zidan who impresses me each time I see him, and I also tried to follow some of his performances in Germany, at start, to be honest, just because of his name looking like Zidane
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But what you say about people after the performance of Rossi against USA could be said for Egyptian players too anyway, because this Italian NT is sad to watch ... the defence is a pity as a whole (again), Zambrotta and Grosso just showed how simple it is to block them (with the right tactic), Gattuso is nowhere near the real and fit Gattuso, De Rossi and Pirlo can't handle the midfield if they are only two, and most of the players called up in attack are a joke (I can't understand why Iaquinta, despite a decent performance today, is there, as well as Toni and Quagliarella, and worst, Pepe).
So if you are frustrated by the way people claim they want Rossi (but it's not just because of his 2 goals against USA, go in the last year summer mercato and you will see his name already appearing in it), you can also understand that people don't rate too much the performance of the Egyptian players today for example (after what I said in the previous paragraph) ??
Anyway, back to the transfers and the Cissokho saga, I want to translate directly from the French declaration of Cissokho's agent: "Aly will be a Milan player next season (which has to be understood in 2009-2010). Galliani confirmed that Cissokho will be there at the start of the trainings. Both clubs are now in negotiations concerning the loan."
It's what he said this afternoon whereas Galliani said this morning it was over ...