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¿Es que los italianos son simplemente incapaces de aprender de los demás, dada su lamentable situación futbolística?

Mientras conversaba con italianos en línea, también observé su comportamiento desde 2022, cuando la crisis del fútbol italiano alcanzó un punto crítico y los debates sobre la lamentable situación del fútbol en Italia se intensificaron. Todos sus comportamientos y argumentos me generaron una sensación de profunda incomodidad al percibir un patrón:

  • Cuando se burlan de ellos por ser inferiores a Brasil y Alemania, los aficionados italianos empiezan a ridiculizar e insultar abiertamente a Brasil, tildándolo de nación corrupta que siempre es humillada por Europa en las eliminatorias, y cómo Alemania se ha vuelto irrelevante en el fútbol desde 2014 a pesar de las grandes expectativas. Los italianos incluso tienen la osadía de usar el título de la Eurocopa 2020 para reírse de las desgracias de Brasil y Alemania, a pesar de que Italia ni siquiera participa en un Mundial desde 2014.
  • Los aficionados italianos también inician un nuevo ataque contra Francia, a la que tachan de "selección nacional acabada" que desperdició su enorme potencial porque Francia no ha ganado nada fuera del Mundial de 2018. Esos mismos aficionados italianos también se burlan de Portugal, tildándolos de superestrellas fracasadas que no pudieron convertirse en campeones del mundo, sin importar cuánto hayan criticado los pésimos resultados futbolísticos de Italia los mismos aficionados franceses y portugueses.

El hecho de que los aficionados italianos tengan un nivel tan audaz de tendencia insultante y racista hasta el punto de difamar a Brasil, Alemania y Francia, que han jugado más fútbol global que Italia hoy en día, es increíble para mí. Es aún más notable que Italia tiene una de las tasas más altas de incidentes racistas en el mundo del fútbol hoy en día, algo sobre lo que incluso Kalidou Koulibaly había advertido hace siete años, cuando el fútbol italiano daba señales de pudrirse por dentro. Imagínese lo que pasaría si España y Argentina comenzaran a dar señales de actuaciones lamentables nuevamente, la afición italiana tendría materiales más nuevos para empeorar las cosas, algo que ya sucedió con Brasil, Alemania y recientemente Francia y Portugal. Lo peor es que a estos malditos aficionados italianos ni siquiera les importó el hecho de que, a diferencia de Italia, los de Brasil, Francia, Alemania e incluso España, Argentina y Portugal dedicarán tiempo a analizar sus deficiencias futbolísticas y la presión pública para que se produzcan cambios totales allí es primordial. Ni siquiera los brasileños, los alemanes o al menos los franceses, los argentinos, los españoles y los portugueses tienen una mentalidad tan negacionista como los italianos. Demonios, incluso los fanáticos mexicanos y uruguayos son mucho más civilizados que los italianos.

Es muy agotador hablar con los italianos cuando se debate sobre fútbol. En lugar de reconocer sus problemas y hacer las reformas administrativas necesarias, sus aficionados dedican más tiempo a desarrollar únicamente una falta de respeto hacia otras naciones futbolísticas que hoy en día tienen más éxito que ellos. Nuevamente, esa es mi experiencia personal, pero me pregunto si alguien tiene los mismos problemas o no.

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u/Tall_Pressure7042 — 24 days ago

Why do many people group Italy's crisis with that of Germany and Brazil when Italy shares nothing in common with the other two?

Really feel deeply hilarious when people group Italy's crisis with that of Brazil and Germany's, even though the reality is totally different.

  • Brazil and Germany have lost their old flairs, but they have never lost their foundations. A lot of superb Brazilian and German young players are still arriving each year, and they are still doing the transitional works. This leaves them in a more equivalent position to, say, England, Mexico, Portugal and Uruguay. Both Brazil and Germany are currently not in great shape but not entirely hopeless, and they even have their reorganisation and modernisation plans around Carlo Ancelotti and Jurgen Klopp that have officially been at work. Some people may point out that Brazil's CBF is corrupt, which I don't dispute; but Argentina, with an extremely corrupt AFA governing its football, is still having its golden age around, so it is not a perfect justification.
  • Italy, meanwhile, has completely collapsed from top to bottom. Its federation has been beset by infighting, mismanagement, and directionless. It has no new young talent, its infrastructures have crumbled in every metric, and clubs are financially struggling. Italian managerial system since 2010 is also one of the worst in term of World Cup record, as Italian coaches mismanaged many national teams on its World Cup quest in both men's and women's, except Carlo Ancelotti with Brazil 2026 (the only rare success of any Italian coach in World Cup since 2010).

How can Italy be grouped with Germany and Brazil is insane for me. It's a total lack of respect for Germany and Brazil despite their equally uphill battles to restore their standing, for Italy offers nothing except their own self-destruction.

PS: there are a lot of people saying Ancelotti is a total failure in 2026. Here is the list to see where Ancelotti stood for you since 2010:

  • Marcello Lippi's Italy in 2010: group stage
  • Pietro Ghedin's Italy W in 2011: did not qualify
  • Carolina Morace's Canada W in 2011: group stage
  • Giovanni Trapattoni's Ireland in 2014: did not qualify
  • Alberto Zaccheroni's Japan, Fabio Capello's Russia, Cesare Prandelli's Italy in 2014: group stage
  • Antonio Cabrini's Italy W in 2015: did not qualify
  • Marcello Lippi's China, Gian Piero Ventura's Italy, Gianni De Biasi's Albania in 2018: did not qualify
  • Milena Bertolini's Italy W in 2019: quarter-finals
  • Marco Rossi's Hungary, Edoardo Reja's Albania, Gianni De Biasi's Azerbaijan, Roberto Mancini's Italy in 2022: did not qualify
  • Marcello Frigerio's Paraguay W, Pamela Conti's Venezuela W in 2023: did not qualify
  • Milena Bertolini's Italy W in 2023: group stage
  • Luciano Spalletti and Gennaro Gattuso's Italy, Francesco Calzona's Slovakia, Marco Rossi's Hungary, Stefano Cusin's Comoros, Paolo Nicolato's Latvia in 2026: did not qualify
  • Roberto Mancini's Saudi Arabia in 2026: sacked midway
  • Fabio Cannavaro's Uzbekistan, Vincenzo Montella's Turkey in 2026: group stage
  • Carlo Ancelotti's Brazil in 2026: round of 16
  • Andrea Soncin's Italy W in 2027: TBD
  • Marco Rossi's Hungary, Rolando Maran's Albania, Andrea Maldera's Ukraine in 2030: TBD
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u/Tall_Pressure7042 — 25 days ago

How is Tom and Jerry seen in Hispanic world?

Tom and Jerry does not have so many episodes set in the Hispanic world, or inspired by Hispanic culture. So far, only two episodes took place (Mucho Mouse and Flamenco Fiasco), both set in Spain; while Down Beat Bear featured La Cumparsita, an Argentine-Uruguayan tango music from Gerardo Matos. Tom and Jerry film of 2021 also has just one actor, a Mexican American (Michael Peña), though surprisingly, 35% of Hispanic Americans accounted for the opening box office of this film.

Curious, how do Hispanic world receive Tom and Jerry exactly?

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u/Tall_Pressure7042 — 28 days ago

How do linguists think about North Korea's purification of Korean language, exactly?

Perhaps one of the most insane thing I have just learnt recently is the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act that was enacted in 2023, but only resurfaced thanks to a Chinese YouTuber living in South Korea mentioning this affair. This is, perhaps, one of the most insane acts in modern history of language evolution, when a state attempts to complete engineer the language of the common into a completely different functioning, especially when it is done under a totalitarian state; the attempt to even remove loanwords from English, Japanese, and even Chinese, is unusual to a widespread scale. That said, just how do linguists think about this?

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u/Tall_Pressure7042 — 29 days ago
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They’re tossing her back into the freezer for another 4 years..

u/57829 — 11 days ago
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The photo shoot should be like this

Argentina had 0 shots on target—and became the first team to go an entire World Cup final without one. They recorded only 3 total attempts, compared with Spain’s 20.
Even crazier: Argentina had zero shots of any kind during the first 90 minutes. Their first attempt did not arrive until the 116th minute.

u/Ok-Still-2649 — 1 month ago