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I can relate an episode that my grandpa told me when i was a boy. One of his brothers was ploughing a field with a pair of oxen, alone in the countryside. Some fighters, likely US, came strafing the area, probably as part of an attack to a nearby bridge (north Italy, where Po and Ticinum rivers...

@GregP : just one small correction on your Excel list On Italian pilots the # 69 Adriano Visconti is accounted with 6 victories They were actually 10 : 6 while fighting for Regia + 4 in the ANR For long time the 'official' numbers were not consideing the ANR service

long time no see... :) Just a curiosity: what was actually the ratio of boost between the built-in mechanical supercharger and the turbocharger in a P47 R2800 or in a B17/B24 engine? I mean, were the two chargers really working 'in series' both creating boost or was the mechanical blower after...

Spain with better players and much more fresh athletically, the Spanish midfield pack, when in good shape, is a nightmare for everybody. Italy with several players on their knees or not recovered from injuries. One of them (Chiellini) was a calculated risk of the coach, a bet that proved wrong...

Ok, i think it's over, they placed a counter-attack as per the 'manual of perfect football': 2 passages, 60 meters of field sliced, control and execution. Chapeau, I don't see Italy with the potential of recovering in 2nd half, unless there is some lucky episode. Was nice until it lasted, but...

Spain at double speed, now we have to defend the 0-1 and hope they will slow down

Attempt of technical analisys before the final. The key will be at midfield, and the key player will be Pirlo. Until now Pirlo was the player who worked hundreds of actions, dictating the timing of the team, the 'fly-by-wire' system of the airplane Italy. Now there is the midfield pack of...

I have to apologize with Germans for some very bad taste jokes I read today after the match. Unfortunately in the last years we had a political class composed by the worst ignorant charlatans that ever walked the stage, a bunch of unskilled losers whose only resource is to lick the bottom of...

Good match and good Italy. As I said in one of my first posts, the two psychos were the ones who could give Italy a quantum leap in quality. And in effect the first goal is a Cassano invention: he left two defenders standing and crossed a ball with printed 'just push me hard'. Probably the...

too early? he stopped it 3 minutes too late!!! ;)

Still, it's not over: Germany is athletically stronger and much younger, 45' are very long. Italy played at high pace in 1st half, going pressing on every ball, i am not sure they can keep that speed for the whole match

both teams can't win, so may the one who plays better go to the final. Update from family army getting ready for the battle: 5 in front of TV with bier, bratwurst, bretzel und senf, one with spaghetti, red wine and mandolin (i have a sister but she's useless: she don't even know if the ball is...

nope... :lol:

As much as I love football (soccer) I say that on this topic I am 10000 per cent on your side. Over 2000 years ago the Romans said 'panem et circenses' (bread and the gladiator show) to rule and keep people quiet, today's powers even disregard the bread and pretend to rule only with circenses...

all in all there are 4 days of rest for italy and 6 for germany, it is not very stretched. Will be worse for the final, the winner of thursday has only 3 days vs the 4 of the team who plays on wednesday. you know, TV pays the bill and want to air one match a day to maximize the audience. More...