In its purest terms, "Catenaccio" simply does not exist anymore. Long gone are the days of Helenio Herrera and La Grande Inter of the 1960's; the "libero" role and the obsession with man-to-man marking are today almost seen as a dirty form of football, unfortunately (and perhaps too easily) labelled as "parking the bus." Perhaps this is why Roberto Mancini's side are being characterised as unappealing; even though they haven't adopted Karl Rappan's "verrou" style, they are still winning by keeping…
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