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[QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 3913105, member: 1452"]
One other thing.

My patience and "happiness" with Berhalter is based on what he is trying (emphasis on trying) to do and the knowledge of how long that takes.

What I do not yet know is if he can get it done.

Can he be our Mancini?

Jury is still out on that question.

Getting it done, IMO, means:

A) Can he both teach and implement a modern system to the point where we can successfully play the way we want to play against most teams?
B)  But still have the pragmatism, and adjust, both pre-game and in-game,, when it is clear that we will not be able to play the way we want to play and still get a result.

Both are critical.

Mancini almost blew the Euros because he thought Italy could play Spanish football against Spain.  So, even really good coaches can get that wrong. To his credit, he adjusted for the second half.

Southgate caught a lot of flack for not playing more attacking football against Italy but did he really have the midfield to dominate play?  I, for one, don't think so.  Unless you are la Roja, outpossessing Verratti, Jorginho and Barella is a tough ask.
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