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Message: [QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 4474555, member: 1452"] Not a coincidence. Both those teams have tons of big game experience for club and country. Plus the knockout phase is a whole different level of intensity. This is where the big boys really turn it on. You see it in cup after cup. There is a reason that only 8 teams have ever won it and only 13 have ever appeared in a final. And Uruguay last won and appeared in a final in 1950; Czechslovakia in 62; Hungary in '54 and Sweden in '58. Since 1970, the other 7 World Cup Winners (Brazil, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Argentina and England) have occupied 22 of the 26 available slots in the final (Netherlands in 74 and 78 and 2010; Croatia in 2018) It does show how well we played against England. To keep a clean sheet against all that attacking talent was a feat. LOL...Actually England hasn't been in a final since 66 so 6 teams have occupied 22 of 26 slots; 7 teams have occupied 25 of 26. [/QUOTE]