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A defensive style of football mastered by the Italians which involves absorbing pressure from a team playing attractive football like Spain, Holland, France or South American nations and scoring a freak winner through a penalty obtained by diving, feigning an injury or paying the referee.
Italy wins its world cups by playing the Catenaccio style of football
by paysbas July 21, 2010
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