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	Catenaccio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The key innovation of catenaccio was the introduction of the role of libero or sweeper, a player positioned behind the line of three defenders.
		Nowadays catenaccio is used less and less by top teams, and often limited solely to particular circumstances, such as numerical inferiority following a sending off, or needing to defend a marginal scoreline until the end of the match.
		Catenaccio is often thought to be commonplace in Italian football, however, it is actually used infrequently by Italian Serie A teams, which instead prefer to apply some other, more modern, tactical systems, like 4-4-2 and others.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catenaccio (975 words)

	Observer \| Sport in a nutshell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Catenaccio - Italian for 'doorbolt' - is a defensive style of football created by Padova coach Nereo Rocco in the early 1950s.
		Rocco introduced the system to counter the goalscoring of rival Italian clubs and, once it proved successful, it was used by AC Milan, who won the European Cup playing catenaccio in 1963 and 1969.
		Catenaccio is also slang for beaten-up car, which is how Italians see the national team when the 'bolt' jams.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4784483-103977,00.html (92 words)

	National Soccer Coaches Association of America
		Catenaccio ("large chain") was the name the Italians gave their system.
		His job was to patrol the entire center of the defense and to quickly close any gaps that might be opened by other defenders’ errors.
		Catenaccio had a special appeal for the Italians because it relied so heavily on the sudden counterattack to score goals.
	www.nscaa.com /subpages/2006033115392999.php (1670 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Six Students Recognized by OFA
		Catenaccio’s primary work is encompassed by State of the Art, a program she initiated her junior year to showcase student artists.
		Catenaccio’s solution was to put on six shows in the next year and a half.
		Catenaccio points to last year’s “Portrait of the Artist,” which consisted of work that was “vaguely self-portraitive,” as her biggest show, drawing scores of people to the Adams Artspace.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=502439 (2754 words)

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		In Italy, it is used only in a derogatory form: catenaccio is the ugly brother of "calcio all'italiana", (italian style football), which is instead a brilliant and virtuous tactical style.
		I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of catenaccio, as I believe the game should be played to score goals during play with flair and creativity rather than waiting for an opponent to screw up and pounce on that (imposing your own will on the game in order to achieve victory, rather).
		Hell, had football's foremost astute tactical genius himself, Louis van Gaal, had the gall (teehee) to play some catenaccio while Holland was ahead in the game late against Portugal instead of bringing on van Hooijdonk, the Oranje might be preparing to decipher the Engrish of South Korean signs as we speak.
	www.rsssf.com /rssbest/catenaccio.html (1756 words)

	The Globalist \| Global Reform -- Euro 2004: Soccer and Economic Strategy
		The system was further perfected by an Argentine (almost “old” Europe, at least in their own minds) in the 1960s, when he coached one of Europe’s most successful teams, Inter Milan of Italy.
		By the end of the 1960s, however, Europeans were beginning to suffer from their first of several bouts with eurosclerosis.
		Thus, the catenaccio still is a ‘success’, because the old Europe has avoided defeat so far.
	www.theglobalist.com /DBWeb/printStoryId.aspx?StoryId=3987 (1118 words)

	Harvard Gazette: OFA prizes recognize artistic talent
		In addition, Grace Catenaccio '04, Benjamin Margo '05, and Peyton Sherwood '04 have all been named recipients of the Louise Donovan Award, which recognizes Harvard students who have done outstanding work behind the scenes in the arts.
		A resident of Adams House, Grace Catenaccio has served on the art board of the Harvard Advocate since she was a sophomore.
		Catenaccio was also active in the resurgence of the music/performance venue called "The Collective," held biweekly in the Quincy House Cage, where she serves as co-director for the project.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/04.22/06-ofa.html (729 words)

	SportsFilter \| Milan or Juventus: Who lifts the Trophy?
		It is impossible to go for Juventus and their catenaccio style, so I go for Milan, it's a bit difficult to give much of a monkeys though.
		Catenaccio is a supremely negative tactic and state of mind.
		I would not presume to engage in etymological banter with romakimmy, but I think "door bolt" is a good description of the intent of catenaccio, in that the intention is to literally shut the door and bolt it tight, allowing for no possibility of intrusion.
	www.sportsfilter.com /comments.cfm/1672 (2013 words)

	Naccio Project - Catenaccio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		For many this game was more than a battle for the European Cup, it was a kind of good v.
		Inter's so-called catenaccio defensive system was feared and revered all over the footballing world.
		It had evolved from the first sweeper system, the brainchild of Austrian coach Karl Rappan, who introduced it when coach of the Swiss national team in the 1937/38 season.
	www.naccio.lcs.mit.edu /catenaccio.html (379 words)

	Tarcisio Burgnich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After short spells at Udinese, Juventus and Palermo, it was with Internazionale that this sweeper/right-back found his spiritual home in the 1960s.
		He played 467 times for the Nerazzurri, scoring 6 goals, and his aggressive, determined style was ideally suited to the catenaccio system operated by Helenio Herrera throughout Inter's glory years.
		Five Italian championships, two European Cups and two World Club Championships tell the tale of how successful Burgnich was.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarcisio_Burgnich (199 words)

	'Chain' gang no longer - The Boston Globe
		Nereo Rocco was among the most influential coaches, preaching catenaccio, an ultradefensive scheme that became the hallmark of the Italian game.
		The catenaccio approach (catenaccio means ``chain"), strongly-linked defending, willingness to settle for a 0-0 tie, meant Italian teams could turn the game into a battle of wills.
		Italy was eliminated on penalty kicks by eventual champion France in the 1998 World Cup, surrendered a stoppage-time goal to the French in falling in the 2000 European Championship, and had five goals disallowed in the 2002 World Cup.
	www.boston.com /sports/soccer/articles/2006/06/17/chain_gang_no_longer (1368 words)

	catenaccio-records
		catenaccio's latest release, the "patience ep", is the restrained
		mood and are working perfectly towards catenaccio's destination
		the name catenaccio comes from the ingenious football (soccer)
	www.catenaccio-records.de /01_news.htm (100 words)

	uefa.com - Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Catenaccio may not be great to watch, but it is a sure-fire means of grinding out results.
		By contrast, catenaccio might not entertain but it is stunningly effective.
		The likes of Benítez may decry the trademark Italian style, but it is on the pitch where the critics must do the talking.
	www.uefa.com /magazine/news/Kind=2048/newsId=68151.html (563 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Under the direction of their coach Herrera, Inter were also the club that spawned the famous "Catenaccio" (the bolt), which gave total priority to the defensive system, as the forwards could only take up attacking positions after helping out in defence.
		Due to a lack of financial resources, the club's early days were tough, so much so that the players even had to pay for their own shirts and boots.
		Herrera, however, never accepted his nickname as the king of the system's successor, the Catenaccio, choosing instead to emphasise the fact that he had been the first to develop dedicated right wing play, thereby creating the "corridor" concept so in vogue today.
	www.fifa.com /en/PrinterFriendly/0,3875,MILAN1-CWC-2005,00.html (1311 words)

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		The 1950-60s Italian Catenaccio system (Fig 4) was a highly defensive system based on a four man defence combined with a libero (sweeper).
		The 4-3-3 system (Fig 5) used by England to win the 1966 World Cup may be regarded as being the successor of the 4-2-4.
		The importance of not losing and the influence of the Catenaccio led teams to use more defensive formations and to sacrifice wingers.
	www.soccerperformance.org /training/evolofplaysystcont.htm (440 words)

	Some fables from the World Cup: Three blind mice and the boy who cried foul (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		No, it is not the catenaccio style that has suffocated National Italian soccer, nor is it the questionable arbitrating; rather the catenaccio and poor refereeing are direct manifestations of a more perilous infection spreading among the most prestigious levels of soccer, melodrama.
		The catenaccio formation and senseless arbitrating are the perfect combination for an audience addicted to piss-poor theatrics.
		Il catenaccio (the chain or bolt), an utterly defensive structure ensures that the practicing team controls the ball in their defensive quarter of the field.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /sports/articles/2002/06/28/some_fables_from_the.php (2055 words)

	Sensei's Library: Catenaccio joseki
		(catenaccio, for those of you who do not speak Italian, means lock).
		This catenaccio joseki used to be considered joseki for Black, but it has now "been deleted from the joseki books".
		Catenaccio joseki last edited by tderz on August 25, 2004 - 15:03
	senseis.xmp.net /?CatenaccioJoseki (424 words)

	Who else wants more entertaining soccer? (Page 1)
		Catenaccio, the 'wingless wonders', and a myriad other tactical inventions born of the fear of defeat infected European football.
		It did make it very difficult for the opponents to score, and there was always the possibility that the defending team, breaking away suddenly, might snatch a goal.
		Eventually catenaccio became more than a style of play.
	members.aol.com /KimbroCon1/Whoelse1.html (2310 words)

	CNNSI.com - Inside Game - Gabriele Marcotti - Inside World Soccer - CNNSI.com's Marcotti: What's best for ...
		The "Catenaccio" mentality is alive and well, he says.
		Italian clubs are guilty of overemphasizing defense, physical fitness and tactics aimed not at scoring goals, but rather preventing opponents from playing.
		But, apart from Sacchi's Milan, which was truly innovative, their victories came largely because they had better foreign players than anyone else and because other clubs couldn't figure out how to beat what was still, in effect, a "Catenaccio".
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /inside_game/gabriele_marcotti/news/2000/12/05/marcotti_insider (1597 words)

	uefa.com - UEFA Champions League - News & Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul may smash the traditional stereotypes of English and Italian approaches to the game as an attack-minded AC Milan side face Liverpool FC, who have often relied on a classic Italian-style 'catenaccio' defensive display on their way to the final.
		Chelsea coach José Mourinho, despite not accusing Liverpool of 'parking a bus' in front of their goal, also talked about Benítez's approach after the defeat in the semi-final: "They played well.
		Catenaccio or otherwise, Milan will be hoping that the irresistible force of their forwards will blow the visitors' defence away.
	www.uefa.com /competitions/UCL/news/Kind=8192/newsId=303935.html (585 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Italian media hail return of 'catenaccio'
		ROME, April 23 (Reuters) - Italy's sports media has hailed the return of catenaccio - a style of play based on deadlocked defence and swift counterattack - as Juventus and Inter Milan squeezed through to the last four of the Champions League.
		'We might be in the 21st century, but we haven't forgotten the art of catenaccio,' crowed the front page of La Gazzetta dello Sport on Wednesday.
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	soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=264991&cc=5739 (317 words)

	Italy stands out
		It's called "Catenaccio" and is casting a cloud over the final weekend of the European Championship.
		"Italy is still Italy with its 'catenaccio.' We have seen a lot of goals in this (tournament).
		Italy has scored few and I hope it will be an open final and that Italy will approach the match by playing with some attacking ideas," said midfielder Emmanuel Petit, whose World Cup champion French team faces Italy in Sunday's final.
	www.canoe.ca /SoccerEuro2000/jun30_ital.html (332 words)

	Harvard Gazette: VES exhibit causes unease
		First to greet the visitor is Grace Catenaccio's glitter-loaded schoolgirl ballerina, who assumes a triumphant end-of-routine pose.
		Also included in the show is Ludwig's two-volume notebook "Ghost Investigations," a Polaroid-studded journal of the artist's late-hours pursuit of the paranormal, matter-of-factly presented.
		Meredith James' motorized spiral "Staircase" sounds like an invisible army, as Grace Catenaccio's 'Shuffle Off To Buffalo' (detail), glitter on wood with fl and white photocopy rubber flaps hit the stair treads, driven by gears at the foot of the stairs.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/05.20/24-uneasy.html (370 words)

	Are you offended by this passage? (page 3) \| Antimoon Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I wish FIFA would introduce rules to prohibit Catenaccio tactics.
		Catenaccio, literally meaning a great big chain, was the name the Italians gave to their system.
		"When two so-so teams met and both employed catenaccio, both packing their penalty areas and hoping to snatch a sudden goal at the other end, then the game degenerated into a colossal bore."
	www.antimoon.com /forum/2004/3929-3.htm (1561 words)

	CBC.ca - Sports - World Cup 2006 - Stars - 1974 West Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Brazil was no longer the dominant power it once was, Poland and a host of other countries were emerging as legitimate threats and England, the great inventor of the game, had lost its way.
		Brazil's samba soccer and Italian catenaccio were spent forces, "Total Football," noted for its inter-changeability and versatility, ruled the global game, as did its greatest advocates, West Germany and the Netherlands.
		The 1974 World Cup introduced "Total Football" to the world, a free-flowing brand of soccer that was the antithesis of Italian catenaccio.
	www.cbc.ca /sports/worldcup2006/history/events/1974.html (1795 words)

	ISP Exclusive - LG Cup Preview: Paraguay
		Iran Sports Press - With the LG Cup coming, ISP gives an introduction to the countries participating at the tournament, starting with the keepers of the eternal Catenaccio flame Paraguay.
		It's rather that Paraguay has found an own way to play football, which has a lot of reminiscence of the old days of Catenaccio, played by Italian teams of the late 60's and early 70's.
		No wonder then that their coach at the last World Cup was Cesare Maldini and Paraguay's football was usually influenced a lot by Italian coaches and Italian football in general.
	www.iransportspress.com /?c=118&a=2355 (554 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today Ancelotti ready for Liverpool
		AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti expects Liverpool to stick to their Italian style 'catenaccio' game plan in Wednesday's Champions League final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul.
		Catenaccio, or bolt in English, was patented in Italy, a defensive approach whereby a team defends deeply and tries to score a goal on the counter-attack.
		Liverpool have been criticised for using this tactic in Europe, but it helped them to eliminate Juventus in the quarterfinals and Chelsea in the semifinals.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/443178.htm (513 words)

	MLSnet.com - News - 05/11/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		When scoring is down, they say it's because there aren't enough Hispanic strikers.
		But the truth is, MLS doesn't need more Hispanic players or more "catenaccio" or more anything like that.
		It needs to continue to do what it's doing this season: Encouraging its players to attack and to attack with joy.
	www.mlsnet.com /MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20050511&content_id=29458&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp (957 words)

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