That is the lowest total of any major footballing power and has stood for nearly 50 years. From a country that has produced Rossi, Baggi, Del Piero, Vieri et all that blows my mind… Wow.
That is the lowest total of any major footballing power and has stood for nearly 50 years. From a country that has produced Rossi, Baggi, Del Piero, Vieri et all that blows my mind… Wow.
Very much a symptom of the more defensive nature of Italian football particularly through the 90s - In 93/94 AC Milan won the league scoring just 36 goals in a 34 game season.
Also all of the most capped outfield players for Italy are defenders and defensive midfielders. And if you look at the caps of Italy’s all time top scorers only Del Pierro has more than 64 caps with the rest mostly around the 30-60 cap range so you wouldn’t expect many to get 35+ goals