Roberto Gotta in Italy

It may sound like a broken record, but Italy is a country which wishes it was going nowhere fast.

That, at least, would be better than hurtling downhill towards moral and material disaster as it's been doing for a while. Of course, we have museums, beautiful natural and man-made scenery, art, monuments, beaches and the sea, but hey, we had those two hundred years ago, too, and we've barely moved an inch in the direction of ethical progress since...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=388838&root=europe&cc=5901