Italia v Romania

[CFC10]

Bloody Yanks keep calling Buffon saves "blocks" or "shutouts"

I'm putting up with Chinese commentators, so I have no idea what they are calling Buffon's saves!

Google TVUplayer even better then sopcast and heaps of US channels.

Thanks for turning me to TVUplayer it's awesome. I've been watching crappy streams the last few games the quality on this is amazing for what it is.

[JUVE 11]

to all you tossers,

When Spain, Greece and Malaysia win 4 World Cups come back and we'll talk then.


Speak to ya............................. never !!

[ronaldo07]

is this a world cup ?
oh it's euro08 ..

[JUVE 11]

is this a world cup ?
oh it's euro08 ..

No, this is a football forum.

A World Cup and a Euro is something that Malaysia will never even qualify for, let alone win.

You can bet your house, or your hut, on that !!

[bradley]

How about actually commenting on the game like we all did as opposed to bringing up past success to mask the current failures of the italian NT?

Im pretty sure you wouldnt take me seriously if I brought up 'we won euro 2004, so who cares if we got destroyed by sweden'..

[ronaldo07]

is this a world cup ?
oh it's euro08 ..

No, this is a football forum.

A World Cup and a Euro is something that Malaysia will never even qualify for, let alone win.

You can bet your house, or your hut, on that !!

i agree ..
we will never get thumped by holland ..
too bad

[Juventino]

The performance was far better but it just didn't fall our way. Terrible decision to give Toni offside. A goal right on half time and it changes the game completely. Grosso was brilliant today and I thought players played well except for Camoranesi, with guys like Chiellini and Del Piero stepping up. Certainly some promising signs but there is a hell of a lot that needs to be improved. Donadoni left it too late again to bring on Cassano, who must start against France. Despite all the close chances the bottom line was we couldn't put one away.

Gigi, ti amo! What a save that was.

Against the French I would have,

--------------------------------Buffon
Zambrotta-------Chiellini-------Panucci-------Grosso
---------De Rossi----------Pirlo-----Aquilani
----------------------Del Piero------Cassano
--------------------------------Toni

Like the Milan Christmas tree formation. Del Piero and Cassano were linking up well and need to start.

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Frciking sh1t !! not a good day for me !!

[olympiakos]

to all you tossers,

When Spain, Greece and Malaysia win 4 World Cups come back and we'll talk then.


Speak to ya............................. never !!

easy there princess

[ruud]

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Frciking sh1t !! not a good day for me !!

bet for the orange and you will win money

[TM87]

Mutu what a miss........... Main thing still in with a chance. Who would of thought 4-1.

[BAGGIO 15]

Italy v Romania


First goal for Romaina- Mutu
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http://www.d1g.com/video/show/2047877

First Goal for Italy - Panucci
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[BAGGIO 15]

I'm going to go ahead and say it....Italy....better luck in 2012

I think you will be right, the game with Italy and France will mean nothing as Holland will help Romania through.
Why would you want either of the last WC finalists to get through and build momentum.

Abit embarrassing for both France and Italy.

Still amazed Ambrosini was brought on to win a game from midfield, bloody Milan boys looking out for Milan boys. Aquilani was the the player required. Donadoni has performed poorly and will go if we get knocked out.

[BAGGIO 15]

Isn't it funny when a penalty is given for a defender pulling the striker down, you get Toni/Grosso/quagliarella all diving for a penalty. If Luca Toni is a great striker he would've fended off his defender and bagged the goal to give Italy an un-likely win. Instead he does the typical Italian thing and holds onto the defenders arm and dives. Useless.
Great save from buffon, 1st class tonight. As was Lobont in the opposing goal.

To the conterey, Toni was terrible, he had several chances to use his body to get attempts away, he was either to slow at times I tried to milk a penalty. He should of been replaced.

[ruud]

admittedly i have only watched all of hollands games and some of italys 2nd game

but toni hasnt impressed me at all, when i see him play for italy i dont know how he is a world class striker

[ADELAIDE CITY]

wot a morning wot heartache i want 2 be confident 4 the next game but when u need a result to fall your way it rarely happens STRANGER THINGS HAVE HAPPENED

[Piola]

if that wasn't simply bad luck with regards to Luca Toni and the numerous saves pulled by Lobont......

Zambrotta, ma che schivo. That was really a disaster and a half.
The ref, just as big a disaster, Toni was easily onside.

as for the rest, sorry if we didnt jump straight on the forum at 3AM after watching a football match.

anti-Italia attitude by most people is laughable

[TheInterMan]

admittedly i have only watched all of hollands games and some of italys 2nd game

but toni hasnt impressed me at all, when i see him play for italy i dont know how he is a world class striker

Thing about strikers is you can't go on 2 or 3 games on how good they are. I'm sure a lot of the greatest strikers around today would have had 3 or 4 game bad streaks. How can you doubt him being a world class striker with the record he has at the top level.

[ADELAIDE CITY]

How they called that offside on toni baffles me the ref was in a perfect position CLEAR F.CKEN GOAL as they say MERDA happens

[Drusetta]

Just how many chances just Toni need to put one away? That's two games now and he has produced nothing.
Vieri still more effective. Put Panucci up front even.
How did Luca Toni score 29goals (or was it 39) in the Bundesliga
Italy's persistent long ball tactic became rather predictable very quickly.
No-one was effectively feeding off Toni until the last 10 minutes.
And Panucci's inept defedning, yet again, Donadoni's former team-mate.
Panucci turned his back on a soft cross/shot that ricocheted against the post, he was caught on the wrong side of a Romanian forward for a set-piece, he gave away the penalty, and was saved from further embarrassament when both Grosso and De Rossi made last ditch tackles. Lest I mention Panucci's BestOnGround performance FOR HOLLAND!!! Panucci was injured I hear you say, that's because he got in Buffon's way in the first place.
Yes, Zambrotta's pass back cost them, and Toni's goal was on side but Italy's goal scoring creativity was non existent.
An as Baggio15 said, if you're chasing a game why would you bring on a defensive midfielder???
Cassano did look dangerous; not sure if his team-mates saw the opportunities s quickly as he does.

[bradley]

Still amazed Ambrosini was brought on to win a game from midfield, bloody Milan boys looking out for Milan boys. Aquilani was the the player required. Donadoni has performed poorly and will go if we get knocked out.

I thought he brought Ambrosini to save a draw in the last 5 minutes. Romania were romping at that stage of the game.

I also thought Toni was excellent last night, he created so much. On another day some of those chances woulda went in.

[Piola]

Just how many chances just Toni need to put one away? That's two games now and he has produced nothing.
Vieri still more effective. Put Panucci up front even.
How did Luca Toni score 29goals (or was it 39) in the Bundesliga
Italy's persistent long ball tactic became rather predictable very quickly.
No-one was effectively feeding off Toni until the last 10 minutes.
And Panucci's inept defedning, yet again, Donadoni's former team-mate.
Panucci turned his back on a soft cross/shot that ricocheted against the post, he was caught on the wrong side of a Romanian forward for a set-piece, he gave away the penalty, and was saved from further embarrassament when both Grosso and De Rossi made last ditch tackles. Lest I mention Panucci's BestOnGround performance FOR HOLLAND!!! Panucci was injured I hear you say, that's because he got in Buffon's way in the first place.
Yes, Zambrotta's pass back cost them, and Toni's goal was on side but Italy's goal scoring creativity was non existent.
An as Baggio15 said, if you're chasing a game why would you bring on a defensive midfielder???
Cassano did look dangerous; not sure if his team-mates saw the opportunities s quickly as he does.

Luca Toni DID put one away. Clearly onside, so dont criticise. Yes he missed many chances, but he did score a perfectly good goal and forced numerous saves out of Lobont.

[Drusetta]

il duce

You're probably right - Donadoni bringing on Ambrosini to save the draw; but that result doesn't leave Italy's fate in their own hands. That's what makes the change illogical IMO.

According to the official score-line, Toni did not score. Otherwise we could include everyone else's disallowed goals as well.
There was an offside goal allowed the other night - I forget who it was for, but the attacker only had a defender in front of him (keeper was well of his line). Yet it was allowed. This also affected the match result. It's extremely annoying to see the amount of times it happens.
With this game, it's disappointing that both the referee AND his assistant, were both in the right spot to see; both thought Toni was offside. That decision cost Italy the game. I like to win or lose games on merit but that's the way it goes. Toni was also pulled down for a penalty (not given) in the same way Panucci pulled down whoever it was.

Being the cynic I am, I still believe that Austria will amazingly pull off the result they need to qualify for the Quarter finals, so UEFA/FIFA have at least one tournament host in the next round - as has always been the case I think.

[Piola]

I know that the disallowed goal doesnt count and means nothing now but you have to give Toni the credit for scoring a perfectly good goal. People saying he is pathetic, if that goal was correctly ruled onside and Italy won, the same people would probably be happy about the return of Luca Toni.

As far as bringing on Ambro, only other real option would have been to bring on Marco Borriello and try and squeeze out a late winner but with the Romanians looking dangerous on the counter, would have been risky.

Panucci is suspect but this is the one area that Donadoni doesnt deserve any blame. He can only use what he has and none of our defenders are up to the standards of Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta.

anyway, I dont think the performance last night was bad at all, the result was a killer though. We need a win against France and I think the morale in the team and the whole "non mollare mai" attitude is starting to come through which is exactly what we need to win.

[vigilante]

go chase a windmill you spanish fuck

disappointing result, things just didn't fall right for us on the night, but a much improved performance. there is still hope but i have a bad feeling like the last euro that there will be a convenient result between holland and romania in the last match that will see italy out of the tournament. speriamo di no.

[swannsong]

if that wasn't simply bad luck with regards to Luca Toni and the numerous saves pulled by Lobont......

Zambrotta, ma che schivo. That was really a disaster and a half.
The ref, just as big a disaster, Toni was easily onside.

as for the rest, sorry if we didnt jump straight on the forum at 3AM after watching a football match.

anti-Italia attitude by most people is laughable

I thought goalkeepers were there to make saves, Buffon did very well to stop several efforts from Romania.
Rather than people saying Italy this Italy that, the focus should be on how well Romania played.

[Stevie G Anfield Legend]

Apparently the italian fans in adelaide will be going here for the game vs France

So the Italians are going to drive for 12 hours to go watch the game in some shed in the outback? seems a bit silly of them

I dont know what game some people on this forum were watching, i unlike many people dont have anti-italy disease

people are always quick to bring up the australia game incident and probably always will in this country but that was no penalty. The referee's rarely give italy a decent go at major tournaments and today was more of the same.. how was that offside?

[diegom]

if that wasn't simply bad luck with regards to Luca Toni and the numerous saves pulled by Lobont......

Zambrotta, ma che schivo. That was really a disaster and a half.
The ref, just as big a disaster, Toni was easily onside.

as for the rest, sorry if we didnt jump straight on the forum at 3AM after watching a football match.

anti-Italia attitude by most people is laughable

Totally agree, Italians played much beta attcking football
Lebont saved the romanians assssss so many time
It was frustrating watchin the Italians miss ans miss ans miss
The ref was an absolute joke, how the hell can he and the linesman rule Toni offside?? Penalty for Romania and disallowed penalty for Toni.
Above all, game has finished, time for les frogs
Sorry to say, but Italy even if they beat les frogs, will be out
Holland will field a second side, preserving their players for the next round. Romania can beat them
ITALIA deserved to win against the romanians, but if the ball does not hit the back of the net - Thats Football.

Neways, backing Croatia to win now!

[swannsong]

if that wasn't simply bad luck with regards to Luca Toni and the numerous saves pulled by Lobont......

Zambrotta, ma che schivo. That was really a disaster and a half.
The ref, just as big a disaster, Toni was easily onside.

as for the rest, sorry if we didnt jump straight on the forum at 3AM after watching a football match.

anti-Italia attitude by most people is laughable

Totally agree, Italians played much beta attcking football
Lebont saved the romanians assssss so many time
It was frustrating watchin the Italians miss ans miss ans miss
The ref was an absolute joke, how the hell can he and the linesman rule Toni offside?? Penalty for Romania and disallowed penalty for Toni.
Above all, game has finished, time for les frogs
Sorry to say, but Italy even if they beat les frogs, will be out
Holland will field a second side, preserving their players for the next round. Romania can beat them
ITALIA deserved to win against the romanians, but if the ball does not hit the back of the net - Thats Football.

Neways, backing Croatia to win now!

Buffon has made 2 great saves already ! 20 min
And one just hit the post !
Radoi off on a stretcher !
2 great saves by Labont @ 40 min.

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[Piola]

what's your point???