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Euro 2004
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MrPing1000
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Deepthroat said:English magazines suck. They have no respect or sympathy what so ever. Idiots.
I will now fade away to the TV and watch Italy vs Denmark. Todeloo!
Thats the sun for you. Newspaper for stupid people
norinrad21
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Denmark is so far the better team.......
Project Midway
Member
Italy scores....almost!
I'm disappointed at Italy so far. They are not playing as good as they can. My guess is that Del Piero will be substituted for Cassano soon. They need someone that shows some balls.
And don't forget to keep that extra eye on Zlatan Ibrahimovic (#10) in Sweden after Italy's match!
And don't forget to keep that extra eye on Zlatan Ibrahimovic (#10) in Sweden after Italy's match!
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Good god Italy, wake up! They've been truly pathetic so far. Play like that against France and they'll be torn apart. Not taking anything away from the Danes, they've been very impressive, but Italy just suck. I know Denmark have a lot of pace and you can't stand shoulder to shoulder with them, but they're still standing waaaaay too far off.
In fact, I've so far been pretty unimpressed with most of the big teams. Portugal were dreadful, England good first half but still not enough to beat France, Spain fine but nothing special. Now Italy too. In fact I'll lump Holland in there as I saw the game against the Irish. They were really, really bad, especially in defence. No team has yet shown they can seriously compete with France, my only hope is with the Czech Republic who I hear are fantastic, though I haven't seen them in action yet.
Oh yeah, what's this European obsession with goalkeepers punching the ball (on a related note Sorensen was fantastic for those two saves)? There are times to punch, but surely when you can catch that's better. I'll never understand where it came from.
In fact, I've so far been pretty unimpressed with most of the big teams. Portugal were dreadful, England good first half but still not enough to beat France, Spain fine but nothing special. Now Italy too. In fact I'll lump Holland in there as I saw the game against the Irish. They were really, really bad, especially in defence. No team has yet shown they can seriously compete with France, my only hope is with the Czech Republic who I hear are fantastic, though I haven't seen them in action yet.
Oh yeah, what's this European obsession with goalkeepers punching the ball (on a related note Sorensen was fantastic for those two saves)? There are times to punch, but surely when you can catch that's better. I'll never understand where it came from.
norinrad21
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Another great save from the Danish keeper.....
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Well done Denmark. The keeper especially, but everyone did well. Italy may have the better looking fans (they always do damn them), but Denmark played the better football. Deserved to win, pity they didn't.
Denmark have got to be favourites as on of the two to go through after that performance. Not seen Sweden yet, and they have at least 3 very good players, but they'll be hard pressed to match their neighbours.
Very poor Italy. England might have lost yesterday, but we'll be a hell of a lot happier with that performance than Italy will be today, despite the point.
Denmark have got to be favourites as on of the two to go through after that performance. Not seen Sweden yet, and they have at least 3 very good players, but they'll be hard pressed to match their neighbours.
Very poor Italy. England might have lost yesterday, but we'll be a hell of a lot happier with that performance than Italy will be today, despite the point.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
Why the hell is Del Piero still picked? I don't see him week in week out, but when I do he's SO poor.
Italy just didn't look like they cared. Sad.
Italy just didn't look like they cared. Sad.
deadhorse32
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Italy is at a slow start again
norinrad21
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Great game, excellent goal keeping by both keepers.
Yeah, such a stupid thing to do by Totti. In the last minute too, when they're not even defending. And it's pretty clear he wasn't aiming at the ball.
And I don't like how sissy the Italian players are at times. I mean, they seem to be aiming at opponents legs in order to create a foul, rather than trying to keep running with the ball when attacking. Yes, I know this kind of play can be found in just about any national team today, but Italy really pushed it in this match IMO. There were some situations when the different styles became really apparent:
One Danish player was tackled, got up, and kept going, then he lost the ball, tried to get it back, and the Italian player fell just by merely touching a Danish leg, more or less, and of course made some dramatic rolls on the grass.
I think it was a pretty fair result though, both teams had some good chances.
And I don't like how sissy the Italian players are at times. I mean, they seem to be aiming at opponents legs in order to create a foul, rather than trying to keep running with the ball when attacking. Yes, I know this kind of play can be found in just about any national team today, but Italy really pushed it in this match IMO. There were some situations when the different styles became really apparent:
One Danish player was tackled, got up, and kept going, then he lost the ball, tried to get it back, and the Italian player fell just by merely touching a Danish leg, more or less, and of course made some dramatic rolls on the grass.
I think it was a pretty fair result though, both teams had some good chances.
deadhorse32
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callous said:
Because Italy was playing bad but not THAT bad
He was the first one I praised. But everyone expected Italy to win, and if they had lost it would have been a much bigger shock. Buffon's two saves within a 3 second span basically kept them in the game. So did the danish keeper's save off the header, but I'm just saying that a loss for Italy would look much worse than a draw in the media, and buffon saved them time and time again.
norinrad21
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Yep that girl was hot..... can't wait to see some of our women swinging it tomorrow
norinrad21
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OMG..........Sweden scores!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike Works
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COCKLES said:Gotta love the Italian fans. They all look like models.
Didn't know the game was on so early, so I missed it. From what I'm hearing on here, either the Danes put on more pressure than expected, or Italy didn't play as well as they should have, and both goalies were heavily responsible for a scoreless tie- especially the Danish one who made some big saves.
Sound right?
Both goalies made plenty of game-saving saves. Buffons "double save" (the first shot palmed to a dane, that lead to another save) and the brilliant save off the header by the danish keeper were both amazing. Italy's fans were let down much moreso than the Denmark fans.
Deepthroat said:And don't forget to keep that extra eye on Zlatan Ibrahimovic (#10) in Sweden after Italy's match!
A decent first half. Bulgaria had more of the play during the first part of the half, but I think Sweden gained more play as the match progressed. I wish Sweden would play less long, high balls at Zlatan/Henke...better to play along the ground. Jacobsson is starting to shine in the defense, and even though Bulgaria had chances during the latter part of the half, I think the Swedish had pretty good control over the situations.
The through pass that led to the Swedish goal was brilliantly executed by Anders Svensson, and it's really nice by Zlatan to pass instead of shoot in that situation.
I hope Sweden will play for a second goal, instead of defending their lead. Looking at the current line-up though, it's more offense than defense with Mikael Nilsson + Wilhelmsson on the right side. Will be very interesting to see Chippen (Wilhelmsson) during the 2nd half.
The through pass that led to the Swedish goal was brilliantly executed by Anders Svensson, and it's really nice by Zlatan to pass instead of shoot in that situation.
I hope Sweden will play for a second goal, instead of defending their lead. Looking at the current line-up though, it's more offense than defense with Mikael Nilsson + Wilhelmsson on the right side. Will be very interesting to see Chippen (Wilhelmsson) during the 2nd half.
norinrad21
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Henke just scored an amazing goal................
Mike Works
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That's kind of impossible. There's no way a team can be bested on both offensive scoring chances and goalkeeping in a scoreless draw.Hooker said:
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