Italy vs. Ukraine
I would love to see the Italians go out today to Ukraine - love it! I'm really tired of their negativity and cheating. Come on, Sheva!
posted by gatorbob @ 2:46 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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59 Comments:
Peckerman has just resigned!!
I was waiting for the same photo of the next game. You beat me to it.
What about your boy Heinze? Looks like he's do for a big ban - what a spoilsport!
Here come the teams.
I bet you they go for a commercial
Andy Gray's just said that Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't trained for two successive days - hurrah!
I agree, save him for the season.
You watched the Skysports report?
It is live at 2
Yeah, it was brilliant. Andy Gray at the chalkboard - he must be the best analyst around.
Come on, let's have an open game with lots of goals.
Here are the sides:
Ukraine (3-5-2) 1-Oleksander Shovkovsky; 6-Andriy Rusol, 22-Vyacheslav Svidersky, 2-Andriy Nesmachny; 9-Oleg Gusev, 4-Anatoly Tymoshchyuk, 8-Oleg Shelayev, 19-Maxim Kalinichenko, 14-Andriy Husin; 7-Andriy Shevchenko, 15-Artem Milevsky
Italy (4-3-2-1) 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 6-Andrea Barzagli, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 3-Fabio Grosso; 20-Simone Perrotta, 21-Andrea Pirlo, 8-Gennaro Gattuso; 16-Mauro Camoranesi, 10-Francesco Totti; 9-Luca Toni.
I concur, Dave. Let's have plenty of goals here.
Both JP and Harksey are already butchering the Ukainian names!
should have done better.
They just let him go straight down the middle
why wasn't he ready for the backheal
goal......
Great start. End to end stuff
GOAL: 1-0! This game already has more excitement than the earlier tense affair. Great strike from Zambrotta the fullback.
Wouldn't you butcher Ukrainian names, Dave? Lay off JP and Harkesy. They're the best team we have!
I'm surprised that the Italians are playing Luca Toni again - he hasn't shown me much. Also Totti making a return after the penalty heroics in the last match.
I need a hat-trick from Sheva today!
Did you think that the goalkeeper was lacking on the goal? - I just thought it was a cracking shot!
I think it was a good goal.
I am sorry, I can't JP. He is the classic getting excited for a throw in and monotone for shot off the crossbar!!
The Italians are pulling out the theatrics already - did you see Gattuso holding his back after that challenge. He didn't get near his back!
All the U.S. commentators do that. It's always - PERROTTA CLEARS IT OUT! and a low shot from Totti....Bizarre. Must be something to do with U.S. sports. Lots of scoring.
I love how Harkesy had to remind JP that he was a U.S. international captain just there. I guess the accent does cause confusion at times.
I have to defend the Italians a little. I have a seen quite a few times where they have hopped right up.
I was surprised
I'm so tired of the rolling about on the pitch - Gattuso should be castrated for this.
Oh, come on Dave. I know your name's Nocito, but honestly. Did you see that dive in the penalty area just now. That was scandalous! Should've been a second yellow for that bloke.
I think he slipped
Then why was he looking around for the keeper and then winking. Come on, that was as total cheat.
It would have been a better game if Ukraine had scored first. Unfortunately now it's killed the match. The Italians will ride this one goal out for ninety minutes catenaccio style and Ukraine don't have the quality to be able to get it back.
I am affraid you are right
Half-time: 1-0 Italy; After a furious start, this one has ground to a halt, with the Italians going into gamesmanship mode after scoring early.
Sheva really hasn't had a sniff and the Chelski bosses can't be happy with his display in this WC. Again they've played him up front essentially alone and perhaps he plays better with a striking partner. But he must do better in the 2nd half.
Second half starting: No changes as yet.
Oh come on, now Cannavaro's down when the ball struck him in the bollocks! Honestly, I'd get the stretcher on and have these guys cool their heels on the side for a few minutes while their teammates are playing a man down.
Oh, nearly an own goal. That would have opened the game up. Bugger!
at least the ukrainians are putting some pressure on
Oh, and now Timoschyuk gets a free header at the back post and it's saved onto the post by Buffon. Buffon's gone down after hitting his head on the post - that might actually be an injury, but I'd still stretcher him off and have bloody Gattuso don the keeper's jersey while he's having treatment.
Come on, Sheva!
Yeah, well they've got to throw everything at them right now. I reckon that the Italians will tire a bit toward the end. It looks like they'll have one of the forwards off soon.
Typical, two great chances and then the Italians go down and score
Oh, that was the chance! First Gusev is put in one-on-one with Buffon and strikes it straight at the keeper. Then Zambrotta clears off the line from Timoschyuk. I'd like to see that one again - I find it hard to believe he didn't use his hand, but there were no appeals.
GOAL: 2-0; Luca Toni stoops to head home his first WC goal. The Ukrainians fell asleep at that short corner and two Italians were unmarked. Toni will be happy to get that goal. Game over!
Gusev now has had one off the crossbar - it's just not going right for Ukraine!~
so unlucky again
The Italians are still going forward????
Camaronese could've had a goal there if the cynicism hadn't taken over. It's almost as if his Argentine/Italian brain clicked on - "Must...take...dive." Despicable behavior!
good build up and goal
GOAL: 3-0; Great stuff from Zambrotta again, cutting in from the left and the simplest of chances for Toni. Suddenly he's the leading goalscorer for Italy in this WC.
with TWO
The Italians really are quite a good side. If they should just switch off the cynical strategy that they've learned since birth, I might like a bit better. As it is, though, I quite fancy Jurgen's German side. They're quite un-German.
Yeah, well, they don't have to score much with that back four and Buffon to have to beat at the other end. What is it - three games since anyone's scored against them?
I would take a result like this tomorrow.
The Italians, not much done in the first round, struggled to a 1-0 win in the round of sixteen and then this... same again tomorrow for that team in white
Yes, indeed, Dave. I'm hoping that this is the game that England explode.
Honestly, Sheva looks as if he expects it to be laid up on a plate for him. I hope he's as pants as this for Chelski next season.
Oh, goodie, it's Zaccardo coming on. Maybe he'll stick one in for Ukraine and tighten this one up.
He is the only one to get it past Buffon
That was a splendid own goal!
Did you have the Italians in the semis? I'd have to look that up on my stats. I had them playing Argentina - so I'm one for two so far.
Germany or Italy - who wins?
I'll take an England - Germany final. You?
Oh, Sheva really deserved a penalty there. Come on, throw him a bone!
i agree, England vs Germany
See you tomorrow for the big one!!
I have couple of friends coming over for it.
One likes soccer but the other just abuses me.
Game over.
Hey, I didn't get disabled.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
See ya mate
Full-time: 3-0; A deserved victory, but it has to be said that Ukraine were the poorest of all eight quarterfinalists.
Good chatting with you today, Dave. Yes, the big one for tomorrow. Your a better man than I. I've gotten to the point where it's either solid England fans with me for those matches or no one. I've had a belly load of watching England with people who are either needling me about them ("oh, there not very good, are they?") or having to explain basic things to a newbie.
Come on, England!
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