A nothing game with a somewhat weakened side but a scrape for Lippi's boys v the All Whites
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=266772&&cc=5739
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A nothing game with a somewhat weakened side but a scrape for Lippi's boys v the All Whites
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=266772&&cc=5739
crazy game alright lol
I stopped reading after that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Donegalcelt
I think there was only one player who turned out against us.
Zambrotta, Dossena, Pirlo, Iaquinta, Quagliarella, Palombo and Cassano's mate Pepe all played (bits) of both games, although it's still a nothing gameQuote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
Italy must hate the big man up front, as Folan showed. Killen is a dreadful player and he scored a header and a pen
To be fair-its still a fairly strong team....Gilardino, Rossi, Rino, Legrottaglie, Amelia, Santon, Quagliarella, etc are top-quality players (plus the bench had people like Pirlo, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Grosso, Chiellini, toni, etc). Though the team only contained one player that started against us-there was 6 of the team that started against us on the bench-and 6 of the bench in the Ireland game started against New Zeland....Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
As always with the Italians though, why read too much into these results. They always (always) do just enough to qualify/get to a final/etc, despite playing unconvincingly.