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[dmitc]

^^^LATE

sorry if ah doh spend meh sunday nights on trinituner

[Maserati]

i think they afraid del piero couldnt play the whole game
for the time he was in they had him locked down though

he could have more than played from the second half..he may be an bit old but for Juve las season he played entire 90minutes without any problem.

coach should have realized from the 1st three matches that toni wasn't doing the job and he should have made changes.

[joel]

even if del piero had come on, inzaghi...whoever, italy plays some of the most booooring football ever and they deserve to go home and sleep... i dont know why holland didnt let tha next side win and save us the sleeping pill that italy administer to us....

[dmitc]

inzaghi...whoever

huh........ i take it u don't follow football much
but you are right Italy doh deserve to progress with the negative style football they play.

but had Inzaghi been there things might have been different

[OffshoreMarketing]

whay i dont understand is if they played like meows how come spain cudnt scor on them? lol

had pirlo been there and del piero on earlier we wud have seen real counterattacking stylle ball

say wha llyuh want buh it nto easy to play 120 minutes like the italians did and not concede and yes del piroe is more than good for 45 mins he did it with juventus whole season i think he coach made some bad judgments

oh well germany gonna steam roll to the win buhi feel russia go beat spain

i actually love italy style although it was not completely true to form in this euro but is either u hate it or love it

[hydroep]

Steups..."Forza Italy" men still makin' excuses? Man take allyuh cut-arse with some dignity and move on nah...


My predictions for the semis:

Wednesday

Germany 2 - Turkey 0

Thursday

Russia 2 - Spain 1

[OffshoreMarketing]

so Toni jumpin n fakin...wha yuh call dat

lol show me one side who never do that nah


buh oh well

germnay russia ft final

[cinco]

NO COUNTRY FUH OLE MEN

[Maserati]

what i say


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/7470415.stm

Arshavin set for England or Spain

Zenit St Petersburg coach Dick Advocaat is resigned to losing Russia playmaker Andrei Arshavin to a top English or Spanish club after Euro 2008.

Arshavin, 27, has starred in Russia's run to the semi-finals and informed Advocaat beforehand he wanted a move.

"I can understand that he wants to play in Europe," Advocaat told BBC 5 Live.

"I think he has some clubs in his mind, some in England and others in Spain, because they are the only two countries he would like to play in."

Arshavin helped Zenit win the Uefa Cup last season and, after being suspended for Russia's opening two games at Euro 2008, has returned to mesmerising effect.

He helped them beat Sweden to reach the quarter-finals and then inspired a surprise 3-1 extra-time victory over the Netherlands.

Arsenal and Chelsea have already been linked with Russia's maestro but he would apparently favour a move to Spain and Advocaat believes he would succeed wherever he decided to go.

"We had a meeting and he said at his age this is the time to move on," Advocaat said.

"If you lose one of your main players you don't like it as a coach but you have to be realistic.

"It is difficult to say which league would suit him best. We play more or less 4-3-3 and our wide players have a lot of freedom.

"I'm not sure other coaches will give him the freedom but you have to otherwise it's difficult to use him. He needs the freedom to do what he thinks is best for the team.

"I have worked with him for two years and he is a very talented player.

"He's just turned 27, he's very quick, he has an excellent shot on both legs and besides scoring he can also provide for other players."

[eitech]

is only common sense that if most of ur top players sidelined coz of yellow cards that u can't attack as u would normally..hence a more defensive tactic..

[Maserati]

lol like inter or real will flash cash and buy him

[ZanRx8]

lol like inter or real will flash cash and buy him

Chances are he might end up at Arsenal to replace Flamini, if he goes to spain I can see him at Barca which might be a better fit for him....

[dmitc]

would like to see him at Arsenal

[honda hoe]

who win?

[Maserati]

Zimbabwe

[aR&D]

The Italy-Spain match was a really intense, edge of seat match. I am not an Italy fan and was backing Spain. The italian defensive system shone through and that match should be used during video sessions to show footballers how it is done. At no point was there not a man to defend and pickup if one of his defending team mate got passed.

A very enjoyable technical game that was.

When it came down to the penalty kicks that was when the suspense stopped for me. Unlike other people who think PK's are full of suspense, I knew that italy would have lost, because Casillas has a proven track record as a great penalty stopper.

[eitech]

^^^buffon is one as well, and so is van der sar...at least some1 appreciates a good defensive side

[Maserati]

Some people jus don't know what is football

They accustomed to trinidad-style secondary school football...where yuh have 20 men chasing one ball end to end

lol and 10 man want to strike and no one to defend

[plex]

So who is it today? Germany or Turkey going home?

[acid angel]

aye them turks mite surprise us. ah mean it real footage to learn all germany moves but how much we really know about turkey?

[SUPAstarr]

^^ yea but Turkey only have 13 players out of their orginal squad available to them with the rest eithr mash up or suspended

[honda hoe]

germany better win

[acid angel]

yeah i sure real ppl betting on germany, but i don't underestimate ppl

[Maserati]

can't see turkey pulling this off..if they had the full team yes but they seriously depleted.

[Maserati]

^true eh

[AYE_SOLDIER]

go turkey i hate germany

[Maserati]

kick off time

[honda hoe]

who win?

[Maserati]

India

[SUPAstarr]

Turkey gettin on reeeeel bad rite now