Italy exit as Slovakia turf out reigning champions
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GOOOAAAL.................Vittek scores for Slovakia..............1-0...................is Italy going home ? i hope so !
Paraguay 0-0 New Zealand.............please, please, pleaseeeee...........Paraguay has to win !
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v bad game play by italy.. boring match..
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DO cry for me Paraguay !!!!!!!
i know you bastards won't go for win with Italy in trouble but MICKEY MOUSE team New Zealand so hard to beat meh ???!!!
my only consolation is that Italy is out ! too bad England didn't join them !
Spain is next to go home !
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who was the italian player who sat cryin on the pitch???
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fark man, the slovaks play acting ah really should get the oscars especially their keeper..
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
who was the italian player who sat cryin on the pitch???
was it muller or something
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Originally posted by stellazio:
fark man, the slovaks play acting ah really should get the oscars especially their keeper..
u din see hw england played durin the last few mins.totally no sportmanship at all.
shame on dem.
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
u din see hw england played durin the last few mins.totally no sportmanship at all.
shame on dem.
taking the ball to the corner flag is professionalism.. but play acting to injury is disgraceful.
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play acting or not..italy deserved to go out...
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yea their defending has been horrible..especially for the 3rd goal..
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Originally posted by stellazio:
taking the ball to the corner flag is professionalism.. but play acting to injury is disgraceful.
another dumb epl fan. -
Italy failed becoz ex-Juve Lippi chose too many Juventus players after a horrid season !
Italy now like Germany in 1998, lacking in good new players !
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Italy failed because there werent a lot of up and coming players to replace the ageing warhorses, like luca toni, totti, del piero and many others.
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World Cup 2010: Italy exit as Slovakia turf out reigning champions
Riccardo Montolivo keeps his footing as Italy's Gennaro Gattuso and Slovakia's Juraj Kucka tussle on the turf. Photograph: Scott Heavey/Action Images
The World Cuop holders are out, and Slovakia, like New Zealand before them, can celebrate the greatest day in their footballing history.
There was a telling moment after half an hour of this game. Slovakia were already in the lead when Fabio Cannavaro, the Italy captain who went through the entire 2006 World Cup without a single disciplinary blemish, blatantly blocked Juraj Kucka with his shoulder and smiled as he picked up the caution.
It was the smile of a captain who knows the game is up. Cannavaro is no longer the impeccable defender he once was, and he was lucky Howard Webb took a lenient view when he followed his booking with a foul on Marek Hamsik. Italy are no longer recognisable as the team who won the World Cup four years ago, conceding only two goals along the way.
If this result was a shock, it was no surprise to anyone who watched Italy's leaden display against New Zealand, where they only gained a point through the most dubious of penalties. Marcelo Lippi accepted they had lacked imagination and guile in that game and it was the same again here, except Slovakia proved much tougher opponents than the Kiwis. This time, in addition to struggling to come up with any inspiration in attack, Italy faced a side capable of causing their own defence plenty of problems.
Only when seemingly out of the World Cup did Italy come to life. Di Natale brought them back into the game with a tap-in on the rebound after Quagliarella's shot was blocked by Jan Mucha. The Italians were so keen to get the game restarted a fight broke out in the back of the net.
Italy thought they had the goal they needed to progress two minutes later, only for Quagliarella to be ruled offside by a matter of centimetres, before another ludicrously conceded goal by the impostors in the Italian rear ruled out any chance of a comeback. Kamil Kopunek had only just come on as a substitute, though that was no excuse for Italy's failure to pick him up as he ran straight through to latch on to a throw and lift the ball over Marchetti.
Even then there was drama left as Quagliarella gloriously chipped the Slovakia goalkeepr from the edge of the area to make the last couple of minutes frantic, but Italy were timed out in the end, paying the penalty for not playing the whole match with the required intensity.
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
another dumb epl fan.sorry, bout any team that is winning 1-0 will do that.. maybe you need to watch more football..
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dat does not equal professionalism.
u nit to watch less epl to be less narrow-minded.
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u mean those who watched SERIE A failed lol.
then did u watch brazilian football or not, since brazil is the best.
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
dat does not equal professionalism.
u nit to watch less epl to be less narrow-minded.
u do need to keep ur mouth shut
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coz the truth hurts?
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the truth of the matter is Germany is going home on Sunday :x
can u handle the truth after the match and stop crying like a hello kitty
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haha.
we shall see.
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Originally posted by Hello Kitty:
dat does not equal professionalism.
u nit to watch less epl to be less narrow-minded.
and you should probably watch the champions league.
bringing the ball to the corner flag, or passing the ball around your defenders is all part of wasting time to wind down the clock. but play acting isnt.
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Originally posted by stellazio:
and you should probably watch the champions league.
bringing the ball to the corner flag, or passing the ball around your defenders is all part of wasting time to wind down the clock. but play acting isnt.
I agreed with stellazio.Nothing wrong to bring the ball to the corner flag.
They did nothing wrong, they never act, they never do any time wasting. They are perfectly legal, ref cannot blow and show yellow card on them.
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germany never play to corner flag, never waste time.
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Originally posted by stellazio:
and you should probably watch the champions league.
bringing the ball to the corner flag, or passing the ball around your defenders is all part of wasting time to wind down the clock. but play acting isn
stop ur lubbish can.me is watch soccer wif daddy grow up one can.
got simi lanjiao leagues me no indulged before.
if u lucky, still can find me embeddin sum toopid man u anthem in the early days.
u pass here pass there on the field, at least the ball is still free for all to challenge.
of all the wily acts, kikin corner/border or feignin injuries are juz as low browed.
none of it is ur so called professionalism.
so pls lah - tortoise dun luff at turtle can.