DAY 7:
Group C
Romania 1-1 Italy
I was chatting with hanming when the match was played. And fortunately I was able to see the penalty saved by Buffon. Romania played their team game, and Italy's weak attack means they have to rely on something they also don't know. Can Di Natale score? Can Toni score? Can Pirlo score? Can Buffon score? (Ok, just stop here.) The team is no more the team which won the World Cup. You can say it is a lot weaker than the champion team. Having problem winning Romania/nearly losing to Romania just means Italy will get knocked out of the tournament shortly.(Mutu, you will be the culprit if Romania failed to qualify for quarters)
France 1-4 Holland
Kawanku, Alex was just furious and hopeless after France lost this important game. My prediction is that France will lose the last game as well and get knocked out of the tournament. Just like Italy, the current team is a lot worse than the World Cup squad. Of course it is never easy to find a replacement for Zidane, the motor of the team, but playing pessimistic football with a bunch of old man never helps, especially when the key players are not performing up to standard.DAY 8
Group D
Spain 2-1 Sweden
Villa oh Villa!! I know you are just too eager to leave Valencia, but can you please not play so good. Your scary price tag will just scare interested teams away.(Yeah!!!! Torres scored his 1st goal!! Ramos is behgai!! Zlatan is lucky!! Puyol is gone injured!! Casillas is behgai!!)
Some positive and negative indications in this game for Spain. Santi is a surprise to me. Didn't know there is another good but short spanish talent. (Spain didn't play worse after they substitute Xavi and Iniesta out mainly due to this fella.)
Silva again proved his quality, but he can be a lot better than what he is now. Should have been more selfish in front of goal.
Spain is again leaky in defense. The chances of conceding is always there.
Sweden meanwhile are collective but too old. H.Larsson is one of the greatest striker IMO, but he is not that fast anymore. I can see him struggling to keep up to pace on many occasions. But I still rate Sweeden as a team to beat in the quarters.
Russia 1-0 Greece
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Greece behgai. That's all! Russia should have scored much more. First time seeing Russia play, and they have a couple of good left footed players. No.19, the one who scored against Spain was not in form. Wasted opportunities and Greece nearly punish Russia's generosity with some dangerous attacks.(I am biased with only a little to write on Russia game. :D)
DAY 9
The last fixture in Group A
Portugal 0-2 Switzerland
It's true that Portugal changed 8 players in their starting lineup against the demoralized Swiss, but we know that even with their 'second team', they are still able to beat anyone. However, you somehow know that the players' mentality are not correct. They are in 'never mind' mode, so a defeat was unavoidable. Congrats to Switzerland for their 1st win of the tournament.(HAKAN YAKIN suddenly climbs up the goal scoring chart.)
Czech 2-3 Turkey
I predicted this match as an ugly and competitive game in my Day5 comment, but I never imagined this match to be that unbelievable and fake. Can you believe Cech to concede 3 goals in less than 30 minutes? I never see Cech that shaky before. And you will never believe someone telling you that Turkey won the game if you are watching the match replay until the 70th minute.Credit to Turkey of course for not giving up after 2-0 down, but they were a bit fortunate to win. Both team's passing were poor, Czech were trying to hold their 2-1 lead with some defensive substitutions, Turkey were clumsy in their challenges.
Nihat just showed that he is capable of wearing the captain armband with that inch perfect winning goal. Turkey has to be careful in their knockout game, probably against Croatia or Germany because the will miss their No1 goalkeeper for his foolish act which earned him an angpao from the referee.
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