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World Cup Group E: Italy vs Ghana [P + R]

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faceNside

Starting XI
BTW for me Luca Toni was MoM. Shame he didn't get to score... but he will do several times in games to come for sure.
 
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Daniel David

Youth Team
adj137 said:
Appiah or Essien for MoM
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Eh...? Pirlo MoM; and Italy put in a refreshing display, considering their past few tournaments, promising indeed (I'm feeling trouble ahead at round of 16 *sigh*).

That penalty not given at least looked like a penalty; however Kuffour should be sent off at thattakle, even if Iaquinta dived; and even more because play had already stopped (thus the tackle was absolutely unnecessary...). Well, perhaps it would be bettter had he got the card :fool: .
 
ShiftyPowers

ShiftyPowers

Make America Great Again
Daniel David said:
Eh...? Pirlo MoM; and Italy put in a refreshing display, considering their past few tournaments, promising indeed (I'm feeling trouble ahead at round of 16 *sigh*).

That penalty not given at least looked like a penalty; however Kuffour should be sent off at thattakle, even if Iaquinta dived; and even more because play had already stopped (thus the tackle was absolutely unnecessary...). Well, perhaps it would be bettter had he got the card :fool: .
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That point was not that Iaquinta dived. He did not, he was brought down illegally and Kuffour should have been booked (It's hard to say give him a red since play was technically stopped). The point is that he faked an injury. Injuries are very serious, and when you fake one it makes people question every legitimate injury. I rolled my eyes today when Koller fell down and when Totti had his leg stepped on because I thought they were acting. And I'm sure because jerks like Iaquinta are so common, the medics who come on to the field take their job a little less serious. If 50% of the time you have to tend to a player he isn't hurt, you're going to doubt guys that are actually hurt.
 
J

JuventusForever

Reserve Team
Pirlo or Cannavaro for MOM imo.. good game from the azzuri's lots of chances and I enjoyed it.. too many misses from certain chances (gilardino,perotta). I'd think that with Del Piero we can see an even better Italy.
 
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Daniel David

Youth Team
ShiftyPowers said:
That point was not that Iaquinta dived. He did not, he was brought down illegally and Kuffour should have been booked (It's hard to say give him a red since play was technically stopped). The point is that he faked an injury. Injuries are very serious, and when you fake one it makes people question every legitimate injury. I rolled my eyes today when Koller fell down and when Totti had his leg stepped on because I thought they were acting. And I'm sure because jerks like Iaquinta are so common, the medics who come on to the field take their job a little less serious. If 50% of the time you have to tend to a player he isn't hurt, you're going to doubt guys that are actually hurt.
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Ha, I put it wrongly actually, but I agree fully on Iaquinta's part - I actually thought he broke his leg or something at first (people do get worried after Smith, Totti, Cissé...). As for the red card, it would seem quite viable - In a Palmeiras - São Paulo recently a player from Palmeiras got a red card after a final whistle for screaming like a maniac to the ref. The folks from Ghana would not be that happy with Simon anyway...

BTW, gotta mention too that crossbar hit by Toni, that was class.
 
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Da Kid

Senior Squad
Italy totally deserved this win...they were alot better team and Iaquinta is Da Boss...Forza Udinese :Bow:
 
M

Madeira

Youth Team
Group stage isn't over yet.

Whose to say the U.S doesn't pull an upset with a win over Italy on Saturday? No one knows.

It's too early to make a prediction like that.
 
R

RUSI

El Merengue Argentino
Essien was exceptional today. (Y)

He was a tank, clearly the best player on the pitch. Too bad he doesn't have much around him.

Pirlo was great too for Italy
 
M

Madeira

Youth Team
Essien is class. I swear, all Ghana needs is an experienced striker - someone like Ballack or something. Then they'd be dangerous.
 
K

Klobb

Starting XI
Wish I could find the picture from todays game, but Kuffour was nearly in the exact same position today as he was back in '99 at the hands of Man U.. :nape:

 
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