Quarter Final: Spain v italy

[Missing Post Count]

Monday

4:00am Internationals Spain v italy - Live Euro 2008
Live from Vienna, kick off 4:15am

[Piola]

bit late man, my title is better

[Missing Post Count]

bit late man, my title is better

I didn't notice because it wasn't in English and you listed the teams in the wrong order

[BAGGIO 15]

Lets just hope Toni starts to take his chances, if so whatout we may well get on a roll.

[Madridista612]

This is going to be gooooooooooooood

[Missing Post Count]

This should be a cracker. Quite often teams who do well in a tournament are slow to start whereas teams who come out firing tend to struggle to keep that momentum so it would be interesting to see how this goes.

[Bomber]

Italy 2-1 after extra time.

[SPURS18]

This ones a gem but i think Spain to win 3-2

[diegom]

If we can keep Torres and Villa quiet, Italy will win 1-0

BUT
I think its goin to be a cracker

Italia (World cup champions) V Spain (underachievers)

[Napoli]

If we can keep Torres and Villa quiet, Italy will win 1-0

BUT
I think its goin to be a cracker

Italia (World cup champions) V Spain (underachievers)

Lets just hope they keep underachieving.....

[ozzie owl]

This is going to be gooooooooooooood

Hope Torres fires in a hat trick.

[Napoli]

This is going to be gooooooooooooood

Hope Torres fires in a hat trick.

Not with Gigi in the way....

[adriano10]

This should be a cracker. Quite often teams who do well in a tournament are slow to start whereas teams who come out firing tend to struggle to keep that momentum so it would be interesting to see how this goes.

We've had a knack for starting slow and then trying to get into rythm before its too late... let's hope we do so against the underachievers!

[diegom]

This is going to be gooooooooooooood

Hope Torres does not bring his shootin boots.

and Villa has gastro!

[# 9]

spain look too good at the moment. italy picked up a bit while beating poor playing france. but i dont think it will matter how good italy is at the back, villa or torres will prob bag a brace. i can see either a 3-1 or atleast a 2-0 win to spain.

[povman_2009]

Will be the game of the tournament so far and a real test of Spains credibility on the big stage, no idea who will come out on top but will definitely be getting up to watch it. May football be the winner as the cliche goes. If I had to make a prediction I suspect Italy will hang tough and come out on top.

[chelsea91]

going to be quality FORZA ITALIA!!

[The Kop]

No offence my eyetalian friends so dont get ure kleenex out.
But I dont rate Chielini or Panucci as intl quality central defenders. Torres and Villa to cause them too much grief.
Your WC defence was obv much better.

No Pirlo or Gatusso either. Unless Spain cop multiple red cards and injuries vs Greece tonight, they will have too much quality.

Spain 3-1

[Piola]

No offence my eyetalian friends so dont get ure kleenex out.
But I dont rate Chielini or Panucci as intl quality central defenders. Torres and Villa to cause them too much grief.
Your WC defence was obv much better.

No Pirlo or Gatusso either. Unless Spain cop multiple red cards and injuries vs Greece tonight, they will have too much quality.

Spain 3-1

we dont rate our central defensive pairing either

but as for Pirlo and Gattuso, they are replaceable for this match.

Simple. Gattuso has been out of form anyway, so Ambrosini comes in, straight swap.

Alberto Aquilani will start giving the team an extra weapon going forward, with Simone Perrotta to give support to the forwards and Daniele De Rossi another class midfielder.

Our midfield can match it with Spain, just a case of can our defence handle it.

as for the Spanish, just gotta make sure they dont choke

[Juventino]

The defence hasn't been truly tested yet, but Chiellini is truning into a quality defender. Slowly but surely he is getting there. Not bad for being a central defender for one season.

[Roman Gladiator 04]

Aquilani to replace Pirlo and shine..

[Roman Gladiator 04]

No offence my eyetalian friends so dont get ure kleenex out.
But I dont rate Chielini or Panucci as intl quality central defenders. Torres and Villa to cause them too much grief.
Your WC defence was obv much better.

No Pirlo or Gatusso either. Unless Spain cop multiple red cards and injuries vs Greece tonight, they will have too much quality.

Spain 3-1

we dont rate our central defensive pairing either

but as for Pirlo and Gattuso, they are replaceable for this match.

Simple. Gattuso has been out of form anyway, so Ambrosini comes in, straight swap.

Alberto Aquilani will start giving the team an extra weapon going forward, with Simone Perrotta to give support to the forwards and Daniele De Rossi another class midfielder.

Our midfield can match it with Spain, just a case of can our defence handle it.

as for the Spanish, just gotta make sure they dont choke

[adriano10]

The defence hasn't been truly tested yet, but Chiellini is truning into a quality defender. Slowly but surely he is getting there. Not bad for being a central defender for one season.

Chiellini's impressed me thus far... at the end of the day, for someone who has had no international experience of this level being his first tournament, he hasn't done himself any harm with the performances in the last 2 games...

[ronaldo07]

THIS IS GOIN TO BE A FKING GREAT GAME !!!

[BAGGIO 15]

Aquilani to replace Pirlo and shine..

About time he's used.

[BAGGIO 15]

We have progressed even with Toni missing loads of chances, if he fires watchout.

[Madridista612]

No contest, Spain will win and fairly easily unless Marchena falls on the ground, Grosso falls over him in the 90th minute and the ref is stupid enough to give Italy a penalty. If that happens may as well give the Euro Cup to Italy a la 2006.

[Missing Post Count]

Just worry about the game. Forget about 2006 (that goes for 2004 and 2002 too)

[Madridista612]

LOL, i'm already worrying about the Netherlands or Russia depending on who goes through.

[BADA BING]

Madrista dont get to cocky champ you are playing against the World Champs just remember, and in case you have forgotton about your success take a look at YOUR trophy cabinet , HOPEFULLY HISTORY REPEATS ITS SELF IN THIS GAME HEY