[EK 2008 Kwalificatiegroep B]: De poule des Doods

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Op woensdag 28 maart 2007 21:11 schreef borisz het volgende:
Tony scoort de 1-0

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B Faroe Islands 19:45 Italy
B Lithuania 21:00 Georgia
B France 21:00 Ukraine

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Italië richting Faeroër zonder tweetal

Italië neemt het tegen de Faeroër Eilanden op zonder Massimo Ambrosini (foto) en Gianluca Zambrotta. Beide spelers blijven lichtgeblesseerd achter in hun vaderland.
Naar verwachting kan het duo wel meedoen als Italië het woensdag opneemt tegen Litouwen. De regerend wereldkampioen moet overigens nog flink aan de bak om kwalificatie voor het EK van 2008 te bewerkstelligen. In groep B staat het Zuid-Europese land teleurstellend vierde.

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Op donderdag 31 mei 2007 18:56 schreef borisz het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 2 juni 2007 22:14 schreef dndiek het volgende:
1-0 Frankrijk Ribery

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Op zondag 3 juni 2007 11:23 schreef DatMeenJeNiet het volgende:
Hopelijk is Italie wat scherper woensdag, anders voorzie ik puntverlies.

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Op zondag 3 juni 2007 11:25 schreef Gordon_Shumway het volgende:

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Ach, het blijft Litouwen. Daar kun je toch wel van winnen, ook als je wat minder speelt.

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Op zondag 3 juni 2007 11:25 schreef Gordon_Shumway het volgende:

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Ach, het blijft Litouwen. Daar kun je toch wel van winnen, ook als je wat minder speelt.

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Platini: Shut up, Totti!

The war of words around Francesco Totti’s Italy sabbatical continues with Michel Platini insisting he should just “shut up and play.”

The Roma captain has caused controversy with his decision to abandon international football after winning the 2006 World Cup, supposedly due to fitness concerns.

Yet despite having a metal plaque in his ankle, he has become Serie A’s top scorer with 26 goals and leader in the race for the Golden Shoe for European hitmen.

“The decision is up to Roberto Donadoni,” said UEFA President Platini. “I can be certain that if I were the Coach, I would have called Totti and told him to shut up and play.”

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Diarra: You're all cheats!

After Raymond Domenech’s touchline ban, France midfielder Lassana Diarra accused Italy of being a nation of "provokers and cheats.”

The Arsenal player has cranked up the tension on an already boiling Euro 2008 qualifier at San Siro on Saturday evening.

Coach Domenech (pictured) will be in the stands after UEFA confirmed his one-match touchline ban for falsely accusing Italy of “buying the referee” in a 1999 Under-21 encounter.

“The matter is closed as far as I am concerned,” noted the tactician after today’s verdict. “I will be in the stands and have no further comment to make. In England the managers are often in the stands, although I’ll be a bit higher up…”

The searing rivalry between the two nations hit new levels this evening, as France and Arsenal midfielder Diarra launched a stinging attack on the World champions.

“Everyone knows the reputation the Italians have is of cheats and provokers,” he was quoted as saying in the ‘Gazzetta dello Sport.’

“The important thing is not to fall into their traps. I am a black man and in Italy we often get insulted, not just by the fans, but also by the players. Having said that, the situation does seem to be improving.”

Diarra may well be referring to the incident several years back when Patrick Vieira had a furious row with Lazio’s Sinisa Mihajlovic.

The two men have put it behind them now and work together at Inter, where Serb Mihajlovic is now Roberto Mancini’s assistant manager.

The former Chelsea midfielder, now at Arsenal, continued his incredible attack on Italian football.

“It doesn’t matter if Domenech won’t be on the bench, because he will follow us until the last minute and then his staff knows what to do,” added Diarra.

“Italy have Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo, but we have Claude Makelele and Vieira. I really don’t think the Azzurri have the stronger pairing.”

The final moment of the interview set to raise eyebrows in the peninsula seemed like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

“It will be difficult at San Siro, because the atmosphere will be very tense.”

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Op dinsdag 4 september 2007 20:06 schreef DIGGER het volgende:


Echt, in no time hebben ze het voor elkaar, ik heb geen grotere hekel aan welk ander land dan ook qua voetbal, dan zoals aan die kut Fransen

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- Italie moest maar eens op e.o.a. manier gereduceerd worden in het aantal CL plaatsen