Group C

[Marcello]

Monday 9 June 2008
5 Grp C Romania v France Zurich - Letzigrund
6 Grp C Netherlands v Italy Berne - Stade de Suisse

Friday 13 June 2008
13 Grp C Italy v Romania Zurich - Letzigrund
14 Grp C Netherlands v France Berne - Stade de Suisse

Tuesday 17 June 2008
21 Grp C Netherlands v Romania Berne - Stade de Suisse
22 Grp C France v Italy Zurich - Letzigrund

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[Marcello]

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Italia Squad

Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Marco Amelia (Livorno), Morgan De Sanctis (Sevilla)

Defense: Cristian Panucci (Roma), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Marco Materazzi (Inter), Fabio Grosso (Lyon), Gianluca Zambrotta (Barcelona), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)

Midfield: Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Alberto Aquilani (Roma), Mauro German Camoranesi (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina)

Forwards: Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), Marco Borriello (Genoa), Antonio Di Natale, Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Antonio Cassano (Sampdoria

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Romania Squad

1 Bogdan Lobonţ
2 Cosmin Contra
3 Răzvan Raţ
4 Gabriel Tamaş
5 Cristian Chivu
6 Mirel Rădoi
7 Florentin Petre
8 Paul Codrea
9 Ciprian Marica
10 Adrian Mutu
11 Răzvan Cociş
12 Marius Cornel Popa
13 Cristian Sapunaru
14 Sorin Ghionea
15 Dorin Goian
16 Bănel Nicoliţă
17 Cosmin Moti
18 Marius Niculae
19 Adrian Cristea
20 Nicolae Dică
21 Daniel Niculae
22 Ştefan Radu
23 Eduard Stăncioiu


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France Squad

Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickael Landreau (PSG), Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Steve Mandanda (Marseille); Eric Abidal (Barcelona), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Julien Escude (Sevilla), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), William Gallas (Arsenal), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Lilian Thuram (Barcelona), Sebastien Squillaci (Lyon);Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Portsmouth), Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Jeremy Toulalan (Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Inter Milan);Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea), Hatem Ben Arfa (Lyon), Karim Benzema (Lyon), Djibril Cisse (Marseille), Bafetimbi Gomis (St Etienne), Thierry Henry (Barcelona), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Sidney Govou (Lyon), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Samir Nasri (Marseille)

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Dutch Squad

Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax Amsterdam), Henk Timmer (Feyenoord), Sander Boschker (Twente Enschede)

Defenders: Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa), Tim de Cler (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Ajax), Joris Mathijsen (SV Hamburg), Mario Melchiot (Wigan Athletic), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn Rovers), Khalid Boulahrouz (Sevilla FC)

Midfielders: Ibrahim Afellay (PSV Eindhoven), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), Orlando Engelaar (Twente Enschede), Nigel de Jong (SV Hamburg), Denny Landzaat (Feyenoord), Wesley Sneijder (Real Madrid), Rafael van der Vaart (SV Hamburg), Demy de Zeeuw (AZ Alkmaar)

Forwards: Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Klaas Jan Huntelaar (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Real Madrid), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Real Madrid), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic)​

 

[brehme1989]

Anyone but France

Romania and Italy for me though

 

[lonewolf19]

Definitely hardest group of death here.

Holland and Italy but same as Yuko... I hope someone take France's place

 

[La Bling]

I would call this the hardest group by far. My guess would be France and the Netherlands going through, but I'd much rather have Italy than France.

 

[Alex de Large]

Happy to see Doppavaro injured.
Gamberrini deserved the call.

 

[shahz_nerazzurri]

Gamberini deserved a call in the first fu*ckin place. Its stupidity to call Grosso and Panucci, and not Gamberini.
I am happy that Gamberini got the call, but sad for Cannavaro.
A Gamberini-Barzagli patnership is okay, but not world threatening like Canna-Nesta.


Edit: Pkay maybe not sad for Cannavaro, just sad for Italy. Cause as much as you hate Cannavaro, you have to admit, this guy is a freakin moster at the heart of Italian defence. Also he has great leadership qualities.

 

[shahz_nerazzurri]

Also I would love to see Romania qualify with Italy, just cause they have Chivu and Mutu.
People are underrating Romania a lot. They'll be surprised.

 

[Stefan]

I feel nothing for crappavaro. We all know what he did while at Inter. We all read the transcripts of him and moggi.

 

[J zanetti]

Great to see Mr a$$ out of this one!

 

[La Bling]

Who will wear the armband for Italy?

 

[lonewolf19]

Bad news for Italy as Canna goes out but I dont care about the guy

 

[rockball]

Who will wear the armband for Italy?

Gattuso?
Only Buffon and Toni are sure starters. But I doubt if they wear it. De Rossi could wear it too since apart from Del Piero, he is the only one who has done it for his club.

Would be great if Matrix gets it

 

[mexican_azzurri]

I dont worry a lot about cannavaro, this team have great players in the all lines. I want to see Italy play now!

 

[Marcello]

depends who starts could be matrix or buffon or even zambro

 

[rockball]

I have a feeling it could be Panucci. He would most likely start at CB.

 

[Alex de Large]

It's going to be Buffon, the ultimate criminal, illegal bets etc...

 

[shahz_nerazzurri]

So uuuuhhhh, Cassano trouble starts.

Cassano was the surprise inclusion in Roberto Donadoni’s 23-man squad for the Euros, as he was preferred to Milan hitman Pippo Inzaghi.

While few doubt the genius of the Sampdoria forward, many feel his presence is a huge risk given his volatile personality and that his bad boy ways could damage the unity in the camp.

These fears may start to be realised after Cassano went berserk during a training session in Austria. The 25-year-old reacted furiously to a fair tackle from defender Giorgio Chiellini, before then proceeding to aim a volley of obscenities at the Juve defender, who is still said to be deeply upset after the challenge on Tuesday that has ruled captain Fabio Cannavaro out of the tournament.

Cassano didn’t stop there, as just minutes later he threw himself into an X-rated tackle on another defender Andrea Barzagli. Fortunately the new Wolfsburg man escaped unhurt.

Coach Roberto Donadoni was forced to step in to calm an agitated Cassano down, but tempers continued to fray in the changing rooms after training, with many players angry with Cassano’s conduct.

While the incident is now said to be forgotten, the Bari-native’s behaviour is certainly a cause of concern at this difficult time following the massive injury loss of Cannavaro.

They should start offering bets for this type of sh*it. After Danadoni announced the squad, I searched 8 different betting sites
hoping to find one where we could bet on Cassano's chances of going berserk.
No such luck.

 

[Marcello]

So uuuuhhhh, Cassano trouble starts.




They should start offering bets for this type of sh*it. After Danadoni announced the squad, I searched 8 different betting sites
hoping to find one where we could bet on Cassano's chances of going berserk.
No such luck.

Just read that carefully .. we dont know chellini the faget in person so he may of injured canavaro and trying to hurt barzagli as well so he doesnt have to sit it on the bench and cassano reacted just the way i would of too .. by telling of chellini the big fuck face

 

[Bes]

France and Netherlands. Italy will totally fail.