Jun 13 2008
Euro 2008 Match Prediction: Italy - Romania
FORM GUIDE
Italy
09/06 (Euro 2008): Holland-Italy 3-0
29/05 (Friendly): Italy-Belgium 3-1
26/03 (Friendly): Spain-Italy 1-006/02 (Friendly played in Zurich): Italy-Portugal 3-1
21/11 (Euro 2008 Qualifier): Italy-Faroe Islands 3-1
Romania
09/06 (Euro 2008): Romania-France 0-0
31/05 (Friendly): Romania-Montenegro 4-0
26/03 (Friendly): Romania-Russia 3-0
06/02 (Friendly): Israel-Romania 1-0
21/11 (Euro 2008 Qualifier) Romania-Albania 6-1
Will Romania cause the biggest upset in this Tournament?
When the Group C draw was made, Romania was almost immediately leftover as one of the team to fight for the two qualification places with the famous Italy, Netherlands and France.
However Romania proved in their first match of the group against France that they are no pushovers, as they produced a superb tactical performance to draw 0-0, limiting the France to few chances the entire game.
Head to head
These two teams met in the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, with Francesco Totti and Pippo Inzaghi scoring in a 2-0 Azzurri win.
Probable Line up for Italy
Buffon; Zambrotta, Panucci, Chiellini, Grosso; De Rossi, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Camoranesi, Toni, Del Piero
Probable Line up for Romania
Lobont; Contra, Tamas, Goian, Rat; Nicolita, Codrea, Chivu, Dica; D Niculae, Mutu
PLAYER TO WATCH
ITALY - DEL PIERO
A more convincing performance by Italy strike force when the depart of Del Piero from the bench when the team play against Netherlands a few days ago. You may doubt on his age but never doubt on the quality impact that he can put in a game. He may not fit to play the full 90 minutes in such competitive international tournament but if he is given the chance to play, he definitely will be there to give the best.
ROMANIA - ADRIAN MUTU
The Romania talisman play in Italy and know the Italy defence do and don’t. Can he cause problem to the Italy defence? We will only know when the match kicks off.
My Prediction
While Romania rarely threatened their opposition in front of the goal, they did prove that defensively they are a solid and organised unit, and they will surely set themselves up in a similar way against an Italy side who know that they simply have to win. Romania will only need a point to get their job done. You may wondering if Romania just able to score a point for every matches their play in its current group, how they able to qualify to the next round. Any possibilities did happen in the world of football. Let assume tomorrow group C match and final match score as below:
14 June 2008: Holland 2-0 France, Romania 0-0 Italy
Final Game: Holland 0-0 Romania, France 1-1 Italy
Add on all the point, who will be the last 2 to qualify to the next round? This is just one of the possibilities for Romania to qualify into the next round. Ha…
PREDICTION: ITALY 1-1 ROMANIA
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