Denmark v Italy

naitkris

17:00 kickoff at Guimarães (D. Afonso Henriques).

Odds from bookies: 4/5 Italy – 7/2 Denmark – 15/8 Draw

i don't know about this game, i think it'll be a draw, yet hope Denmark will win, but Italy may take it as Denmark aren't in top form i don't think. this match is really hard for me to predict. Italy btw lost 2-3 at home against Denmark at their last encounter.

will be interesting to see if Italy can replicate their form that took them to the Euro 2000 finals and make a good start to Euro 2004.

Big Ears

Italy 2-0 , the Danes will be missing Gronkjaer who's mother passed away on thursday , and thats a major loss .

naitkris

0-0 final score, can't see Italy now beating Sweden at the performance they just played at.

Denmark should go through the group.

as i said before, Italy are big individual talent, but no team as they currently played against Denmark anyhow.

eirebhoy

Full time, 0-0. Despite the low score it was one of the best matches so far. Denmark deserved to win but they'll be happy with a point. Both Buffon and Sorenson had excellent games. Unless Italy change the team around for their next game I can't even see them getting out of the group. Villa's new signing Laursen looks a decent player btw.

KdjaCL

ehh 0-0


Great game one of the best so far ,some great saves, Totti should have been sent off that was a nasty nasty tackle.


Can see Italy getting better and better Denmark maybe should have scored in 1st half their play deserved a goal.


kdjac

thejollyrodger

Im not to sure about u guys, i fell asleep after 1/2 time with the heat. not the best of matches Looks like italy still have problems shaking of f its negativity

eirebhoy

Originally posted by thejollyrodger
Im not to sure about u guys, i fell asleep after 1/2 time with the heat.

That's a pity because you missed a very good match.

smuckers

Once again Totti fails to perform at the big stage, he can do it for Roma though.

Big Ears

I knew the Danes were good but , now I think they're realy good . They have no world class players but Laursen Tomason ( why did it never work out with the toon ) , and sorenson .

They have 1 thing which no other side has shown yet .........balance , they are the most balanced , team so far by a long way, solid back 4 ,2 good defensive midfielders ( and graveson was suspended and will be back ) 2 decent wingers who not only did the wingers job and crossed the ball but made up for having no central attacking midfielder by cutting inside the odd time and with Tommason playing off sand . Italy should be very worried they are going home early .

Pigman II

One of the best 0-0's I've seen in a while and despites Swedens performance v Bulgaria I'm still backing Denmark & Italy to make it out of the group.

Pepe LeFrits

Very entertaining game, Denmark were quite impressive but I wonder if they'll be able to keep up that work rate in the remaining games. If they are forced to work that hard again against Bulgaria I can see Sweden dumping them out.

naitkris

Originally posted by kaids
Very entertaining game, Denmark were quite impressive but I wonder if they'll be able to keep up that work rate in the remaining games. If they are forced to work that hard again against Bulgaria I can see Sweden dumping them out.

if Sweden beat Italy (which is very possible) then Sweden will already have qualified and may not try the hardest against Denmark, giving Denmark a draw (or win?!?) to get them through in my opinion.

if Sweden draw with Italy then a win would be aimed for against Denmark, at the very least a draw to get both Sweden and Denmark through (presuming Denmark beat Bulgaria). same happened against Latvia in qualifying, Sweden were already qualified and had Latvia to play at home, they didn't field the best of teams and Latvia won 0-1.