Can Scotsland Do It ?

shane86

It would be very typical to have it **** up now after coming so far, but I really wanna see it pulled off. Presumably any local pub worth their salt is showing this tomorrow? ROI begin their defence of their world....eh....seeding (:() at 3, and the bhoys take on the azzuri at five, ah cannay fackhin wayte! Truly want to see it, was over in Glasgow and the Scots are the maddest coolest bunch of kunts on the planet. Id love to be over there tomorrow for it.

ShiverinEskimo

With us not qualified along with Wales, and it looking grim for England, Norn Iron and Scotland - needing to beat the World Champions (who also happen to be World Champs at sbsorbing pressure and scoring on the break - which I think will happen when I see all this talk of Scotland pouring forward with 10 mins to go) - When was the last time all 5 of our nations didn't qualify for a major tourny?

Will be a quiet part of the World next June if the whole of the UK and Ireland are watching from the couch...

Dont be at yourself

I'm really looking forward to this game - I'm crossing fingers and toes for Scotland. Italy's antics en route to the final were a disgrace, and I'd love to see Scotland get a win over them.

The Scotland team, in terms of punching above their weight and their self-belief, is very reminiscent of pre-Saipan Ireland under McCarthy. Lucky sods.

mike65

Its only on SKY isn't it? I see BBC is showing Norn Iron which holds zero interest.

MIke.

Eirebear

mike65 wrote: »

Its only on SKY isn't it? I see BBC is showing Norn Iron which holds zero interest.

MIke.

yup...the deal has been the same for a few years now, BBC shows home games sky shows away.

mike65

Its the 17th and the game kicks off at 17.00 hrs

In Italian culture, the number 17 is considered unlucky. When viewed as the Roman numeral, XVII, it is then changed anagramtically to VIXI, which in the Latin language it translates to "I have lived", the perfect tense implying "My life is over." (c.f. "Vixerunt", Cicero's famous announcement of an execution.) The Italian airline carrier, Alitalia, does not have a seat 17. Renault sold its "R17" model in Italy as "R177." See Cesana Pariol in the sport section about the name of curve 17.

Mike.

Eirebear

mike65 wrote: »

Its the 17th and the game kicks off at 17.00 hrs



Mike.

Italy have only won 4 games out of the 11 they have played on the 17th of any month,,,,
They have also never qualified for the Euro's after being crowned World Champs.... :cool:

shane86

In fairness before any big crunch game, stats, coincidences and runs of good/bad luck in relation to things as wide as dates, numbers, locations, where the current pope is from and whether the democrats or reps are in power in the US, are always brought up, and for some reason on the particular day in question they are completely thrown out the window You must be able to cut the atmosphere with a knife in Glasgow, id well imagine theres a gret buzz (id well imagine a great many of the locals are already fackhin pished as well ). If they dont get through, its the fault of the Georgia game, i feel they couldnt get a look in with the unfair reffing and might have snagged a draw otherwise (and from seeing them play the Georgians are a team I would least like to see in our WC group, you stereotype all of these ex Soviet mini states as probably being walkovers, but they are good and give it 100% )

MisterAnarchy

Seaneh wrote: »

Yeah they are only world champions and have a squad full of world class players from 1 to 23... How dare they consider themselves a good team!

Not going over old ground but Italy were extremely fortunate to win the world Cup.
They failed to beat any decent team over 90 minutes in the knockout stages and were extremely fortunate to get past Australia due to a phantom penalty.
The current standard of international football is very low.
Scotland have a decent chance of turning Italy over as there is no outstanding team at the moment.

aidan24326

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

Not going over old ground but Italy were extremely fortunate to win the world Cup.
They failed to beat any decent team over 90 minutes in the knockout stages and were extremely fortunate to get past Australia due to a phantom penalty.
The current standard of international football is very low.
Scotland have a decent chance of turning Italy over as there is no outstanding team at the moment.

The current standard of international football isn't spectacular in fairness. However any team containing Buffon,Zambrotta,Cannavaro,Pirlo,Gattuso,Toni is going to take some beating. They're better players than what Scotland have and the Scots can only hope that sheer determination and a bit of luck will see them through. They do have a chance but the percentage call would be Italy to get the result they need. No team better equipped to grind out a result in this sort of situation.

An Citeog

Toni scores for Italy after 1 minute

Im_No_Superman

Could have been 2-0 there!

Roar

scotland are rattled.. occasion is getting them...

An Citeog

Scotland getting into the game now, really getting stuck into the Italian players. Let's see if they can keep this up for 90 minutes.

Too many high balls pumped up to McFadden, the Italian defence will deal with them all day long.

A Dub in Glasgo

That was close from Scotland

Raskolnikov

Scotland steadying the ship now, but Italy are the masters at shutting out the opposition when leading. Expect it to finish 1-0.

An Citeog

Ref being fairly "fair" to Scotland so far!

Roar

respect to buffon and his hat wearing abilities..

An Citeog

What a fúckin save by Gordon! Di Natale scores from the rebound but it's given as offside.

KdjaCL

Great save indeed.

Hutton getting a lot of time on the ball.


kdjac

Raskolnikov

Wasn't even offside.

Italy robbed.

A Dub in Glasgo

The linesman flagged for handball before the first shot

An Citeog

Off the line by Pirlo. Half time now, still 1-0 Italy.

LuckyLloyd

You could play the second half 20 times from here and Italy would probably go through to the Finals 18 or 19 times.

An Citeog

Barry Ferguson scores for Scotland!

Looks like he was offside aswell. 1-1 now with 25 minutes to play.

_blank_

Is a draw good enough for Scotland?

Fozzy

A draw's only good enough if Ukraine beat France I believe

An Citeog

DesF wrote: »

Is a draw good enough for Scotland?

Not on its own. Afaik, if this match ends level, Scotland need Ukraine to beat France at home on Wednesday.

Raskolnikov

If Scotland lose, they are out.
If Scotland draw, they need Ukraine to beat France.
If Scotland win, they are through.

Mr. Presentable

Italy would be justifiably agrieved if they don't qualify tonight. A goal disallowed and an off-side one against them given.

machiavellianme

Raskolnikov wrote: »

If Scotland lose, they are out.
If Scotland draw, they need Ukraine to beat France OR Faroe Islands to beat Italy
If Scotland win, they are through.

Fixed it for you (though its unlikely that Faroe Islands will beat the World Champions at home)

An Citeog

nipplenuts wrote: »

Italy would be justifiably agrieved if they don't qualify tonight. A goal disallowed and an off-side one against them given.

Think it was disallowed for handball by Di Natale rather than offside. Ferguson was definitely offside though.

Raskolnikov

Scotland actually taking the ascendency now . . .

An Citeog

McFadden misses an open goal.

Scotland all over Italy now.

Savman

Shocking miss McFadden :eek:

Raskolnikov

McFadden blows a brilliant chance. . .

Raskolnikov

It's all Scotland now though. Italy look fagged out.

mike65

Mcfadden might need a fast car to be waiting.

Mike.

Raskolnikov

I'd like to see Italy punished for being so negative . . .

applehunter

Do Italy go out if its a draw?

Paul Tergat

no they have one more game against faroes

Paul Tergat

This summarises the groups/whats needed:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/tables/default.stm

Raskolnikov

1 min to go

applehunter

Paucci should have scored there

mike65

Oh dear thats it.

Mike.

An Citeog

Goal for Italy, should never have been a free!

Raskolnikov

Tragic.

ROCKMAN

OMG:eek:

applehunter

ok he made up for it:D

A Dub in Glasgo

Unbelievable that the ref gave the free that led to their winner