Slovakia v Italy 3 pm RTE 2 and ITV 1

steelcityblues

Think Slovakia are in for a hard time against Holland, but well done to them!

Mr. Guappa

Slovakia took every oppurtunity to waste time towards the end... almost Italian like!

Did Lippi storm off without shaking the Slovakian managers hand?

JP Liz V1

:eek: Italy out

Sir Oxman

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

Who would have thought that before the start of the competition???

Mad stuff altogether.
England and Germany did well getting through considering!

DB10

patmac wrote: »

Disgraceful stuff from the Slovaks in the end as soon as FIFA does something about the play acting the better, effective though.

Italy were just as bad.

Quaglilera was a disgrace!

rebel girl 15

ctrl-alt-delete wrote: »

ITV commentator

" Cannavaro dissapears, possibly forever"

Has he links to the Mafia or what?

He's off to the Middle East after this

Seaneh

Best match of the tournement so far.

GG Slovakia.

mike65

The Italians can have no complaints, they let in 3 goals after all and only woke up when it was too late.

Well done the hard bald men of the Balkans (and the silly-bouffanted striker).

MayoForSam

Epic game, this WC is really starting to heat up. Slovakia deserved to go through with their attacking attitude, so much for Italian defending.

Het-Field

This World Cup is beginning to look more and more like the 2002 Edition. So many big names heading hime in the first round, with more to come in the second round thanks to poor performances by the likes of England.

Overheal

http://www.sadtrombone.com/

steelcityblues

Italy did no playacting today and were absolute saints of course. :rolleyes:

rebel girl 15

Mr. Guappa wrote: »

Slovakia took every oppurtunity to waste time towards the end... almost Italian like!

Did Lippi storm off without shaking the Slovakian managers hand?

Went straight into the tunnel according to RTE - so I'd say he didn't shake his hand!

Overheal

steelcityblues wrote: »

Italy did no playacting today and were absolute saints of course. :rolleyes:

I didnt even get to watch the video feed, but that doesnt surprise me.

Elbow my team in the face... that'll learn ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXHCbIBEhc0

My only disappointment is we won't get to kick their asses ourselves.

Seaneh

DB10 wrote: »

Italy were just as bad.

Quaglilera was a disgrace!

You mean when he was man handled onto the ground by the defender after he tried to get the ball out of the net while the Slovak keeper was wasting time?

Necronomicon

Great second half. The Italians were unlucky in that it was never offside for the disallowed goal, but conversely you'd be hard pressed to say they deserved to go through to the Last 16. They showed some good spirit to keep getting themselves back into it, but that was betrayed by some awful, awful defending. That 3rd Slovakian goal was laughable.

Ardent

Great finish to the game. Italians left it too late, which is a pity.

_Bella_

Italians only have themselves to blame, if they played like they did towards the end of the second half they could have won the group easily

DB10

Seaneh wrote: »

You mean when he was man handled onto the ground by the defender after he tried to get the ball out of the net while the Slovak keeper was wasting time?

Man handled?

He was barely touched and yet he went down crying and rolling like he recieved a Mike Tyson knockout blow.

There wasn't even a striking action. Pathetic that was.

Mind you the Slovakian keeper was a joke as well.

Stinicker

I am delighted for the Slovakians, there must be some hell of a party in Bratislava now, I can imagine a Slovakian baby boom there is about 9 months time after this :eek: Delighted to see the Italians crash and burn, they are a negative side and after the Materrazi incident against France 4 years ago I lost any respect I had for them. The goal mouth incident today was more cyncial Italian play.

I hope the Slovaks can topple the Dutch next!

Aidric

Stinicker wrote: »

I hope the Slovaks can topple the Dutch next!

I don't.

DJCR

DB10 wrote: »

Man handled?

He was barely touched and yet he went down crying and rolling like he recieved a Mike Tyson knockout blow.

Yeah imagine the stir if he just lay still on the pitch!!! :D:D:D
Justa havin a nappa!!

mike65

The Italian in the goalmouth was not struck by the keeper, it was pure play acting and trying to get a man sent off.

dubmick

game of the tournament so far imo

That was a decent chance to equalise at the end

Pauleta

Thats what happens when you dont bring the likes of Totti and Cassano to the World Cup.

DJCR

Stinicker wrote: »

I hope the Slovaks can topple the Dutch next!

THis will be a fantastic match of a Dutch team that has the ability to flow and create some decent chances being bottled up by a 11 man Greek style defence.

1 - 0 to Holland or even a draw and the penalties!! Not going to love that match!:(

pickarooney

Overheal wrote: »

I didnt even get to watch the video feed, but that doesnt surprise me.

Elbow my team in the face... that'll learn ya.

My only disappointment is we won't get to kick their asses ourselves.

Don't forget to keep hatin' Brazil too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30rSHY9aFBI

IvySlayer

pickarooney wrote: »

This has all teh makings of a wretchedly dull encouter. Can all the teams in this group be eliminated please?

:D:pac:

Best second half of the World Cup so far.

Pirlo really showed heart and passion, he made quite a difference. Slovakia deserved it and I was delighted with them and their celebrations. Bad show by Lippi, no shaky.

The diving by both teams were disgraceful though. Especially that Italian lad who was clutching his face. Also, that Italian keeper is awful.

JerryHandbag

Still think Holland will eat them alive. Slovakia were crap in their first 2 games, although this win will give them huge confidence.

_Bella_

So rude of Lippi not to shake the Slovakian managers hand

Finical

Martin Škrtel...HERO!!!

Cracking match.

bernardo mac

Great stuff from the Slovaks.Italy in 2006 not great champions.Revenge for Zidane.:)

kronsington

italy were truly terrible the whole tournament and deserved to be dumped on their ar5e- good riddance

pickarooney

IvySlayer wrote: »

:D:pac:

Best second half of the World Cup so far.

Pirlo really showed heart and passion, he made quite a difference. Slovakia deserved it and I was delighted with them and their celebrations. Bad show by Lippi, no shaky.

The diving by both teams were disgraceful though. Especially that Italian lad who was clutching his face. Also, that Italian keeper is awful.

Cheers, I was going to back and quote myself

edit: seems this was my 10,000th post. Bit of a waste.

steelcityblues

New Zealand didn't lose a game at this World Cup - respect to them too!

Seaneh

mike65 wrote: »

The Italian in the goalmouth was not struck by the keeper, it was pure play acting and trying to get a man sent off.

The defender grabbed him around the back of the neck and pushed him onto the ground.

pickarooney

Ref should have been sent off for the way he manhandled the Slovak guy.

The Sparrow

Game of the tournament. LOL at those saying they were switching to the tennis.

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

That Italian bench looks pretty glum - that tennis game that is 59-59 in the fifth set is coming on, can't stand this game!

DJCR wrote: »

class ... watching it now instead!!

mailburner wrote: »

ive switched to tennis also
gotta be better than this
france were 5/2 not to qualify
dunno bout italy but id say nearly twice that

I'm not sure football is the game for you all!

_Bella_

Anyone know who the topscorer of the tournament so far?

Thepones

What a game!

Italy are left with some real problems going forward now. It does not seem like they have a lot coming through.

mike65

Its a game of two halves.

pickarooney

_Bella_ wrote: »

Anyone know who the topscorer of the tournament so far?

Higuain with 3 I believe

rebel girl 15

The Sparrow wrote: »

Game of the tournament. LOL at those saying they were switching to the tennis.

I'm not sure football is the game for you all!

I ended up flicking back and forward during the second half (much better than the first half!), history made in both - longest ever tennis match, most aces etc and the very first time that Italy finished bottom of their group!

eZe^

The Sparrow wrote: »

Game of the tournament. LOL at those saying they were switching to the tennis.


I'm not sure football is the game for you all!

Get off the high horse there mate, that tennis match will be remembered as one of the most bizarre in the history of sport.

IvySlayer

_Bella_ wrote: »

Anyone know who the topscorer of the tournament so far?

Higuaín and Vittek are top at 3 each.

steelcityblues

_Bella_ wrote: »

Anyone know who the topscorer of the tournament so far?

Still Higuain - the only player on 3 goals, but I have a feeling David Villa will catch him tomorrow!

EDIT: Oh yeah, Vittek scored against NZ, not that I was intrigued by that match, lol!

sandt

fantastic 2nd half, kinda sad to see the italians going home, always had a soft spot for them

rebel girl 15

pickarooney wrote: »

Higuain with 3 I believe

Tied with Vittel

Golden boot comptition

_Bella_

List here of everyone with 2 goals +

Robert Vittek Slovakia 3
Gonzalo Higuain Argentina 3
Lee Jung-Soo Korea Rep. 2
Asamoah Gyan Ghana 2
Elano Brazil 2
Diego Forlan Uruguay 2
Kalu Uche Nigeria 2
Landon Donovan USA 2
Brett Holman Australia 2
Luis Fabiano Brazil 2
Tiago Portugal 2
David Villa Spain 2

The Sparrow

eZe^ wrote: »

Get off the high horse there mate, that tennis match will be remembered as one of the most bizarre in the history of sport.

I never commented on the quality of the tennis game. I was merely pointing out that it was a bit ridiculous to write this game off half way through.

Especially since at the time Slovakia were leading the world champions.

No high horse here!:)