italy v sweden PbP [R]

[afgrijselijkheid]

lineups coming in just a moment - to keep you occupied, i give you the totti spitting game - spit on 11 danes and you get to go home with the hot girlfriend

www.giava.com/sputott/

[FireTrapatoni]

I have a feeling 3 teams will be tied at 5 pts at the end of this round. Italy will wait to the last possible moment and beat Bulgaria after tying the Swedes.

[afgrijselijkheid]

ITALY

buffon, panucci, cannavaro, del piero, gattuso, vieri, nesta, cassano, zambrotta, perotta, pirlo

SWEDEN

isaakson, mellberg, edman, linderoth, nilsson, Asvensson, ljungberg, zlatan, larsson, jakobsson, wilhelmsson

[afgrijselijkheid]

i liked the swedes tonight before totti was banned

[FireTrapatoni]

I'm surprised at how many people are now picking Sweden based on one game, although the oddsmakers are still favoring Italy. I still think they will tie, but people need to realize how Italy wins games...not very convincingly. I agree that no Totti might actually help Italy though.

But Sweden has never matched up well against Italy, even with mediocre Italian performances.

[afgrijselijkheid]

i picked sweden to win this group before the tournament started

[Wowbagger]

Denmark cheers for Sweden, if they win, Sweden and Denmark can draw the last game, and both get through. I don't think the last game will be a draw, no matter what, though.

[DeRoDeRo]

Gooooooo Sveeeeeeeeden

One for each svedish striker and cassano gets one late
2-1

[afgrijselijkheid]

holy hottie! im assuming that chick was italian :D

[FireTrapatoni]

It's about time...let's hope Italy puts up a more inspired performance.

[Noonan]

holy hottie! im assuming that chick was italian :D

I did a double take on that one too!

[afgrijselijkheid]

zlatan kicks off...

[Salama]

I'll predict a 1-0 Sweden win. Italy won't have the width necessary to break down the Swedish defense, and I think Sweden can find a way to get one past Buffon. A.Svensson's my pick to score, if he does indeed play up top in the diamond.

[afgrijselijkheid]

nesta wins a battle with zlatan in the area

2'

[afgrijselijkheid]

mellberg clears and sweden break until ljungberg loses across MF

3'

del piero loses, working as a #10

[Salama]

Good switch by Del Piero. That's a good first touch for him, in a game in which his reputation will be permanently damaged if he doesn't play well.

[Salama]

Vieri almost scores!

What brute strength!

[afgrijselijkheid]

italy CK after vieri is stoned by isaaksson from 7M

4'

del piero takes... GK sweden

[afgrijselijkheid]

5'

zambrotta bursts forward with a fine 30M run down the left, but the final cross is to no one

[afgrijselijkheid]

6'

del piero chops down wilhelmsson and is warned