Italia vs. Romania 6/13/08 [R]

[Amsteldam]

Quick Facts:

Romania has never beaten Italy in any major tournament, Italy has 2 wins and 0 losses.
Romania never even scored a goal in those 2 games.

In qualifiers Romania fared a bit better but still not very good, Italy has 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

The 2 countries have never played a friendly.

FIFA source: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=ita/team2=rou/index.html

[unclesox]

Players carrying bookings into this match:
tonight's starters in bold

ROMANIA: Contra, Goian, D.Niculae

ITALY: Toni, Zambrotta, Gattuso

[unclesox]

Quick Facts:

The 2 countries have never played a friendly.

FIFA source: http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/headtohead/team1=ita/team2=rou/index.html
:confused:

They've played many friendlies.

11/06/1939 in Bucharest
Romania 0:1 Italy

14/04/1940 in Rome
Italy 2:1 Romania

17/06/1972 in Bucharest
Romania 3:3 Italy

05/06/1976 in Milan
Italy 4:2 Romania

16/02/1980 in Naples
Italy 2:1 Romania

29/03/1989 in Sibiu
Romania 1:0 Italy

16/11/2003 in Ancona
Italy 1:0 Romania

source (http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/results/male.html#)

[glennaldo_sf]

A draw suits Romania nicely if we're all being honest.

Worst case scenario for France & Italy... Romania and Italy draw... and Holland beats France.

Thus Holland wins group and play reserves against Romania, rendering France-Italy game meaningless.

[Todorov]

Perhaps Romania could win this one, but I seriously doubt it. The Italians will give everything they've got.

I'd be surprised if it ended up in a draw or in a win for the Romanians.

[squidward123]

He played OK but he doesn't complement Toni. A lot of people were calling for that change from the start and it looks like it's happening. Not quite sure about Chiellini for Barzagli, but everything else seems pretty good. (I used to disagree with De Rossi for Gattuso, but an Italian friend convinced me!!)

yeah, del piero will be good anyway...

everything else sounds perfect


forza italia!!

[Amsteldam]

:confused:

They've played many friendlies.

11/06/1939 in Bucharest
Romania 0:1 Italy

14/04/1940 in Rome
Italy 2:1 Romania

17/06/1972 in Bucharest
Romania 3:3 Italy

05/06/1976 in Milan
Italy 4:2 Romania

16/02/1980 in Naples
Italy 2:1 Romania

29/03/1989 in Sibiu
Romania 1:0 Italy

16/11/2003 in Ancona
Italy 1:0 Romania

source (http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/results/male.html#)
Yup, you're right.

How did FIFA get it wrong then??? :confused:
(or at least on my search results)

Still though, Romania never beat Italy in friendlies either

[KaNgArOoS]

Almost time...I can hardly wait!!!

[unclesox]

Yup, you're right.

How did FIFA get it wrong then??? :confused:
(or at least on my search results)

Still though, Romania never beat Italy in friendlies either
Except in '89. ;)

[D0M0]

I hope Romaina wins, but i am quite skeptical about that. Maybe it ends in a draw.

[cuyseco]

any link to watch the game?

[Amsteldam]

any link to watch the game?
www.myp2p.eu

Romania playing good defence so far

[KaNgArOoS]

This game is already 10X better than the France game. Are offence is much better, Grosso seems to be the only problem for us.

[RibbyBollywood]

Shamefully, the blue team has already tried a dive for a penalty, shameful!

[tomwilhelm]

What happened to Radoi? Subbed out minute 25? :confused:

[Amsteldam]

What happened to Radoi? Subbed out minute 25? :confused:
Head collision, looks like a concussion


FFS Italy, get some headers on target will ya :rolleyes:

[peledre]

What happened to Radoi? Subbed out minute 25? :confused:
He got headbutted by his teammate accidentally in the upper jaw/cheek area. Looked pretty bad in the replay.

[iammrben]

Injury on an ugly collision with Rat -- both went up for the header, heads collided, and Radoi hit the ground hard and knocked out cold.

[F96]

It's a really great game so far.

[unclesox]

Should note that while Radoi had to come off Rat is continuing with a bandage on his forehead.