UEFA'08: Ukraine vs. Italy

Scotland match was quite impressive I'd say. Italy is SLIGHTLY weakened. Over at the Italian threads they are crying for 5-6 missing players. problem is, their bench consists of, like, 30 players. We only have about dozen useful players, so a 100% is required from all of them.

I'd like to see Hladky play more than 3 minutes.

 

Anybody care to guess the line-ups?

I see:

Gusev, Tymoschuk, Nazarenko (#10) and Rotan in the midfield and Sheva + Vorona up top.

 

I agree they need to attack. But, something tells me, we'll see a good ole 4-5-1 formation...

 

We need to hope for the same result we got against Denmark in the WC campaign. Put 10 men in front of our goal and hope one of our boys breaks free o the counter and nicks one in. With the teams current state, we simply can't run with the Italians for the full 90.

 

I'm sure that Sheva will get a start, I don't see how Blokha will leave him on the the bench.
The team on the field wasn't bad accept that they didn't play as a team. I think Sheva was the biggest waste of space there, Hladkiy should have played instead.

 

You must have been watching the choppy video feed
The guy did more complaining than the Georgians did, that says someting.
And yes, I do expect him to run through defense, because if he can't run though Georgian defense, he has reason to be on the field against Italians.

 

The times when one player could have singlehandedly destroyed another team's defense are over and are not coming back. Shevchenko is the best Ukrainian offensive player, but Georgian defenders, including Kaladze are no slouches.

 

I personally think that is arguable now. If he was still at Milan; without a doubt.

 

I see 0-3 in the near future..

 

lodenych, you can't see beyond your monitor, what future are you talking about?

 

I'm going to watch the game at nevada smiths. if the foreseable happens (we lose), i'm gonna treat myself to 3-4 liters of peeeeevo.

 

Ukraine needs to win this, and i think they will this is the best time. Italy has some key players missing (Gattuso, Toni). We have Voronin missing.
I see Hladkiy and Sheva up front. I also see a win for us 2-1 maybe, ill take any kind of a win. I just feel good about this.

Prob lineup
Shovkovskiy
Ezerskiy, Rusol, Kycher, Nesmachnuy
Mykhailyk, Tymoschuk, Gusev, Rotan
Sheva, Hladkiy

 

I wish I could share your enthusiasm. Then again, Italy might be overconfident if they think about their past track record.

 

Sheva hits the bar off a FK

 

The team is looking great in the first 10. I'm surprised. Hope we can keep it up.

Sheva is all over the ball, and we're winning the battle in midfield.

 

Ugh. Our midfield and attack look good. Our defence... looks like our defence.

 

Sheva Goall!!!!!!