Denmark vs Italy [R]

about 20 minutes til kickoff - the only mild surprise is the inclusion of sand, but reportedly he is in great training form right now

Denmark (4-2-3-1): 1-Thomas Sorensen; 6-Thomas Helveg, 4-Martin Laursen, 3-Rene Henriksen, 5-Niclas Jensen; 17-Christian Poulsen, 15-Daniel Jensen; 19-Dennis Rommedahl, 9-Jon Dahl Tomasson, 10-Martin Joergensen; 11-Ebbe Sand.

Italy (4-2-3-1): 1-Gianluigi Buffon; 2-Christian Panucci, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 13-Alessandro Nesta, 19-Gianluca Zambrotta; 4-Cristiano Zanetti, 20-Simone Perrotta; 16-Mauro Camoranesi, 10-Francesco Totti, 7-Alessandro Del Piero; 9-Christian Vieri.

 

i dont know about anybidy else but i see a tie from this one, maybe 1-1

italy should win this one, but trapattoni has fielded a foolish XI

 

Denmark had some poor results in recent friendlies, and they're playing without gronks or gravesen. I'm pulling for them, though.

 

if they stay with that lineup, i might like sweden to beat them

btw got the start time wrong - match begins in about 7 minutes

 

Italy SHOULD cruise, but will they pull a Portugal? I don't see that coming, but neither did the portugese.

gp

 

Go Denmark!!!

Expecting a tie also

Italy watch out for the danish wings

 

this is hardly a huge mismatch

 

we're under way, lost track of time

3'

helveg fouls near the italy area

 

6'

tomasson has an excellent PK argument waived away by the ref - cannavaro shoved him down from behind on a long serve from jensen

CK denmark... bounces through to jorgensen, his cross is headed out

 

on second look, that definitely was a penalty

8'

alicia keys.... err... totti cant save a long ball down the R - GK denmark

 

Denmark piling on the pressure

 

rommedahl attacks the area with pace, but has his shot blocked

9'

 

henriksen cuts off del piero from a through ball

11'

 

sand is juuuuust offside or he goes in clean

12'

 

totti forces a good save from a low 30M free kick blast

CK wasted

13'

 

denmark work the left nicely to get into the area, but poulsen's final ball is lacking

 

italy cant string 3 passes together right now

15'

 

16'

denmark break some italy pressure

helveg runs from the right to the inside and fires directly at buffon, who punches away

 

denmark CK headed clear

17'

the azzurri slow it down before losing out on a longball

rommedahl crosses poorly from the R and seems to come up limping a bit

 

denmark cant squeeze off a decent shot on 3 tries during a pinball session in the area

19'

 

vieri finds del piero in good position in the area, but he is slightly offside

20'

denmark work around the italy half, but lose out for a GK

 

21'

italy now whining when they GET the call

Njensen spills camoranesi near the left corner flag

del piero swings it in... keeper slaps away for a throw

 

del piero tumbles over trying to muscle into the box

23'

laursen makes a terrible backpass for an italy CK, which comes to nothing