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
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
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
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