[WC] Italia vs USA [17-06-2006] (8 Viewers)
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What a dramatic game. An Italian goal against the run of play, a comical Zaccardo own goal, three red cards and two disallowed goals.
I knew that this would be a very tough game for Italy and the US came out fighting and definitely seemed to want it more in the early stages. Thankfully captain Canna was immense once more and Gilardino put the Azzurri in front with a nice headed goal. At this point I was thinking, ok cool, we're gonna settle down now, soak up some pressure and hit the desperate Americans on the break but who could've predicted what would happen in the coming minutes? Zaccardo had a decent game against Ghana but for a professional defender playing for one of the best defensive teams in the world to score an own goal like that is pathetic. Regardless of that incident, Oddo is a much better player than Zaccardo and should start from here on in.
Iaquinta was useless when he came on as all he did was take up offside positions. He did pretty much the same thing against Ghana but luckily for him Kuffour was there to provide an assist in that game. Del Piero did well IMO. Nothing special by any stretch of the imagination but he was easily Italy's best attacker. He kept possession, his movement was good and he brought the best out of Keller on two occasions.
My ratings:
Buffon - Luckily for him McBride was offside on Beasley's disallowed goal because he really should've done better with that. Can't remember him having to make any tough saves. 5.5
Zaccardo - Didn't offer much going forward and looked shaky when defending. Horrible own goal. 4
Nesta - Well played. Solid as ever, no serious mistakes. 7
Cannavaro - Superb for the second game running. A true captain's performance from Fabio. 7.5
Zambrotta - Did well for his first game back from injury. Got forward nicely in the second half and defended capably. 6.5
Perrotta - Average. 6
Pirlo - Is this the same guy that is struggling for form? I think not. Pulled the strings in midfield and played some incisive passes. 7.5
De Rossi - Idiotic. 4
Totti - Struggled when he was on. 5
Gilardino - Scored a nice goal but did NOTHING else. We need more from him. 6
Toni - Ineffective. He tried hard but it just wasn't his day. 5.5
Gattuso - Added stability to the midfield when he came on. 6.5
Del Piero - Good touches, nearly scored twice, good movement. Made more of an impact than any of his attacking peers in the second half. 6.5
Iaquinta - Useless. I'd rather see Inzaghi on the pitch. 5
I knew that this would be a very tough game for Italy and the US came out fighting and definitely seemed to want it more in the early stages. Thankfully captain Canna was immense once more and Gilardino put the Azzurri in front with a nice headed goal. At this point I was thinking, ok cool, we're gonna settle down now, soak up some pressure and hit the desperate Americans on the break but who could've predicted what would happen in the coming minutes? Zaccardo had a decent game against Ghana but for a professional defender playing for one of the best defensive teams in the world to score an own goal like that is pathetic. Regardless of that incident, Oddo is a much better player than Zaccardo and should start from here on in.
Iaquinta was useless when he came on as all he did was take up offside positions. He did pretty much the same thing against Ghana but luckily for him Kuffour was there to provide an assist in that game. Del Piero did well IMO. Nothing special by any stretch of the imagination but he was easily Italy's best attacker. He kept possession, his movement was good and he brought the best out of Keller on two occasions.
My ratings:
Buffon - Luckily for him McBride was offside on Beasley's disallowed goal because he really should've done better with that. Can't remember him having to make any tough saves. 5.5
Zaccardo - Didn't offer much going forward and looked shaky when defending. Horrible own goal. 4
Nesta - Well played. Solid as ever, no serious mistakes. 7
Cannavaro - Superb for the second game running. A true captain's performance from Fabio. 7.5
Zambrotta - Did well for his first game back from injury. Got forward nicely in the second half and defended capably. 6.5
Perrotta - Average. 6
Pirlo - Is this the same guy that is struggling for form? I think not. Pulled the strings in midfield and played some incisive passes. 7.5
De Rossi - Idiotic. 4
Totti - Struggled when he was on. 5
Gilardino - Scored a nice goal but did NOTHING else. We need more from him. 6
Toni - Ineffective. He tried hard but it just wasn't his day. 5.5
Gattuso - Added stability to the midfield when he came on. 6.5
Del Piero - Good touches, nearly scored twice, good movement. Made more of an impact than any of his attacking peers in the second half. 6.5
Iaquinta - Useless. I'd rather see Inzaghi on the pitch. 5
1) I keep asking myself why didin't Lippi played with Zambo on the right and Grosso (much better than Zaccardo) on the left as he said some days early.
2) IMO it was beautiful, I can't imagine any attacker doing that espectacular goal with the net behind him! Too shame that it was an OWNGOAL!!!
3) I agree with you ratings. The only is Buffon, I would put him a 6 he didn't make an estupid mistake at least. For the rest
2) IMO it was beautiful, I can't imagine any attacker doing that espectacular goal with the net behind him! Too shame that it was an OWNGOAL!!!
3) I agree with you ratings. The only is Buffon, I would put him a 6 he didn't make an estupid mistake at least. For the rest
I don't know why you guys are against Lippi bringing in Iaquinta. O he fvcked up in an easy chance to score.. BUT the sub was good. If it wasn't for the linesman who denied 3 onside runs for him the game would've ended differently.
Italy were really slow. Iaquinta gave italy some speed which the linesman killed.
I bet you even if Iaquinta got to miss all 3 one-on-one the game would've changed. Italy changed its approach due to HUGE number of offsindes which half of them were wrongly called.
Italy were really slow. Iaquinta gave italy some speed which the linesman killed.
I bet you even if Iaquinta got to miss all 3 one-on-one the game would've changed. Italy changed its approach due to HUGE number of offsindes which half of them were wrongly called.
I agree, BUT Iaquinta is faster and thats what Lippi wants. Many offsides were called on Iaquinta, but only one that was correctly called, the rest were all onsides. On the other hand, Pippo is a master of being offsides I sometime dount that anyone has informed him about the offside rule in football.
Italy played bad. The ref was bad.
In my opinion:
1- 1st red card for italy = did not see it but i hear it was obvious. so correct call
2- 1st red card for USA = 100% correct call.
3- 2nd red card for USA = correct call. He deserved a yellow making it a red.
4- disallowed goal = correct call.
5- 4 or 5 offsides against iaquinta = He was onside in 3 of them
6- USA deffender pulls Iaquinta's shirt inside the box = wrong call.. Should've been a PK.
7- Pirlo got challenged badly while connecting with DP just outside the box = no call which is wrong. Should've been FK for Italy and a yellow fot the deffender.
8- Late in the game Pirlo knocked down again just outside the corner of the box, no call = worng. it shoul've been FK.
9- FK called for USA against Zambrotta and Zambrotta gaining a yellow. This I have no clue how did the ref see it as a foul and on what bases did Zambrotta deserve a yellow.
These are the major things I remember..
In my opinion:
1- 1st red card for italy = did not see it but i hear it was obvious. so correct call
2- 1st red card for USA = 100% correct call.
3- 2nd red card for USA = correct call. He deserved a yellow making it a red.
4- disallowed goal = correct call.
5- 4 or 5 offsides against iaquinta = He was onside in 3 of them
6- USA deffender pulls Iaquinta's shirt inside the box = wrong call.. Should've been a PK.
7- Pirlo got challenged badly while connecting with DP just outside the box = no call which is wrong. Should've been FK for Italy and a yellow fot the deffender.
8- Late in the game Pirlo knocked down again just outside the corner of the box, no call = worng. it shoul've been FK.
9- FK called for USA against Zambrotta and Zambrotta gaining a yellow. This I have no clue how did the ref see it as a foul and on what bases did Zambrotta deserve a yellow.
These are the major things I remember..
u missed one.....i believe toni was said to be offside and wasn't while dropping it back for gattuso and seeing him score. should of been a goal toni was onside 100%. Look back to the germany costa rica match and you can clearly see the ref.'s giving the forwards more slack and they said if it is close give the advantage to the striker. why start the tourny off like that and have it end up like this...... italy was called an for offside about 11 or 12 times yesterday and half of them were right....... right now im seeing some great calls. and i hope the ref. lets italy vs. the czech play more because this is going to be one of the best games of the group stage. I hate seeing the game stopped 45 times in the first half.
