Comments on: Euro 2008 Preview: Group C, France vs Italy

By: nadine

nadine — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:15:27 +0000

well italy won so get over it french ppl!

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:05:30 +0000

come on penalties!!!

By: Yevy

Yevy — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:16:04 +0000

Lets start a list of the players for whom this will be their last international match:

France
Coupet
Thuram
Sagnol
Makalele
Abidal?
Viera?
Gallas?

Italy
Panucci
Materazzi
Ambrosini
Del Piero
Zambrotta?
Camoranesi?

Put them together and it would make for a pretty solid team…in 1998.

By: Sooz

Sooz — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:21:45 +0000

No penalty shoot-out clarification. just read this on BBC:
Uefa rules out Group C shoot-out
Zurich/Berne, 17 June 2008

Italy and France will not face a penalty shoot-out on Tuesday no matter what the results are in the final games in Group C, Uefa has confirmed.

The European football governing body had suggested a shoot-out could be used to determine which of the two teams finishes bottom of the group.

But a Uefa official attempted to clear up the confusion over the matter.

“There is no way that France and Italy can go to a penalty shoot-out,” a spokesman told BBC Sport.

The Netherlands have already secured top spot in the group but the other three teams in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ are still battling to clinch the other quarter-final berth.

A Romania victory would ensure their passage through to the knockout stages and effectively render the France-Italy game meaningless.

But on Monday it was claimed that should Romania go through and France and Italy draw then their group positions would be determined by a shoot-out.

However, Uefa has clarified that a penalty shoot-out would only be used to determine which team qualifies when two sides finish level on points and cannot be separated by goals scored.

Here is the official Uefa regulation:

“If two teams which have the same number of points, the same number of goals scored and conceded, play their last group match against each other and are still equal at the end of that match, the ranking of the two teams in question will be determined by kicks from the penalty mark, provided no other teams within the group have the same number of points on completion of all group matches.”

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:48:44 +0000

I can say with utmost honesty that the liveblog between Chris and Laurie will be the highlight of this game. As a matter of fact one of them will be MOTM. My money’s on whoever team is on the business end of the first drawing of blood.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:49:28 +0000

And here I thought it’d be a simple rematch, and I’ve been more tense than a nun in a whore house since Friday.

By: Kxevin

Kxevin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:39:39 +0000

I’d be a lot more confident about this one if Vieira were in the house. Henry showed very well in the last match, as well, with one howler and one exquisitely taken goal. So who knows?

Somehow I think it’s all going to be moot, as Romania wins 1-0 against Holland and goes through to the quarters.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:21:31 +0000

Oh, I guess it wasn’t fair to count out Romania as they could be a force in the quarters. I don’t know what the hell is going to happen that’s what makes this situation so interesting.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:19:47 +0000

You don’t want Italy or France through, they’ll probably end up in the final. Holland would be wise do let Romania have their way. It will be alot better for Holland to play Spain in the semi-finals than France or Italy. Though maybe Holland will want Italy or France to tenderize Spain a little bit before the semis as Romania will be a walk in the park for Spain. Whatever happens, this is why we watch the euros, always exciting.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:45:52 +0000

I think that if either Italy or France pass they will wake up at a certain point.