Screw You, UEFA

Buffon saved the game for Italy …
There was a lot of good shoots for Romania , but I m sure , you , italians , didn t see nothing .

italia go suck a dick uve won enough competition leave some place for new teams like romania whos gonna win the tournament so go home italy

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Everyone i’m gay and i like it

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A real football fan can live with loss, simply because losing is a part of the game. there’s no team that never loses. However this fan who simply loves the game can’t live with a game being ruined because of favourism and bad refereeing. They say that Italy was crying wolf regarding the refereeing in Korea/ Japan WC but those who follow up know that the south american referee never refereed a game after Italia Vs. Korea
Was italy the only team that was harmed in that world cup ,no!
Turkey , Prtugal and spain were harmed as well.

On the Euro2008 official site I wrote that it’s a shame for the Uefa to support such false decisions. the whole world looks up to the eurpean championships for excellene and for them to come and offer such lame explanations is jus shameful. of course this wasn’t published, talk about freedom of speech ” IRONIC… I KNOW”

I don’t deny that the dutch team was better, actually they were much better on so many levels. but the romanians weren’t a competition for the italians. the game was italian in most of its time. that’s when everything came clear. What are the chances of such things “human mistakes” happening in 2 games in a row to the same team? seriously have you seen anything like it? I’ve been watching and playing football ever since I can remember … this can’t be just a coincidence.

this doesn’t mean that the italian team is perfect. but we all know that in football everything adds up to lead to either victory or loss. in italy’s case trying hard and brining a good game sadly isn’t enough

I’m the real frank from new york, so beat it and stop imitating me you f’ng Spaniard

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TUTA -I think if there ever was a consiparcy this was in the WC 06 in favour of the italians and not now. Every game Italy played there was one, two, three.. mistakes by the referees – all in favour of the italians and not just fouls which might be understandable. I think for FIFA and UEFA to be credible they have to rewatch all the games in WC 06. If they do, Italy would have to be stripped of its title.

James- I completely respect your opinion.
Personally, I wish it would be possible to review every and each suspected game. If Italy didn’t deserve the title I am in favour of stripping it away. But if the ppl who say holland’s 1st goal is legit and toni’s goal is an offside are the same people who will decide this I refuse their decision in advance. I am not biased, however, they have proved over and over again that they’re not upto the responsibilies and they don’t deserve the trust -us fans- gave them.

James,

Then you’d be stripping many titles in many sports if you do that. Start with 1954 World Cup. What about 2002? Every sport has issues.

ITALY WON FAIR AND SQUARE.

What a silly comment.

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forget history whats done is done think about the upcomming matches! though i would love to see that fool linesman not participating in any international or regional tournaments ever again! his mistake(s) are really not professional! in such big events professional referees should be brought to make the game more pleasurable to watch and fair! as for people saying Italy didn’t deserve the 2006 WC title, go and learn about football watch lots of matches and learn HOW a team deserves to win or doesnt deserve to win!

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oh yeah the old conspiracy of 2006, so james you do support conspiracy theories [if it involves Italy] Let me guess the mafia paid the refs to call the penalty against Australia right and the ukranian keeper was paid to let in three goals. The Germans were probably drugged so Italy could score in the 120th minute. Wow, that was the most spectacular fix in the history of sports. How much do you think it costs to fix seven games of a World cup? More than Italy could afford I would think. People like James and the Italian conspiracy theorists really ruin this whole experience for everybody. STOP BEING A BUNCH OF F**KING RETARDS. Italy and France are in a must win. If Italy hope to avoid controversy in the future I suggest going out and getting some of the best strikers in the world like the other teams are doing and score a shit load of goals, that will shut these retards up for once. Let’s go Lippi.

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You want to shut the Italians up than tell UEFA to admit that an error was made and that would be it. They come in droves to support the VnR goal, which is fine, but than you don’t show the same courtesy to Italy, even after the ref admits he made a mistake. You know Sepp Blatter went on the record as saying Australia should have been in the quarter finals not Italy [which is unprecedented] even though without the penalty it would have been 0-0, pretty presumptuous statement there. If Australia had been given the penalty no one would say shit, it would be buried into football folklore like so many other dubious decisions. Why didn’t he also point to the fact that Australia was given an unfair advantage for the second half. Though Sepp later retracted his claims, I believe this was politically motivated. Respect is a two way street people. If FIFA and UEFA showed the same consideration for Italy that they did for Australia and the Dutch than there would be no problem. All UEFA had to say was yes, the ref made an error, the Italy goal should have counted but these things happen. Right is Right, I don’t care what anybody says. Nobody supported Italy after their claims in Korea, even after the same shit happened to Spain. Moreno was convicted of match fixing in his own country for God’s sake. I am hoping for something controversial to befall the Germans or the Dutch, than we may see some action.

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So , how was the MUTU’s goal ? C mon , italian fans , how was it ? We all know Italy is a great team , but you must admit : sometimes there are better teams on the field …

So , how was the MUTU’s goal ? C mon , italian fans , how was it ? We all know Italy is a great team , but you must admit : sometimes there are better teams on the field …

Yea Alex, Mutu’s penalty was *great*. If he is so great how come he could not get past Buffon to score a simple penalty?
By the way, when was the last time Romania won the world cup?

Uefa, conspiracies, etc are not to blame this time around. Sure they got shafted on a couple calls, but fellow Azzuristi please. 2002, 2000, 2004, 1998, Italy did get owned by the officials. But in 2008, they have done it to themselves. The team is slow, uncreative, weak, tired, overweight. Against romania, it was the same service, the same crosses, the same uncreative, unconvincing service to Luca Toni, who seems tired, slow and uncomfortable.

The best players on this team IE ANTONIO CASSANO cannot CANNOT come off the bench. Heck this guy should be Capitano of this team. He is the only player who is unselfish, and puts his heart into the team.

I am at a loss of words when it comes to the decisions Donadoni has made. He has fumbled it badly. I would however expect nothing less from any coach who has little to no coaching experience in the domestic league let alone the international realm.

Yes we have had two poor calls against. But lets be realists, Why was Panucci on the ground against the Neatherlands? Cause Buffon tapped him? The international game seems to have taken a turn for the better when you see players not really resorting to the dives, but rather to trying to score goals and create fancy plays.

I am shocked by the fact that the sort of game we played at the world cup, counter attack extra-ordinar has not been replicated here. The service and speed has been horrible. I could even clearly argue that right now, at this point in time we have the capacity and ability to Dominate international football for the next 15 years. With the young talent we have, the players we have waiting for a shot, this team could be simply amazing. But instead of nurishing our young talent and preparing them for a 2010 World Cup, we have simply walked backwords, picked old players with little left in the tank, and has infused little to no originality or creativity.

Hopefully we can see Lippi back where he belongs in a timely manner. This Donadoni has been a dud since day one, hopefully he gets picked up and properly trained to coach and goes through the proper channels, I would like to see him again later on. But right now, he is too inexperienced to be coaching at the pinnacle of levels with the pinnacle of teams.

dear friends, omania was totally outplayed and it was all obvious to see the gulf in the class, Romania scored a goal gifted by Zambrotta, Italia if were to go ahead with that very valid Luca Toni goal which was negetaed suspiciously by the referee would not have planted 8 players forward every time in the second half, Romania had to come forward trailing and the way De Rossi, Toni, Del Piero and Camoronesi were playing, it was just a matter of time the anti football playing pathetic Romanians would have been buried …

Marco is quoted for truth.

Keep the UEFA thing in perspective.

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wuss good
yall wanna hear a joke…Italy goin on 2 da quarterfinals!!!!!

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cuz they blow…literally.

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I cant wait for the sweden-denmark game,oh wait i mean holland-romamia.

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david blaine, i pity u for being clasless but then u r an american..u r the descendent of probably a criminal or an adultress..be grateful we discovered america

Dear friends I am not saying that there is a consiparcy – i only said that if the italians are saying that there is a consiparcy agst them now they should look back to games where referees favoured them. Yes and i think it is high time that both FIFA and UEFA in this new technological age use technology to help refs reach just decisions on the spot.This will make a much fairer game.

Dear observer it wasn’t me who started the conspiracy theory. It was started by italian fans. All I wanted to say was that if there is consiparcy now, there was also one in 06.Why was Greece banned from the world cup for corruption scandals and Italy which was facing their worst corruption scandals ever not abnned too. And that’s for starters. I am not saying there was a consiparcy just that there was “favoreggiamneto” as the italians say – a “favoreggiamento” which was seen throughout all the games that italy played. I think it is high time for both UEFA and FIFA to use electronic methods besides the human ones to make the game just and fair. After all we are living in an electronic age – a sort of second referee (an electronic one) which in a split of a second would inform the actual ref about the decision to take. That way no one would say that the ref favoured a team over another.

You cocky Iti’s Just cant stand losing can you. Always looking for an excuse or coming up with the excuse that italy played better, but lost ?! or how the opposition got lucky. They take there chances. Its football, the games never fair. get used to it

honestly all this talk bout italians paying the refs n shit…..if u rlly know the whole story it was like 6-8 teams in the serie A not the national team….and for people to say that the italians should b stripped of the title, u got to be kidding me. i think the canadien said that let me guess ur a french canadien…..yea im italian but i was rooting for USA wen the 2 teams played each other….. if ur gunna start tripping titles…..wat about maradonas hand of god…..stop being cry babies