Group F: Italy v New Zealand
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Group F: Italy v New Zealand
NELSPRUIT, June 19 (Reuters) - New Zealand will start Sunday's World Cup clash against world champions Italy with the same side that drew their opening match against Slovakia, coach Ricki Herbert said on Saturday.
He said midfielder Tim Brown would not start the Group F match in Nelspruit, despite his rapid recovery from a serious shoulder injury picked up on the eve of the finals. "He's part of the squad now which is great. He's done what he's needed to do so I don't think we'd have any hesitation if we needed to use him now, but Paraguay is probably a better target for him, although he's made some great strides." Asked if Brown was fit enough to play now, Herbert said: "He's close to it, I wouldn't say he's 100 percent but he's a lot better than he was." New Zealand will face Paraguay in their final group match in Polokwane on June 24.
New Zealand have only faced Italy once before -- in a thrilling friendly last year in the run-up to the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Italy won 4-3 after the All Whites had taken the lead three times. "We scored three goals and on any given day for a side to score three against the Italian side, they're doing well," Herbert recalled. "But it was a friendly, it was the lead into a big tournament, and I think everybody was shuffling the deck a wee bit. We got a feel of what they're like (but) tomorrow's completely different. It's a World Cup game, there's a hell of a lot on the line."
Herbert, who as a player helped New Zealand to their only previous World Cup appearance in 1982, said that even if his side lost against the Italians they could be proud of what they had achieved in simply reaching South Africa. "This team's done an incredibly good job at putting football in New Zealand back in a marvellous place," he said. "The group's in a very tight position as we speak and whatever the outcome (against Italy), we're still in with a chance of going through, going into the third match, and no one would have predicted that."
With all four teams in Group F having drawn their opening matches, the group will be decided in the final round of matches.
(Editing by Jon Bramley)
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He said midfielder Tim Brown would not start the Group F match in Nelspruit, despite his rapid recovery from a serious shoulder injury picked up on the eve of the finals. "He's part of the squad now which is great. He's done what he's needed to do so I don't think we'd have any hesitation if we needed to use him now, but Paraguay is probably a better target for him, although he's made some great strides." Asked if Brown was fit enough to play now, Herbert said: "He's close to it, I wouldn't say he's 100 percent but he's a lot better than he was." New Zealand will face Paraguay in their final group match in Polokwane on June 24.
New Zealand have only faced Italy once before -- in a thrilling friendly last year in the run-up to the Confederations Cup in South Africa. Italy won 4-3 after the All Whites had taken the lead three times. "We scored three goals and on any given day for a side to score three against the Italian side, they're doing well," Herbert recalled. "But it was a friendly, it was the lead into a big tournament, and I think everybody was shuffling the deck a wee bit. We got a feel of what they're like (but) tomorrow's completely different. It's a World Cup game, there's a hell of a lot on the line."
Herbert, who as a player helped New Zealand to their only previous World Cup appearance in 1982, said that even if his side lost against the Italians they could be proud of what they had achieved in simply reaching South Africa. "This team's done an incredibly good job at putting football in New Zealand back in a marvellous place," he said. "The group's in a very tight position as we speak and whatever the outcome (against Italy), we're still in with a chance of going through, going into the third match, and no one would have predicted that."
With all four teams in Group F having drawn their opening matches, the group will be decided in the final round of matches.
(Editing by Jon Bramley)
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Care factor???......Anyone???
Nah..Good luck, hope lil bro does alright
Nah..Good luck, hope lil bro does alright
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Italy look set to start the same team (except Marchetti in for Buffon) but will utilise a 4-4-2 formation rather than the 4-2-3-1 that started against Paraguay.
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expect italy to win but hope new zealand give them a run for their money. fingers crossed
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Smeltz like teen spirit !!!
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that's gold. terrible defending but italy still should win....all my multi's out!!!
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gold.. gold.. gold.. go u sheep shaggers
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Missed it but apparently offside, haven't seen the replay yet.
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Che Cannavaro Che Capitano!!!! hahahahahaha
Yes italy will win, but this is gold!!!
Yes italy will win, but this is gold!!!
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Another forum I post on said the same thing.dinozoff wrote:Missed it but apparently offside, haven't seen the replay yet.
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Can't beleive it took them this long to get one back
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NZ goal not offside.
Now that the Italians have equalised they'll start posting
Now that the Italians have equalised they'll start posting
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Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
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Well there's FIFA's intervention again to help Italy... was waiting for something.
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Good to see you can recognise it was a penalty.swannsong wrote:Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
Italy are terrible defending set pieces, linesman wouldnt have been able to tell if it was offside or not as reid's touch was ever so slight.
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It's called a dive. De Rossi couldn't wait to get on the floor, but if the dummy defender hadn't of grabbed the shirt in the first place then the ref wouldn't have had to make a decision.swannsong wrote:Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
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softer than buttersoft...... typical
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theres no way that penalty would of been given at the other end, was there but soft, very very soft
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Nice One Cyril wrote:It's called a dive. De Rossi couldn't wait to get on the floor, but if the dummy defender hadn't of grabbed the shirt in the first place then the ref wouldn't have had to make a decision.swannsong wrote:Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
And you Gota be stupid to do that in the box against Italy
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seems to be the case.. only way they could score against australia in 06Red-4-Life wrote:
is that the only way italy can score?
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Exactly. You know the Italians are a bit unbalanced and the slightest touch makes them fall overdinozoff wrote:Nice One Cyril wrote:It's called a dive. De Rossi couldn't wait to get on the floor, but if the dummy defender hadn't of grabbed the shirt in the first place then the ref wouldn't have had to make a decision.swannsong wrote:Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
And you Gota be stupid to do that in the box against Italy
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swannsong wrote:Smeltz like teen spirit !!!
Time for some righteous indignation
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I recognised that a penalty was givenScudetto8687 wrote:Good to see you can recognise it was a penalty.swannsong wrote:Italian player falls over with the slightest tug of the shirt....soft penalty again !
Italy are terrible defending set pieces, linesman wouldnt have been able to tell if it was offside or not as reid's touch was ever so slight.
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