End Of Match: We had the 3 points twice in our hand. I can't believe it.

90' (+2): yellow rossi... hooligan. COME ON.

90': diving AGAIN. I hate you italy.

87': greasy cheating .... i won't go on. Lucky.

80': i can't believe it.

80': PENALTY???!!???

79': think Nicolita fuck sake. Jesus what a dumbass.

78': Lobont. <3

75': Corner romania.

75': miooooowwwwww

71': we are.. how do you say... pumping them in the ass?

70': HOLY shit nico almost scored. gah soooo close.

65': ANOTHER offside Italy. GO home.

60': the atomic gypsie. I hope he scores.

59': Nicolita in.

58': Jesus christttt. What an attacking play.

58': Yellow chivu.

56': no.

56': That's why he should be up there. Let's keep it up!!!! my god.

55': game changin player., game changing player. Perfect.

55': jesus christ.

54': MUTUUU GOALLLL

54':

Mutu shot, put brusises on buffon's hands. He needs to do that more. 

52': offside.

49': Dica cross, I saw a hold on Nico, but the refs didn't.

46': Game on.

Half Time: Radoi is in the hostpital, he really jacked himself up.

Half Time: Half time. We're alive.

45' (+2): Holy shit i pissed myself. jesussss christ. Offside. omg. I hateee you toniiiiiii lalalalalala i hate you toniiiiii.

45' (+1): Foul del piero, bad attitude.

45': We're a team of mercenaries.

45': Rat is bleeding again :S.

43': You know why mutu fouled? Because he isn't a defender and shouldn't be defending. Just a thought.

40': Can I get a "mioowww"

40': LOBONNNNNNNNNNNT. Cat-like.

39': Codrea saves our life. God bless him.

38': Well italians mess it up too, so it's okay then. I forgive Mutu.

38': Mutu is fucking up again. Lame.

34': What a pussy.. get up and stop diving.

32': We keep giving free kicks. Why oh why? But it's okay, they miss it every time.

31': Toni misses another header. Sun is coming out. I don't like it.

29': offside mutu, he's playing striker now, nico left mid. perfect tactic.

29': so close.

28': Not only did we put on a passing clinic just now, but we almost made love to the net. Fuckkkkk.

27': Toni misses the goal again, same old same old. Keep it going.

25': Del piero misses the ball again, doesnt get to it. We escape.

25': Dica coming in. One Steaua twat for another. Fantastic. Least this one can score.

23': OLeeee ola. ROmania attacking. Here we go boys. Nico got pushed.

22': Why bother playing Italy when we injure ourselves? Rat has a hard head.

21': Radoi killed himself.

21': Damn Panucci. WHy can't he be off the field for this free kick?

19': OMGGGG we hit the bar. Friday the damn 13'th. Fuck sake. It will go in soon. And then Radoi and Rat hit heads :P. Headless chickens.

19': Free kick romania.

18': You can only hear our fans. :D

18': TAMAS free kick, bufffon was nervous.

17': Free kick romania

16': Toni misses a header, keep doing it tall guy.

15': Mutu on the attack, misses it. We can't do that. Buffon can be beaten.

13': Mutu defended beter than the defenders. Jesus chance Italy, missed the ball.

12': Free kick Pirlo.

10': GOIAN holy shit he saved us.

9': What a chance Del Piero. Miss. THANKKK GOD.

8': Foul Goain.

7': My friend's dad (who is very Romanian) just tried to explain football to my american friend who has been playing for 8 years :). "IF i go baseball game, I dono where goal is, they say they have no goal."

4': Corner italy.

3': Mutu offside. Shite really.

1': Mutu header, we already attacked more than the whole of France game.

1': Kick off. Italy.

Before Kick Off: Anthems played, ours is definately more emotional. And the players were really into it, very very much.

It seems like a deja vu for me. It hasn't rained here in any morning except for the mornigns Romania has played. It's Friday the 13'th and I'm having a complete deja vu to the game against France. But I'm not a perticularly superstitious person, and I don't believe in Friday the 13'th (although, Italy has never won on Friday the 13'th).

The stage is set for a good game. Italy have to win, Romania can't lose. The game is played in Zurich and the weather is 11 degrees. There is no rain, and it's not so damn hot like during Romania - France. I saw different scenarios that show that we could qualify with 2 points. I hope we don't do that, but it's possible. 

I don't have much to say for once before the game. I'm just being hopeful and wishing for a Romania victory against the champions of the world. Will it happen? I don't know. Can it happen? Why not.?

I'll be live blogging the game as much as I can in the OleOle match centre. I hope we play a better game and I hope we win and prove something to the world. If that damned man Victor Piturca manages to mastermind a win, I'll hold back any future criticism. If we can do this, we can advance and make a great image for ourselves. I have faith in my country, in our players and what we can do. I hope I'm not wrong. 

We're not expected to win, but I think we will. Enjoy the game, and hopefully it will be a good one this time!

Roberto Calderoli, the minister of reforms in the Italian Government was asked in an interview on La Stampa if the game tomorrow between Italy and Romania has political implications. The hostile and slightly inhumane treatement of romanian "gypsies" being paid back by a Romanian victory. 

Calderoli responded ironically: "if we'll lose against Romania, we'll pas a decree by which their win will be canceled morally."

What an absolute wanker.

Sad times for Romanian fans. It seems that Romania manager Victor Piturca has been slowly planning the execution of Romanian star Adrian Mutu. 

Romanian player from CFR Cluj, Eugen Trica, has come out to say that the tactics used by Victor Piturca will kill Adrian Mutu. Trica said that "Mutu has too many duties in defense in the ultra-defensive setup Romania used in the game against France. Mutu is being forced to run back too much and he's not performing his attacking duties. All this running and time spent in defense will make his bursts of speed more rare, and his goals even more rare. It will kill him!"

Another ex-Romania player, Laurentiu Rosu, added that the tactic we're playing didn't allow Mutu to play his normal game, the game that brought Romania to Euro 2008. He also said that "Daniel Niculae did a fantastic job, but had no one to support him in attack because Mutu and Nicolita were forced to defend too much."

Mircea Lucescu, legendary Romanian manager, has also spoken up on the issues with our tactics used against France. He criticised our anti-football, and said that we have players that are good enough for us to be able to attack and win games. He also added that he doesn't understand why Piturca changed the tactics he used in Euro 2008 qualifying and in the pre-Euro friendlies since they were "working perfectly."

Andrei Vochin, an award winning journalist from Romania said that Victor Piturca wants to show that this isn't Mutu's national team, but that it's Piturca's national team. He added that "the egoes need to be left in the hotel before games, this is not one person's national team, it is one country's national team. We need to use what we have the best we can, and not sacrifice performace for inflated egos. I was disgusted when Piturca didn't shake Mutu's hand after he substituted him, you can't do that with the emblem of our current generation. " 

There are numerous other important Romanian footballers, managers, and pundits that have spoken out on this issue. My favorite quote is from one of my favorite players growing up, Ionut Lupu, who said that "a good manager is not one that doesn't lose, it's one that wins. Piturca needs to play less cards and more chess, to learn how to use the pieces he has available in order to win a game." 

I agree with the above people 100%. I'm glad some people in the media and football have the balls to come out and say: Listen we tied, but we could have won, and we all know it, let Mutu play!

As for Piturca, please don't hang Mutu, because by doing so, you're hanging yourself and our whole country and it's image in global football. 

Also, to those of you reading this post, make sure you check out the OleOle match centre during the Italy - Romania game.

End Of Match: C'est tout.

88': Persie almost scores too, he rocks.

81': Affelay goes in to get a run around. Donadoni looks like a very worried man. PLEASE play like this when we play you Italy!

77': GOALLLLL van bronkhorstttt! 3-0. Game over. That's all. Perfect action and reaction by the Dutch. Amazing.

77': ITALY sooooo close! Van Persie with the counter, seems unfit.

75': Heitinga goes in to strengthen the defense. The dutch are becoming Italian.

70': Another chance for Del Piero, he's lighting the game up for Italy.

65': Del Pierooooooo makes an instant impact. I thought it was going in!

63': Del Piero coming on for Di Natale. 19 goals this season, should be starting in my opinion.

60': I love Gatusso :), so scrappy.

59': Not much significant action to be honest, just midfield battles. Grosso has done some good things since coming on, good decision. Toni just hit one to van der Saar, not dangrous enough to cause trouble.

52': My friends are distracting me and Zambrotta almost scores! Crazy chance and almost very lucky.

45': Game back on.

Half Time: Half time, Holland have been the best team so far in Euro. Can't wait to see what Spain do tomorrow.

45': Di Natale hits a bomb just over the bar. Close.

42': Vaart through ball to Nisterloy, but Buffon comes out with an amazing save with his legs.

39': Two balls on the pitch!

34': Yellow card Zambrotta.

33': Di Natale almost scores, good shot, takes two attempts for van der saar to keep it. Great game.

31': Corner taken by Pirlo, van Bronkhorst saves it off the line! Netherlands go in a counterattack, Geo cross to Kuyt, Kuyt heads it to Sneijder, and he puts it in by Buffon. GOAL Netherlands.

26': Sorry that was minute 26! Ruud still a prat.

22': Another foul, this time on Kuyt. Sneijder takes it, Buffon stops it, the play continues in the box and GOALLLLLLLL RUUD VAN NISTERLOYY! Fucking prat was offide though - hate him. Wayyyyy off.

22': Foul on Ambrosini, Sneijder catches him about 30 meters out. Pirlo takes it, too far for Toni.

19': Sniejder shot over the post. Holland are in control now. Good pace to the game.

18': O damn, Kuyt pass to Ruud, and he trips on Buffon, doesn't get to the ball and ruins the chance to score. That's where he should have dove.

15': Bad slow shot by Ruud, does no good.

13':

13': GEO kills Panucci.

12': Gatusso cross in, Toni header at bad angle and it goes wide.

10': Vaart shot after good quick passing. He's fantastic.

9': Foul Gatusso on Vaart. Italy still moving the ball best in my opinion.

6': Italy are looking good so far, very good buildup, a new chance for them.

3': Bad shot Pirlo.

3': Already more action than in the whole of Romania - France. It's depressing.

2': Ruud jumps up trying to scare Buffon. Amusing :).

Before Kick Off: Two keepers are captains. Pretty unique.

Before Kick Off: I have some faith in the Dutch. I hope it's an open game, and not as nonchalant as Romania vs France. We shall see.

More sad news for Italy as Christian Panucci was injured today in training. The news is that the Italian defender has hurt his right knee in an exercise this afternoon.  

This is yet another piece of bad news for Donadoni due to the fact that Cannavaro just recently left the team with a bad injury. The Italian defense is looking more vulnerable as time goes on. The likely setup that Donadoni will use now is: Zambrotta - Barzagli - Materazzi - Grosso with Chiellini as the other option. 

Also, Marix (aka Materazzi) has spoken up to say that he is not a phenomenon of football (wow. what a shocker) and that the Italians don't have their own heads up their own asses so to speak because they're world champions. He said that Italy will play their hardest and their goal is to have a good time while at Euros. Can't blame him for the good PR pitch, I guess calling people's mother names is all good fun for Neo. He also added that he's already thinking of how he will "stop Ruud van Nisterloy," which will be interesting to see. 

I don't see the slow Italian defense coping well with the Dutch speed Monday, but we'll see.