90' (+3): The referee blows the whistle. Pizza, Spaghetti, Lasagna and Ravioli to be eaten in every Cantina around the world tonight!!! Italy who had a terrible start in the competition managed to advance. France and Romania go back home earlier!

90' (+2): Great shot by Toni and once again denied by Coupet!

90': Three minutes of added time to be played in this match. Italy is through to face Spain in the quarterfinals

89': Benzema takes a free kick for France. Sends the ball in the box but it was too much. Nobody could've reached that ball

86': The corner is taken and Cassano takes the shot. Easy for Coupet (meanwhile Netherlands scored the second)

86': Camoranesi gets the ball open on the right side of the box. Shoots. Deflected. this time for a corner

84': Now it's a yellow for Thierry Henry for a nasty slide tackle

82': Great header by Luca Toni but the referee blew the whistle. The Italina striker pulled Boumsong's arm.

81': Sub for Italy. Gattuso is replaced by Aquilani.

77': The TV cameras just showed Vieira on the bench. The french team was expecting to count on him for the quarterfinals but it seems that it's not going to be necessary. France might be going home earlier.

75': Time is running out for France. A tie would force the match to go to the penalty shootout. But the French has only 15 minutes

73': Great shot by Karim Benzema! Buffon splendid save

72': Gallas got a slight touch on the ball to intercept Toni's header

69': Henry is up

69': Henry is down.

66': Gouvou is replaced by Anelka on the French squad. It's do or die for them now

62': I was about to say that Italy didn't have Pirlo for the free kick but then the ball is set for De Rossi and he shoots. Thierry Henry was on the wall and put his foot on the way. The ball is deflected and Coupet couldn't do anything... The ball went straight into the net. Italy closer to the quarterfinals

62': GGGGOOOOAAAAALLLLLLL!!!!!! ITALIA ITALIA!!!!

60': Italy is marking France under pressure trying to recover the ball fast. and it's working

58': Henry got the cross in the box. But he pushed the Italian defender and the referee calls the foul. The French offensive play ends there.

52': Is France a;ready getting desperate? Henry is trying to call the responsibility to himself but with long range shots he'll need something very special to beat Buffon. This last one was also just too easy

51': Another good pass by Toulalan find Henry in the box. He turns and shoots. The ball is easily picked up by Buffon

49': A very good play by Toulalan on the right. He crosses Henry misses the ball and Benzema shoots a blaster from outside the box. The cannonball flies over the bar

46': First one to put his face up close on the screen in this second half is Govou. He got a yellow card.

46': Second half is on its way. France needs to improve a lot if they want to perform a great comeback

Half Time: I'm gonna get some food.!

45' (+3): He lifts the ball for Benzema... Cleared! And the referee blows the whistle for half time!

45' (+3): And another free kick for France. Could it be it? A goal now would make things much better for Les Bleus

45' (+2): Now it's Evra who's receiving treatment. He got a hit on his foot after he crossed the ball.

45' (+1): Clerc crosses form the right side and .... nobody gets it. Just Italians there

45': Perrota is out receiving treatment

44': And now Prilo is out of the next match (if Italy moves on). He saw a yellow card for a foul from behind on Benzema

43': Grosso with the left foot. HITS THE POST, HITS THE POST!!!

43': Free kick given to Italy. After De Rossi was leaving the third defender behind. Here comes Pirlo or Grosso

42': Benzema on the left. he turned Gattuso in and out and crosses to nobody... goal kick Italy

38': Italy tried once again the lifted ball in the middle of France's defense. This time Cassano was caught offside

37': No, it was Benzema... Terrible terrible!!! The ball hits the wall bounces back to him and he shoots again. Far from the goal

37': Henry and Benzema on the ball. Of Course is going to be Henry

37': Free kick given to France. Gattuso got Henry.

33': Great move by Henry, He avoids the offside and moves to the right to turn and shoot in diagonal. The ball goes wide.

32': GROSSO!!! What the hell was that??? Well, at least the team is winning ...

29': two balls send in the middle of the French defense and Toni missed the chances. Where's the French defense????

28': Toni with a fine touch of the heel almost gets the second goal

27': WHAT A BLASTER BY DE ROSSI!!!!! It went over the bar but now Itaoly looks more dangerous than never. They want to finish this match as fast as possible to avoid any reaction from France

25': And Nasri who came in to replace Ribery now is replaced by Boumsong. The French defense needed to be recomposed

25': PERFECT Penalty shot. Top right corner of Coupet

25': Pirlo takes it! GOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLL!!! For Italy!!!!

24': PEnalty!!!! Clear penalty on Luca Toni!!! And Red Card to Abidal!!!!

22': France with much more possession but it was Italy who had the best chances so far

20': Perrota couldn't control the ball in the box. Italy could've scored there!

19': Gouvou receives the pass. What kind of shot is that Gouvou??? You had Henry and Benzema in the box ... The French seem nervous

18': Good cross by Pirlo and the defense clears

17': Very rough tackle by Evra. Cassano goes down. Free kick to the Italians and yellow card to Evra

16': The ball is sent too deep from Zambrota to Cassano. Throw-in for France

14': France coming to attack now on the right. Bezema gets the pass and takes a shot. Buffon just follows the shot the goes out for a goal kick

12': My friend Frenchi is blogging in the French area of OleOle and he's sitting on a desk right next ot mine. He's totally devasted with Ribery's injury...

10': Panucci with a headeeeerrrr.... WHAT A SAVE by Greg Coupet!!!!

9': And now a corner for Italy. Pirlo on the ball

8': It's over for Ribery. Henry is trying to console him. Ribery is out and Nasri takes his place

6': Ribery is down and signs to the bench. That might be trouble for France. It's his ankle.

5': Henry recovers the ball in the midfield for France. Pass it to Ribery and I'm confused now. I don't know if he tried to shoot or cross... either way it was not even close to the goal

4': Great chance for Luca Toni and he missed. Abidal made the mistake and Toni could've gotten closer to score that one. The ball went wide but near the right post

3': France had a second corner and the ball went low crossing the whole extension of the box

3': France got the first corner. I push in the box was waved by referee. The heat is on

1': Game on! Italy playing in white and France is with their tradicional blue

Before Kick Off: A new encounter between France and italy after the 2006 World Cup Final. Both now both teams NEED a win if they want to continue in the competiton. France is bringing Henry and Benzema up front nad Italy will come with Cassano and Luca Toni.