ITALY vs. ROMANIA - Follow it here!!! - LIVE

90' (+2):

And the match is over... Mutu is almost crying on the sideline and the goalkeepers become the heroes of the match!!! 

90' (+2): And the free kick is taken but far from the goal

90' (+1): A yellow card to De Rossi for the tackle from behind

87': Sub for Romania: Mutu leaves the pitch disappointed by missing the penalty kick and is replaced by Cocsis

83': Sub for Italy. Ambrosini replaces the exhausted Camoranesi

82': And just one note about the penalty kick: The save was great but Mutu kicked right at the middle...

82': The match is still up for grabs!!!

80': What a match!!!!

80': Incredibly saved by BUFFON!!!!

79': Controversy... more controversy!!!

79': Another corner for Romania again!!! PENALTY!!!! PENALTY!!! FOR ROMÂNIA!!!!

78': Zambrotta acts behind the defense again and Lobont, once again, is there to save it with his leg.

78': Contra dangerously chest the ball back to Lobont!!!

76': Sub for Italy: forward Quagliarella is in and Del Piero will get his deserved rest.

75': Corner for Romania. It's Mutu on the ball. Cleared by the defense

74': Who said Toni is not doing anything??? Great set up by Toni to Cassano and the header is INCREDIBLY saved by Lobont. Certainly the man of the match!!!!

72': Free kick for Italy and yellow card for Goian. His second in the tournament. He's out for the next match

69':

69': Romania playing much better now. The substitutions worked much better for the yellow heads than for the Azzuri

69': Grosso saves Italy now!!! Great combination Niculae/Nicolita and the Italian defender saves the Azzura

65': Cassano still didn't have an opportunity and the same we could say about Nicolita

59': Sub for Romania: Nicolita replaces Petre!

59': The match is open for grabs now!!! Both teams are fired up by the goals and the next minutes will be filled with action from both sides

56': Sub for Italy! Cassano in - Perrota out

55': No time for celebration for Horia and the Romanians fans!!! Chiellini heads the cross to the middle of the box and Christian Panucci stretches his leg to put the ball in!!!! 1-1!!! Great Goal!!! Great momento to tie the match

55': GGGGOOOOAAAAALLL!!!!! ITALIA!!!!

53': Mutu reads Zambrotta's intention to pass it back with his head and intercepts it!!!! Then he fires the canon ball inside the net!!!!

53': Adrian Mutu!!!!

53': GGGOOOOAAAALLLLLLLLLL ROMÂNIA!!!!!

51': Patch-Rat dives... He needs to be careful not to dive with his forehead!!! I don't need to see his bloody face again!!! Hahahaha

50': Del Piero had an opportunity. And a great defensive touch by Contra!!!

46': Italy starts the second half putting more pressure on the Romanian defense

Half Time:

Romania goes to the locker room happy with the result. Italy could've score in 4 or 5 opportunities (the actually did once but the referee called it offside) ... Romania also played well and in two or three good shots the yellow heads could have opened the score.

Expect a great second half!!! 

45' (+2): Wait a second... TONI was not offside!!! The referee interferes in the result of the first half!

45' (+2): GGGGOOOOOAAAALLLL... but no!!!! Offside!!!

44': Patch-Rat is bleeding from his forehead!!! Looks nasty

43': Deep ball for Del Piero. But the flag went up!!! He was offside

43': Mutu gets a yellow card by tackling Pirlo... Of course the Italian is making it look like a Felini movie!!! Get up man!

40': Toni had a great header and Lobont again!!! amazing goalkeeping by the Romanian!!!! Total pressure by Italy

39': Second great save by Lobont in sequence... A third corner for the Italians

39': Italy is wasting too many chances. Toni leaves the ball to Perrota and he couldn't finish.

36': The Romanian's have a good short pass. The midfielders need to get closer to Mutu and Niculae to create a one-two or a overlap play.

32': Nope!!! It was Del Piero that sent the ball straight to the last row of the stands!!! :P

31': Here comes Pirlo

31': Del Piero, great play... FFFFOOOUUULLLL!!!!

31': Italy again. Now it's Zambrota that crosses to the target man Toni.

30': Pirlo takes it. And it's deflected before Lobont easily picks it up

30': Petre with the high kick. Free Kick for Italy.

28': Long pass to Mutu and he was about 500 meters off side

28': Great shot by Rat!!! The man with a patch on his forehead! Buffon wouldn't reach it but the ball went near the left post

27': Another chance wasted by the Italians. Camoranesi (who's playing very well too) crosses and Toni doesn't finish well

25': Nico Dica is coming in for the injured Radoi in the Romanian team

24': Corner for Romania. The second in a row. Petre on the ball. Buffon intercepts it

23': Oh, it's back!!!

23': And we lost satellite communication!!!!! FUCK!!!!

21': Radoi left the pitch after clashing in the air head-to-head with his team mate Rat

19': Here comes the Yellow Heads again!!! Another free kick.... Chivu this time... The ball travels all the way and hits Buffon's right post!!! AAAAAALLLMMMOOOSSSTTTT!!!!

17': Great free kick for Romania. Taken by Gabriel Tamas. A lot of power. Buffon has to stretch all the way to his left to save it

15': Another great ball by Grosso... A little to high for Toni but Italy is playing extremely offensive football ... The only problem is that Germany did that yesterday too and we all know what happened.

15': Mutu had the chance in the counter attack... But Buffon  makes a great save!!!

13': Grosso is playing very well. Petre are being able to stop him whatsoever

13': Grosso wins another corner for Italy.

12': Italy looks much, much better... Camoranesi crosses.... Toni ALMOST!!!!

11': Grosso puts the ball between Petre's legs and wins a free kick

10': Great chance for Italy!!!! Del Piero receives from Perrota and heads it near the post

8': Pirlo takes it and the ball bounces back from the denfese, goes out for a throw-in

8': Camoranesi is down. Free kick for Italy on the right side of the box

6': Grosso crosses from the left and it's easily picked up by Lobont

5': The ball is cleared but the Romanians could connect the counter attack

5': Italy win a corner. Danger for Romania

4': We are in the "studying" phase of the match but one can already tell that this won't end in boring 0-0. Romania just tried a pass to the box but the flag went up

1':

Game is On!!!!

Here are the Line-ups: 

ITALY: 1.Buffon, 19.Zambrotta, 2.Panucci, 4.Chiellini, 3.Grosso; 21.Pirlo, 10.De Rossi, 16.Camoranesi, 20.Perrota, 7.Del Piero; 9.Toni.

ROMANIA: 1.Lobont, 2.Contra, 4.Tamas, 5.Chivu, 3.Rat; 6.Radoi, 8.Codrea, 15.Goian, 7.Petre; 10.Mutu, 21.D. Niculae. 

Before Kick Off: Less than 15 minutes to kick off. Italy will start with Del Piero this time. I still don't understand why he didn't start last match. Anyway, I think that if Italy attacks to much they might be surprise by Romania just like the Germans were surprised by Croatia. The question is: can Romania attack with efficiency? Or better, can they attack at all?