France vs Italy, 17.06.2008 at 20:45

[WHUPUNTER]

Im backing the Italians here. It will be a nervous affair but they both know only a win will do (and that might no even be enough) so will have to open up and go for it. This will suit Italy, who are always up for a scrap and have a bit more quality up front so take the 11/8.

[DJ]

Gattusso to be booked at odds of around 2.7 looks good for me as he's generally hot headed and with a game like this will likely get himself involved. I think the game will be tight but think that Italy can edge the game both defensively and with Toni to score the goal at the other end in a 1-0.

[happygooner]

So anybody got Luca Toni to score?

[DJ]

[quote=happygooner;1115384]So anybody got Luca Toni to score?[/quote]

I had him to score first and Italy to win 2-0! I also saw in Ladbrokes that Italy to win 2-0 was @ 10/1 and didn't bet on it ... ah well, guess it happens!

[Charlie Wong]

[quote=Sir Fernando;1114801]Think Italy might grind out a win here, surely its only a matter of time before the strikers start firing, it may have come too late if Romania win though. Hope Del Piero starts, he looks the most likely to take a chance if it falls to him in the box, hopefully Pirlo's delivery from set-pieces will improve, it was shocking in the game vs Romania, As for France, still think they need to find the right combination in attack, Benzema, Anelka and Gomis have all flopped and Henry has not been at his majestic best, Ribery will need to be at the top of his game if france are topple the World Champions, dont have any faith in Malouda or Govou to unlock the Italian defence.

[B]Italy WIN @ 11/8[/B][/quote]

[quote=HammerX;1114902]I'm going for: H/T - Italy F/T - Italy @3/1
Daniele De Rossi F/S @20/1
& Italy 2-0 France @9/1

GL all.[/quote]

[quote=Crazy North;1115251][B]SportFootball (Internationals) [/B]
[B]EventFrance-Italy [/B]
[B]SelectionUnder 2.5 [/B]
[B]Strength10/10 [/B]
[B]Date17/06/2008 [/B]
[B]Bookmaker/Price[/B][URL="http://www.sports-punter.com/link.php?p=totesport"][COLOR=#0000ff][B]totesport [/B][/COLOR][/URL][B]@ 1.73 (Back) [/B]

[B]Reasoning[/B]

I expect this match to be very uninteresting to watch as both teams didnt show good scoring abbilities so far especially France who looked very bad so far.On the other side Italy is facing a lot of troubles as many players are not in good relationship beetwen themselves and Donnadoni is on big pressure.So i expect tight game here were first team who score will probably win as both can play good defense.Under 2.5 here is the best choice to take.[/quote]

[quote=WHUPUNTER;1115327]Im backing the Italians here. It will be a nervous affair but they both know only a win will do (and that might no even be enough) so will have to open up and go for it. This will suit Italy, who are always up for a scrap and have a bit more quality up front so take the 11/8.[/quote]

[quote=DJ;1115329]Gattusso to be booked at odds of around 2.7 looks good for me as he's generally hot headed and with a game like this will likely get himself involved. I think the game will be tight but think that Italy can edge the game both defensively and with Toni to score the goal at the other end in a 1-0.[/quote]





what a game its gonna be with Spain and how important will Buffon's penalty save prove to be.

[DJ]

[quote=Sir Fernando;1115465]

what a game its gonna be with Spain and how important will Buffon's penalty save prove to be.[/quote]

Unfortunately my win on the yellow card and under 2.5 goals for the Italy game only just covered my other losing bets but hey, in the end I made the huge profit of 26p and I'm still in play for tomorrow!

[Charlie Wong]

better than losing though mate.

[DJ]

[quote=Sir Fernando;1115475]better than losing though mate.[/quote]

Yeah, totally! Get to live for another day and another chance to pick the winners. I hope too that someone went on the Gattusso pick and managed to make themselves a profit.