Group C: Matchday 1

Holland favourites to qualify – Italy must beat Romania Italy lost 3-0 to Holland in the opening matchday of Group C...

The Day After

A Look at the Italian Headlines showing the surprise win of Holland over Italy…. Italy’s Corriere dello Sport: Donadoni’s Disaster Tuttosport

Holland 3-0 Italy

Holland began their Group C campaign in emphatic fashion with a 3-0 demolition of World Cup winners Italy. The game really...

The First Goal – Offside or not?

Sneijder volleyed the ball and ‘off-sided’ Ruud taps the ball in. Panucci was lying outside the ground injured and was not...

How it All Happened – Minute by Minute

And there’s the final whistle! The Netherlands prevail by three goals to nil after a stunning performance. Group C is wide...

Holland Stun Italy

Gol da Annulare!! Panucci down injured not in the pitch still kept Van Nistelrooy onside… Let’s face it – it wasn’t...

Poor Italy concede 2 – Second Half Still To Go

Italy protests to no avail after ‘offside’ Van Nistelrooy netted Holland’s opener Italy have conceded twice in a match where Holland...

Oranje versus Azzurri

Italy and Holland will play in their traditional colours. Holland will play in their famous Oranje jersey and Italy will play...

Rivals Drop Points – Can Italy Profit?

Rivals France went into the match pretty much thinking Romania would not be that easy to break but they were totally...

Latest – Ambrosini Ahead of De Rossi

These are the line-ups. Italy (4-3-3): Buffon; Panucci, Materazzi, Barzagli, Zambrotta; Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambrosini; Camoranesi, Toni, Di Natale. Holland (4-4-2): van...