Netherlands vs Italy Live Commentary

Netherlands vs Italy Live
Marco van Basten and Roberto Donadoni will send their squads into the most interesting clash of the day at the EURO 2008. Holland and Italy will meet at the Stade de Suisse in Berne starting with 20.45 CET.
The match can be followed live online here at the FC Football Blog. Join us starting with the kick-off and enjoy our free live text commentary. We are also offering live highlights which is an unique feature around. Don’t miss it.

Highlights: Holland 3 – 0 Italy

National Anthems

Netherlands 3-0 Italy Live Streams Full Time
90′+4′ The referee ends the match.
90′+4′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 51%, Italy 49%.
89′ Robin van Persie has a nice run and his shot is only inches wide.
86′ Robin van Persie is flagged offside.
86′ Alessandro Del Piero is caught offside.
82′ Ibrahim Afellay has a great run and hits the crossbar.
81′ Netherlands Substitution: Dirk Kuyt is replaced by Ibrahim Afellay.
79′ GOOOOOAL!!! 3 – 0 Giovanni van Bronckhorst completes the fiesta for Holland with a header.
79′ Dirk Kuyt delivers after a rebound…
79′ Andrea Pirlo’s shot is saved by the keeper.
78′ Fabio Grosso is denied by the keeper.
77′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 52%, Italy 48%.
77′ Netherlands Substitution: Khalid Boulahrouz is replaced by Johnny Heitinga.
76′ Luca Toni misses the target again.
75′ Italy Substitution: Mauro Camoranesi is replaced by Antonio Cassano.
75′ Robin van Persie is caught offside.
70′ Netherlands Substitution: Ruud van Nistelrooy is replaced by Robin van Persie.
66′ Alessandro Del Piero is denied by the keeper.
65′ Alessandro Del Piero is caught offside.
64′ Italy Substitution: Antonio Di Natale is replaced by Alessandro Del Piero.
64′ Andrea Pirlo shoots wide from a set piece.
61′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 54%, Italy 46%.
60′ Christian Panucci delivers and Toni’s shot is saved by Van der Sar.
59′ Yellow Card: Nigel de Jong is booked for shirt pulling.
55′ Italy Substitution: Marco Materazzi is replaced by Fabio Grosso.
54′ Wesley Sneijder needs the medical staff.
54′ Gianluca Zambrotta has a nice run and his shot is wide.
53′ Rafael van der Vaart delivers from the corner spot and Ooijer heads wide.
51′ Yellow Card: Gennaro Gattuso is booked.
47′ Andrea Pirlo delivers from the corner spot and Panucci misses the target.
46′ The second half has started.

45′+2′ The referee ends the first half.
45′+2 Ball Possession: Netherlands 55%, Italy 45%.
45′+1′ Antonio Di Natale shoots wide.
43′ Wesley Sneijder crosses from the corner spot and Gattuso clears.
43′ Rafael van der Vaart sends a superb deep pass and van Nistelrooy is one-on-one with Buffon. The Italian keeper saves the ball for a corner kick.

35′ Ruud van Nistelrooy is flagged offside.
34′ Antonio Di Natale is caught offside.
33′ Mauro Camoranesi delivers and Di Natale’s shot is retained by Van der Sar.

33′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 55%, Italy 45%.
32′ GOOOOOAL!!! 2 – 0 Wesley Sneijder scores superbly.

31′ Giovanni van Bronckhorst has a speedy counter-attack, crosses for Kuyt who heads the ball for Sneijder…
31′ Andrea Pirlo crosses from the corner spot and a defender clears.
27′ Yellow Card: Luca Toni is booked by the referee.
26′ GOOOOOAL!!! 1 – 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy deflects the ball into the net from an obvious offside position.

26′ Wesley Sneijder shoots…
25′ Rafael van der Vaart delivers and Pirlo clears the ball.
19′ Wesley Sneijder shoots wide.
18′ Van Nistelrooy has a huge scoring chance for Holland.

16′ Ball Possession: Netherlands 50%, Italy 50%.
15′ Ruud van Nistelrooy is denied by Buffon.
12′ Gennaro Gattuso delivers and Luca Toni misses the target with a header.
11′ Rafael van der Vaart is denied by Buffon.
11′ Wesley Sneijder tries to score and he is blocked.
7′ Ruud van Nistelrooy tries to score and he is blocked.
4′ Mauro Camoranesi shoots wide.
3′ Antonio Di Natale delivers for Toni and the ball ends into a throw-in.
1′ Italy have the first glance of the ball.
1′ The referee blows the start.

Netherlands and Italy have recently met in a friendly game played in November 2005. Italy won that away match with 3-1.

Netherlands vs Italy Live Streams
Sopcast: YES (NL), B-wire Sport, Adthe, SUI99, SHTV, GE Sports, TBN.
TVants: Hrt 2, SHTV, CCTV-5, Rustavi 2.
PPMate: CCTV-5.
TVU Player: B-wire Sport, SHTV, Danish Delight.
Pcast: BTV-6.
Media Player: Eurosport, FoxSports2008, , Sport1, EURO 2008 Turkey, Cox TV England.

Netherlands vs Italy Previews
Competition: EURO 2008
Stage: Group C, Match-day 1
Date: 09.07.2008
Kick-off time: 20.45 CET
Location: Stade de Suisse, Berne, Switzerland
Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (SWE)
Live Coverage: Netherlands vs Italy
Match Discussions: FCFB Forums

Netherlands vs Italy Odds and Betting Tips
Italy will start as slight favorites, but it will be a hard fought game. Really any result is possible tonight between the two sides. I would predict that both teams will score during this game. Good luck!

Netherlands vs Italy Line-ups
The probable starting line-ups are:
Netherlands
1 E. van der Sar
2 A. Ooijer
21 K. Boulahrouz
4 J. Mathijsen
5 G. van Bronckhorst
17 N. de Jong
8 O. Engelaar
18 D. Kuyt
23 R. van der Vaart
10 W. Sneijder
9 R. van Nistelrooy

Italy
1 G. Buffon
2 C. Panucci
6 A. Barzagli
23 M. Materazzi
19 G. Zambrotta
13 M. Ambrosini
21 A. Pirlo
8 G. Gattuso
16 M. Camoranesi
11 A. Di Natale
9 L. Toni