Quali 1 - Italy vs. Lithuania

[yve]

The referee blows for half-time.
45'+1' Savenas (Lithuania) delivers the corner.
44' Gattuso (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Mikoliunas (Lithuania).
43' Savenas (Lithuania) fouls.
42' Cassano (Italy) misses the target.
40' Barzagli (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Kavaliauskas (Lithuania).
39' Inzaghi (Italy) is flagged for offside.
38' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
38' Poškus (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
36' Barzagli (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Poškus (Lithuania).
36' Savenas (Lithuania) misses the target.
34' Dziaukstas (Lithuania) takes the corner.
33' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
33' Oddo (Italy) has an effort on goal.
[glow=red,2,300]30' (1 - 1) Inzaghi (Italy) scores! [/glow]
30' Kavaliauskas (Lithuania) misses the target.
29' Perrotta (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
29' Perrotta (Italy) fouls.
27' Pirlo (Italy) delivers the corner.
24' Skerla (Lithuania) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Inzaghi (Italy).
[glow=red,2,300]21' (0 - 1) Kavaliauskas (Lithuania) scores![/glow]
Lithuania take a shock lead against world champions Italy as Vitalijus Kavaliauskas meets a cross from the right by Marius Stankevicius and fires a left-footed shot into the bottom-right corner of the goal.
20' Oddo (Italy) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
17' Dziaukstas (Lithuania) is cautioned by the referee.
17' Dziaukstas (Lithuania) commits a foul after challenging Pirlo (Italy).
13' Perrotta (Italy) takes the corner.
12' Gattuso (Italy) misses the target.
11' De Rossi (Italy) is flagged for offside.
10' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
10' Cassano (Italy) has an effort on goal.
9' Poškus (Lithuania) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
8' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
7' Kavaliauskas (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
7' Perrotta (Italy) misses the target.
6' Gattuso (Italy) is flagged for offside.
6' Inzaghi (Italy) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
5' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
5' Cannavaro (Italy) has an effort on goal.
3' Poškus (Lithuania) misses the target.
1' Skerla (Lithuania) is flagged for offside.
The match is under way.

[yve]

The match is very exiting (as Zig can swear) and stands 1:1 until now. Italy go! We need the points...

[Zig]

Hmmmm.but maybe we should change Kavaliauskas to Danilevicius... ;D Poor guy played, scored and hasn't been praised here...

[yve]

zig said:

Hmmmm.but maybe we should change Kavaliauskas to Danilevicius... ;D Poor guy played, scored and hasn't been praised here...

yeah life is unfair- sometimes you do the work and others get the prize

[Zig]

yve said:

zig said:

Hmmmm.but maybe we should change Kavaliauskas to Danilevicius... ;D Poor guy played, scored and hasn't been praised here...

yeah life is unfair- sometimes you do the work and others get the prize

Yeah, Kavaliauskas wakes up tomorrow, reads the newspapers - Oh! I've scored yesterday! Against Italy?!!! Wow! ;D ;D ;D

[Zig]

yve said:

The match is very exiting (as Zig can swear) and stands 1:1 until now. Italy go! We need the points...

Yeah, I can'tbelieve we are playing against world champs ITALY and it's a draw!!!!!!!! I think italians understimated the rival..

[yve]

90'+5' Gattuso (Italy) is cautioned by the referee.
90'+4' Danilevicius (Lithuania) fouls.
90'+3' Cassano (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Skerla (Lithuania).
90'+2' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
90'+1' Grosso (Italy) has an effort on goal.
90'+1' Grosso (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Labukas (Lithuania).
90' Preiksaitis (Lithuania) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
89' Preiksaitis (Lithuania) misses the target.
88' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
88' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
88' Gilardino (Italy) has an effort on goal.
87' Pirlo (Italy) delivers the corner.
87' Pirlo (Italy) takes the corner.
86' Di Michele (in) - Inzaghi (out) (Italy)
86' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) is booked.
85' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
85' Labukas (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
84' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
84' Marchionni (Italy) has an effort on goal.
82' Tamošauskas (in) - Mikoliunas (out) (Lithuania)
81' Cassano (Italy) fouls.
79' Labukas (in) - Poškus (out) (Lithuania)
75' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
75' Pirlo (Italy) has an effort on goal.
73' Pirlo (Italy) delivers the corner.
72' Gilardino (in) - Perrotta (out) (Italy)
71' Inzaghi (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Dziaukstas (Lithuania).
70' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
69' Grosso (Italy) has an effort on goal.
69' Inzaghi (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Skerla (Lithuania).
68' Kalonas (Lithuania) misses the target.
66' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
66' Poškus (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
65' Kalonas (in) - Savenas (out) (Lithuania)
64' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
64' Poškus (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
63' Inzaghi (Italy) fouls.
61' Marchionni (in) - De Rossi (out) (Italy)
60' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
60' Cassano (Italy) has an effort on goal.
58' Cassano (Italy) misses the target.
57' Pirlo (Italy) has a shot blocked.
55' Cassano (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on M Stankevicius (Lithuania).
54' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
54' Gattuso (Italy) has an effort on goal.
52' Cassano (Italy) misses the target.
51' Perrotta (Italy) takes the corner.
50' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
50' Poškus (Lithuania) has an effort on goal.
49' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
49' Perrotta (Italy) has an effort on goal.
49' Cassano (Italy) misses the target.
48' Karèemarskas (Lithuania) makes a save.
48' Grosso (Italy) has an effort on goal.
The second half begins.

[yve]

zig said:

yve said:

The match is very exiting (as Zig can swear) and stands 1:1 until now. Italy go! We need the points...

Yeah, I can'tbelieve we are playing against world champs ITALY and it's a draw!!!!!!!! I think italians understimated the rival..

nanana my dear, think of all the ill players - Italy underastimated noone

[Zig]

yve said:

zig said:

Yeah, I can'tbelieve we are playing against world champs ITALY and it's a draw!!!!!!!! I think italians understimated the rival..

nanana my dear, think of all the ill players - Italy underastimated noone

hah!





I guess we were more lucky - that's it!

[Zig]

www.uefa.com/competitions/EURO/FixturesResults/Round=2241/match=83964/Report=RP.html


Oh you could only see how media gets crazy here, in Lithuania! ;D Basketball country has lost in basketball, but WON (yes, it's a victory for us.. ) in football!!!!!!!



And some pics from yesterday's match








































Lithuanian hero today ahah




















Cassano really had what to cry for - he had so many chances and missed them all.






-Look!!UFO!!!

[Zig]

What Fabio said about this match:


'Difficult match'
"We weren't brilliant but I thought we played a good match considering many of our players have been playing only friendlies," Cannavaro said. "We knew it would be difficult. They were better than us for the first ten minutes then I think we played with great determination and created 15 good chances. We were unlucky not to win."

'Wake up'
While Cannavaro shrugged off the result, Italy's media took a more alarmist view. 'Italy come back down to Earth' was the headline in Gazzetta dello Sport. 'Wake up, here comes France', warned the front page of Corriere dello Sport, referring to the world champions' next qualifier in Paris on Wednesday.

'Better prepared'
Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon added: "We thought we could win, but it was tougher than we expected. I don't think we were complacent. Lithuania were better prepared athletically, but even though we weren't at our best we still created plenty of chances which, unfortunately, we didn't manage to take advantage of.

Looking forward
"In the long run, though, the result of the first qualifier has very little effect. Even the match on Wednesday against France won't be decisive. The games in October [against the Ukraine and Georgia] will be more important".