Quali 3 - Italy vs. Ukraine

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Italy Line Up

1 Buffon
22 Oddo
5 Cannavaro
23 Materazzi
19 Zambrotta
8 Gattuso
21 Pirlo
10 De Rossi
15 Iaquinta
9 Toni
7 Del Piero

Bench
14 Amelia
13 Nesta
3 Pasqual
24 Mauri
16 Camoranesi
18 Inzaghi
11 Di Natale

CoachRoberto Donadoni

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The referee blows for half-time.
45'+2' Pirlo (Italy) strikes a free kick into the wall.
45'+2' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Pirlo (Italy).
44' Gattuso (Italy) is booked.
44' Gattuso (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Nesmachniy (Ukraine).
42' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
42' Vorobey (Ukraine) fouls.
41' Voronin (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on De Rossi (Italy).
41' Voronin (Ukraine) is shown a yellow card.
40' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
40' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) has an effort on goal.
38' Shelayev (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Toni (Italy).
36' Toni (Italy) misses the target.
32' Nazarenko (Ukraine) fouls.
31' Nazarenko (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Gattuso (Italy).
30' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
30' Toni (Italy) has an effort on goal.
30' Shershun (Ukraine) is cautioned by the referee.
30' Shershun (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Toni (Italy).
28' Gattuso (Italy) fouls.
26' Nazarenko (Ukraine) misses the target.
25' Nesmachniy (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Iaquinta (Italy).
23' Toni (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Rusol (Ukraine).
21' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) fouls.
20' Del Piero (Italy) misses the target.
19' Voronin (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Gattuso (Italy).
18' Shershun (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Del Piero (Italy).
17' Nesmachniy (Ukraine) fouls.
17' Del Piero (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Rusol (Ukraine).
16' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Del Piero (Italy).
15' Vorobey (Ukraine) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
13' Nesmachniy (Ukraine) fouls.
12' Shelayev (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on De Rossi (Italy).
9' Del Piero (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Rusol (Ukraine).
8' Toni (Italy) fouls.
7' Nesmachniy (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Iaquinta (Italy).
7' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
6' Gusev (Ukraine) has an effort on goal.
5' Voronin (Ukraine) is flagged for offside.
5' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
4' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) has an effort on goal.
4' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
1' Shelayev (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Gattuso (Italy).
The match is under way.


Still no goal but we must win.

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[glow=red,2,300]MASSIMO SCORED !!!![/glow]

:(YEAH

1:0 for Italy

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With less than 20 minutes remaining Italy finally get the chance to get that crucial goal that they have been searching for after Andriy Rusol fouls Luca Toni in the penalty area. Massimo Oddo is the man with the responsibility of the spot-kick and he confidently despatches it for his first Azzurri goal to revive the World Champions stuttering UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying campaign

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[glow=red,2,300]LUCAAAAAAAA SCORED !!! [/glow]

YEEEEEEHAAA

2:0 for Italy

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Italy are heading for their first win in the section now as Toni scores his tenth goal for his country, wonderfully volleying into the top corner from Antonio Di Natale's left-wing cross.

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The final whistle is blown.
89' Inzaghi (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Tymoschuk (Ukraine).
88' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
86' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) fouls.
86' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
85' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) delivers the free-kick on target.
85' Inzaghi (in) - Toni (out) (Italy)
85' Gattuso (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Milevskiy (Ukraine).
82' Di Natale (Italy) takes the corner.
82' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
82' Di Natale (Italy) has an effort on goal.
80' Di Natale (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Yezerskiy (Ukraine).
80' Shershun (Ukraine) fouls.
79' (2 - 0) Toni (Italy) scores!
78' Shershun (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on De Rossi (Italy).
77' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) delivers the corner.
76' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
76' Camoranesi (in) - Iaquinta (out) (Italy)
76' De Rossi (Italy) has an effort on goal.
75' Yezerskiy (Ukraine) is shown a yellow card.
75' Yezerskiy (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Zambrotta (Italy).
73' Milevskiy (in) - Vorobey (out) (Ukraine)
73' Pirlo (Italy) fouls.
72' Yezerskiy (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Di Natale (Italy).
71' Gusev (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Materazzi (Italy).
71' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) takes the corner.
71' (1 - 0) Oddo (Italy) scores from the penalty spot.
69' Rusol (Ukraine) is cautioned by the referee.
68' Toni (Italy) was fouled in the penalty area by Rusol (Ukraine)
68' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
68' Voronin (Ukraine) has an effort on goal.
67' Nesmachniy (Ukraine) fouls.
65' Toni (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Voronin (Ukraine).
65' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
65' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) delivers the free-kick on target.
65' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) delivers the free-kick on target.
64' Cannavaro (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Voronin (Ukraine).
63' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) delivers the corner.
63' Kalynychenko (Ukraine) takes the corner.
62' Di Natale (in) - Del Piero (out) (Italy)
61' Gusev (Ukraine) is adjudged to be in an offside position.
61' Cannavaro (Italy) fouls.
60' Iaquinta (Italy) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Nesmachniy (Ukraine).
59' Kalynychenko (in) - Nazarenko (out) (Ukraine)
58' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
57' Iaquinta (Italy) has an effort on goal.
57' Shovkovskiy (Ukraine) makes a save.
57' Gattuso (Italy) has an effort on goal.
55' Vorobey (Ukraine) commits a foul after challenging Toni (Italy).
55' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
55' Tymoschuk (Ukraine) delivers the free-kick on target.
54' Cannavaro (Italy) fouls.
53' Shershun (Ukraine) gives away a free-kick following a challenge on Toni (Italy).
52' Pirlo (Italy) commits a foul after challenging Nazarenko (Ukraine).
51' Buffon (Italy) makes a save.
50' Gattuso (Italy) misses the target.
50' Nazarenko (Ukraine) fouls.
48' Toni (Italy) is flagged for offside.
The second half begins.

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Italy 2 - 0 Ukraine
71'(pen) Oddo 79' Toni


Match report

[glow=red,2,300]Toni gets Azzurri back on track[/glow]
Saturday, 7 October 2006
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Second-half goals from Massimo Oddo and Luca Toni breathed new life into Italy's faltering UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying campaign as the world champions won 2-0 against Ukraine in Rome to leapfrog their opponents into third place in Group B.

Penalty lifeline
Having picked up just a point from their opening fixtures against France and Lithuania, it did not look good for Roberto Donadoni's team as they went into the final 20 minutes at the Stadio Olimpico with the game still goalless. But they were handed a lifeline when Andriy Rusol brought down Toni on 71 minutes. Oddo stepped up and converted from the spot and Toni then calmed frayed nerves, volleying in Antonio Di Natale's left-wing cross to secure Donadoni's first victory in charge.

Tymoschuk tester
This success did not come without its nervy moments as Ukraine made light of the illness that ruled out Andriy Shevchenko, and twice went close to breaking the deadlock early on. More familiar in his role as the side's midfield mastiff, Anatoliy Tymoschuk demonstrated another string to his bow when he stung Gianluigi Buffon's fingers with a blistering long-range effort, while Oleh Gusev fired straight at the Juventus custodian when well positioned.

Morale boost
Italy had come out on top the last time these teams met in the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, when Toni scored twice in a 3-0 victory, and as the Azzurri settled the ACF Fiorentina man could easily have struck again on the half-hour but headed straight at Olexandr Shovkovskiy. Gennaro Gattuso and Vincenzo Iaquinta also tested the Ukraine keeper whose resistance was finally ended by Oddo with 19 minutes remaining. Toni doubled the advantage eight minutes later to boost Italian morale ahead of Wednesday's match in Georgia.

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