Wednesday,
June 11, 2008
Dutch thrash Italians 3-0 as
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Group of Death, Italy, France, Netherlands and Romania lived up to it's
name as World Cup Winner Italy known for it's vaunted defense, and often
accused of playing too tight and boring, was trounced by Netherlands 3-0,
although one goal was actually on an offside, and another was assisted in
by an Italian player. One Dutch goal was achieved by the ball going the entire
length of the field, touched only by a multiplicity of solely Dutch players.
The Italians looked old and out of shape.
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for
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Dutch thrash Italians 3-0 as
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from: Reuters
June
10, 2008
THE
Two goals in five minutes midway through the first
half from Ruud van Nistelrooy
and Wesley Sneijder, the first from a blatantly
offside position, gave the Dutch a commanding lead they richly deserved in a
match they largely dominated.
Defender Giovanni van Bronckhorst
added a third in the 79th minute to clinch
The Dutch go top of Group C, the toughest
in the tournament, ahead of World Cup runner-up
Neither side made any headway against some very
tight defending, with only one shot on target in the entire match -- steered
straight at
"The situation we're in now is that every
match will be a knock-out round.
"If we play with too much caution, something
will be missing at the end. There are two matches left and six points to take.
I'm neither pessimistic nor optimistic."
Though his strikers fired blanks, Domenech was pleased with the untroubled time had by his
goalkeeper Gregory Coupet.
"The positive thing is that Greg did not have
one save to make," he said. "We managed to control the match, but we
were not dangerous enough."
"Our goal was three points but in the end it
was a fair result."
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