| Competition: UEFA Euro 2012 Group C Venue: PGE Arena, Gdansk Attendance: Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary) | ||
 Spain Jordi Alba - Yellow Card (58') Cesc Fabregas - Goal (64') Alvaro Arbeloa - Yellow Card (84') Fernando Torres - Yellow Card (84') |
Sun 10 Jun 20121 - 1(Full Time) |
 Italy Mario Balotelli - Yellow Card (37') Antonio Di Natale - Goal (61') Leonardo Bonucci - Yellow Card (66') Giorgio Chiellini - Yellow Card (79') Christian Maggio - Yellow Card (89') |
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Game Matchtracker
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' + 3' - It looks like we have time for maybe one final attack..
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' + 3' - This has been a great game. Really enjoyable.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' + 2' - Xabi Alonso from distance fires his shot right of the goal!!
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' + 1' - Torres tormenting the Italian defence and his cross earns a corner.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' + 1' - There is three minutes added on
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
90' - Can Italy or Spain get a suckerpunch and take all three points? 
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 89' - Substitution - Tiago Motta is off and Antonio Nocerino is on 
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 89' - Yellow Card - Christian Maggio is booked for Italy.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
88' - Buffon called upon again to make a save. Italy break and attack and Marchisio has a shot and Casillas is forced to save!!
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
88' - Ireland v Croatia updates available now
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
85' - Oh god Torres attempts to lob the ball and not only should he have scored but the man to his right was wide open. Not the best opening play for Torres. Three chances and three not finished
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 84' - Yellow Card - Fernando Torres is booked for Spain.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 84' - Yellow Card - Alvaro Arbeloa is booked for Spain.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
83' - Torres again breaks and he Balotelli-like slows down and his ball to a team mate is intercepted.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
82' - Xabi Alonso is unhappy at conceding a free and the Italians move forward
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
79' - Xavi and Alonso standing over the ball. Buffon looks on... Xavi takes it and the wall is hit.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 79' - Yellow Card - Spain win a free on the edge of the box. This could be VERY dangerous. Yellow to Giorgio Chiellini
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
77' - Oh that would have been a superb goal. Di Natale volleys a lovely Giovinco cross wide of the goal in spectacular fashion
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
76' - Sergio Busquets one of my least favourite Spanish players heads wide. There is some pace to the game now. It's all go
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
75' - Torres makes a SUPER run, first touch is a little heavy and Buffon tackles him and wins the ball and manages to clear. Amazing chance for Torres.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 74' - Substitution - Goalscorer Cesc Fabregas is off and Fernando Torres is on
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
73' - Navas crosses into the box and Arbeleoa's shot runs wide of the goal
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
72' - Torres is coming on!
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
70' - Sergio Ramos bicycle kick comes very close to a decapitation of an Italian defender
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
70' - A deflected cross gives Buffon enough reason to shadow it over the bar. Corner to the Spanish as they put the pressure on
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
69' - The Italians move forward but the move ends as Pirlo puts a poor ball into the box
Spain 1 - 1 Italy
67' - This is one of the more enjoyable games of EURO 2012. Both sides looking for it and playing some decent football.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 66' - Yellow Card - Leonardo Bonucci is booked for Italy.
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 65' - Substitution - Spain sub: Jesus Navas in and David Silva off Italian sub: Giovinco in and Cassano off 
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 64' - Goal - Cesc Fabregas scores for Spain. Silva slides a brilliant ball through to Cesc and he plants it home!!
Spain 0 - 1 Italy
63' - Iniesta has a strike on target and Buffon is well behind it.
Spain 0 - 1 Italy
62' - Well now, lets see how Spain react. Surely a striker is coming on?
Spain 0 - 1 Italy 61' - Goal - Wonder sub Antonio di Natale fires home!!!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
59' - Almost a great ball from Xavi to Fabregas but the Italian defender cuts it out
Spain 1 - 1 Italy 58' - Yellow Card - Jordi Alba is booked for Spain.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 58' - Yellow Card - Alvaro Arbeloa is booked for Spain.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 56' - Substitution - Balotelli is really a hot and cold player. Does something useless and then something great. Well he's leaving the field of play. Balotelli off and Di Natale is on. He's not that happy.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
53' - Balotelli wins possession and he is in on goal all alone and he is slowing down and going slower and slower and the Spain defender tackles and gets the ball but what the hell? Balotelli - bizarre
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
51' - Fabregas to Iniesta and his shot is fired across the face of goal!! So close. Spain are turning the screw.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
50' - Xavi has a long range shot and it's well wide but he had probably more room to move closer
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
49' - Cesc Fabregas has a shot on target and Buffon is forced to put it out for a corner
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
48' - Nothing much to report in the opening few minutes of the second half. Possession being won and lost in the middle of the park.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
47' - 38,000 ish people at the ground. 
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 46' - Second Half - The game is back underway 
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 45' + 1' - Half Time - Half time and after a lively first half we have no goals to report. It's scoreless and we will be back soon
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
45' - A close range header forces a great save from Iker Casillas!!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
45' - Great bit of ball control from Batotelli!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
44' - Andres Iniesto tries to lob the keeper and it is too high and over the bar.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
43' - McDonalds are advertising a Passion Meter. Durty.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
42' - It's been a lively half but no goals as yet to show for it. The Italians with the clearer chances. As I say that Fabregas shoots and wins a corner.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
40' - Spain haven't had alot of shots on goal. That can be due to defences or because you have no strikers on the pitch....
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
40' - Erm, Fabregas is deemed to have fouled and well if RTE don't say it I will ... he gives "a wave with his cheeky hand" of disgust
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
38' - Balotelli body checks a player in the air and the ref doesn't blow. He is going to be red carded. If he doesn't then it will be Tantamount to a miracle.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 37' - Yellow Card - Mario Balotelli is booked for Italy. 37 minutes later than I thought it would come. Sub him now. If I was the Italian boss I'd sub him right now. Quickly
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
36' - Claudio Marchisio shoots on target and Casillas parries it and gathers on the second go. The Italians are growing into this now.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
35' - The referee MAY have forgotten his cards.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
34' - Shot from Italy and Casillas saves. Balotelli looks for a penalty and when he doesn't get it he pounds the ground. The ground is afraid. The ref warns Balotelli to leave the ground alone.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
33' - There is a bite coming into this game.Sniping tackles and you sense a card or two could show soon
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
32' - Cassano trips Casillas. Clear as day and a definite yellow to all but the ref. No yellow and still no cards
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
31' - The Italians making life difficult for themselves as they crowd the ball in packs and all fail to clear properly.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
30' - Iniesta has a fine shot on goal. A good chance for Spain there.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
28' - What's the story? Apart from the Pirlo free on target the standard of frees and corners has been brutal. You'd expect better and if you were Spanish or Italian you'd demand it. With a decent bit of accompanying hand waving...
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
27' - Hmmm the ref gives a free to Xavi. Didn't think there was much in it. Free to Spain now from around 40 yards out. Xavi takes and the first man for the 5th time clears. Set pieces have been poor on the whole so far
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
26' - Is Fabregas adding any more up front than a standard forward?
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
25' - Silva slips a delightful ball through to Iniesta and his shot was blocked by a defender but it was a smooth move and an example of what Spain can do when they get the chance
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
24' - I want some company so tweet @ExtratimeNews - how do you think the game has gone so far. Do Spain need strikers?
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
23' - Cassano fires a shot across the face of the Spanish goal and no Italian player was there. It was an opportunity.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
22' - Over 20 minutes of the game and Balotelli has not been booked or sent off yet.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
21' - Fabregas is caught offside and he waves his finger. Or as the RTE commentary team call it "his cheeky finger". Interesting description. Not sure why it's cheeky. Not sure I want to know.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
18' - Seriously the head on him as he got tipped was as if he was after being shot. Hate that nonsense...
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
17' - Motta is down injured. Dramatic arm injury. It tipped his arm, knocked his leg but his arm is the sore spot. Hard man is Motta... pfft...
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
15' - Fabregas to Silva and he looks like he'll force a save but the defender blocks. So far it's been a lively game and both sides having chances. Entertaining stuff.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
14' - Pirlo is six months older than I am. He looks a little like Iggy Pop...
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
13' - Pirlo gets it through and Iker Casillas is forced to save.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
12' - Free in a very dangerous position for Italy just inside the D of the Spanish box.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
11' - A quick break from Spain and a great counter sees Silva take the final shot but it's toothless and Buffon takes it easily.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
10' - Balotelli has a long range shot, but it is deflected and another corner for the Italians. Third Pirlo set piece, third poor delivery.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
8' - A scramble and a half in the Italian box as Silva tries a U10's style move to hack the ball out from the defenders feet. Corner Spain. Pique gets to it and the possession is kept. David Silva attempts the shot and it's high and over the bar.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
6' - Iniesta, Fabregas and Silva will all switch in and out of attack. Italy has a corner kick and Pirlo goes and takes again. Played short but well read by Alonso and Spain attack. Nine Italians in their own half as two Spanish players enter!!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
5' - A nice passing movement from the Italians out of defence and now Italy have a free kick on the right deep in the Spain half. Andrea Pirlo takes it but fails to beat the first defender
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
4' - Balotelli fails to control the ball, and looks angrily at the ball. The ball better watch out....
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
3' - The Italians now get some time on the ball but in the first ball forward Cassano is offside.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
1' - Will Fabregas remember to stay up front. Spain with an early move forward but the Italians were equal to it. De Rossi has given a very deep free kick on the end line though. The free was deep and wasted.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
1' - That countdown was a massive fail yesterday. The ref started on 4, this time it was all dramatic and on time.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy 1' - Kick-off - Balotelli is evens to get sent off. Evens. That's kinda mental. The handshakes are over and the players are ready. I'm ready. You are ready. The two keepers who are the two captains are ready and so It's GAME ON!!!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Balotelli already looking like his ready for a row... during the national anthems.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - The Anthems, a dose of boos, a healthy load of intense stares on the players faces, and some out of tune voices.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - The tunnel shots, Italy in traditional blue and Spain in their red tracksuit tops. Dunphy is the Spanish expert on the panel. Possibly due to having Spanish neighbours or just likes more than three players. That could be the test, name three players and if you can your the expert.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Best pundit of all time? Who is it? Tweet me at @extratimeNews
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Johnny Giles kills the mood - Are you as nervous as I am says Bill - No says Giles. Dunphy now claims unhappy Spanish camp. That could be true, or false or something he read on a fortune cookie, it doesn't matter, he'll say it anyhow. If the panel (bar Brady) haven't seen the players in the Champions League they will not know a thing about them.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Jaysus lads I'm like a child at Christmas. Excited, nervous, hoping for no anti climax! We are 14 minutes from kick off here in Gdansk.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - My favourite bit of updating for live updates is how often I can't spell the players name. I am reasonably happy I got this game and the Russian one. I was really hoping to avoid Greece. 
From Extratime's Twitter: Michael Owen @themichaelowen Unbelievable line up for Spain. No striker playing. This could end up looking like a training ground game of possession.
From Extratime's Twitter: Michael Owen @themichaelowen Unbelievable line up for Spain. No striker playing. This could end up looking like a training ground game of possession.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Ireland will play Spain next and then Italy. 30 minutes till kick off in this game and 3 hours and 15 minutes until Ireland begin EURO 2012
From Extratime's Twitter: @Julian_Lee76 Maybe they thought Torres would start so reckoned they didn't need a keeper
From Extratime's Twitter: @Julian_Lee76 Maybe they thought Torres would start so reckoned they didn't need a keeper
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Spain won eight out of eight in Group I, becoming one of only five sides to go through a qualifying campaign with a 100% record in the history of the UEFA European Championship.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Cesc Fabregas scores an international goal at a rate of one in every eight games.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - The Spanish outfield 10 have scored 68 goals between them in 595 international appearances.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Such was my surprise at the Spain lineup I accidently assigned Buffon as a defender which considering the Spanish hadn't named a striker....
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - So Fabregas will play alone up front with Silva and Iniesta in support. This should be interesting. They have plenty firepower on the bench.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - The referee tonight is Viktor Kassai of Hungary. He's a travel agent so he's probably lucky Hungary didn't make the finals as he'd be double jobbing and that kind of stress can't be good as a referee. He is 36 years old and apparently he like movies and sports. Who'd have guessed he liked sports. He was referee for HNK Hajduk Split v Shelbourne 1st leg game!
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - I'm waiting for the Spanish correction to come on the team sheets but I don't think it's coming. There five listed forwards are all on the bench. Cesc Fabregas picked to lead the line instead.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Spanish keeper Casillas kept his 73rd clean sheet for Spain against Serbia in May, beating Edwin van der Sar's international record. He also celebrated a record 95th international victory when Spain defeated South Korea 4-1 in the same month. He also did this after winning the World Cup
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Spain's squad includes 12 members of the party that triumphed at UEFA EURO 2008: Iker Casillas, Raúl Albiol, Andrés Iniesta, Xavi Hernández, Fernando Torres, Fàbregas, Santi Cazorla, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Álvaro Arbeloa, David Silva and Pepe Reina.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Slightly off point, but love this photo taken by Philly Hall on twitter ( @philyhall ) - Down with that sort of thing
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - This match will be played in the Arena Gdansk in .. Gdansk, it's currently a cloudly 20 degrees and we are an hour and twenty minutes from kick off. Team lineups shortly. I'm nervous. I'm nervous because I'm slightly distracted by the next game and I just hope my updates don't start referencing Duff and Keane and Trapattoni....
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - There are plenty of links between these countries and their players. Spain's David Silva and Italy's Mario Balotelli are team-mates at Manchester City FC. Italy's Antonio Cassano played at Real Madrid with Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos. The history of Italian and Spanish clubs in European competition needs no introduction or explanation. These two countries have a rich football pedigre and we hope this game will live up to their reputations.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - Italy came through qualifying unbeaten (eight wins and two draws), last losing a competitive game when they went down 3-2 to Slovakia in their final 2010 World Cup finals game. They have gone 13 games without a UEFA European Championship defeat over 90 minutes since losing 3-0 to the Netherlands in their opening match at UEFA EURO 2008.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - The winners of the last two FIFA World Cups meet this evening as current title holders Spain face Italy in the opening Group C match. World and European champions Spain come into the finals on a run of 14 straight competitive victories since they surprisingly lost 1-0 to Switzerland in their opening game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals.Spain embarked on a run of ten straight UEFA European Championship victories after their last meeting with Italy, a 0-0 draw in the UEFA EURO 2008 quarter-finals, which La Roja won on penalties. They have gone 23 games without defeat in this competition since losing 2-0 in Sweden in a UEFA EURO 2008 qualifier on 7 October 2006.
Spain 0 - 0 Italy
0' - It Day Three of the Euro 2012 tournament and we are now moving onto the group containing the Republic of Ireland. A country isn't quite holding it's breath yet but if social networks are anything to go by they are certainly creating an amazing atmosphere. Before Ireland v Croatia, we have the little matter of Spain v Italy and I will be bringing you all the action from this clash. You can get in touch with me via twitter @ExtratimeNews where I hope you will give me your opinions of Ireland's Group C opponents. Kick off for this game is 5pm but I'll have plenty of build up and teams prior to that. |
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90' + 3' - Full Time - That's it. A point a piece! A great game, and a draw is the result. 1-1 and now we turn our focus to Ireland v Croatia