Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Soccer Post Again

Still Very Down On My Luck. I Thought Of Getting Japan Win Against Australia. I Didn't Bet Because I Slept Until 8:30pm Which Is Past The Betting Time Liao. So I'll Just Watch The Match And See Whether Is My Guessing Correct Or Not.

The Match Started In A Slow Tempo Which Is Abit Boring. Australia Used A Formation Of 3-5-1-1 Which Consists Of 3 Centre Backs, 2 WingBacks, 3 Midfielder, 1 Supporting Player And A Striker. This Puts Former Team-Mates Harry Kewell Being The Supporting Player Behind Mark Viduka.

Japan Played A Defensive 5-3-2 With Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Captaining The Team And He Being Called The " Blue Samurai " Marshalled The Defence And They Did It Well To Protect Their 1 Goal Lead Scored By Their Playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura. During The 53rd Minute, Australia Made A Change. This Change Proved To Be A Vital One As Tim Cahill Comes Out.

Cahill Performed Superbly By Scoring 2 Goals In 5 Minutes. That Has Proved That It's A Great Tactical Substitute By Australia. After That Another Substitute John Aloisi Scored The 3rd Goal Which Gave Them A Great 3 Points For The Table. Japan Was Being Punished Severely For Trying To Just Defend Their 1 Goal Lead And Not Attacking. This Is Definitely A Wrong Move By Their Coach Zico.

After That USA Took On Czech Republic. Czech Republic Is Named 2nd World Best Just Behind Brazil. The Mighty Tall And Strong Jan Koller Scored In Just 5 Minutes Of The Game Using His Trademark Header. After That Claudio Reyna Made A Superb Long Shot Which Had The World's Best Goalkeeper Petr Cech Beaten But He Was Denied By The Post. After That Czech's Tomas Rosicky Who Played On A Familiar Pitch Which Is The Stadium Of Dortmund Scored A Screamer Which Can Be Nominated As Goal Of The Tournament.

After That Tomas Rosicky Scored Another Goal Which Break USA Hearts. A 3 Goal Lead Is Definitely Impossible To Catch Up. The Czech Had A Great Win Against The US But In This Group, Can They Withheld The Pressure From Italy And Ghana?

Finally Italy Vs Ghana. The Match I've Been Waiting For Until 3am. The Mighty Azzurri Will Hit Them Hard. The Darling Of Italy Francesco Totti Is Playing Just After His Injury Which Still Dunno How Is His Fitness. Italy Started With Alberto Gilardino And Luca Toni As Their Striker With Playmaker Francesco Totti Just Playing Behind The 2 Of Them. With Perrotta, De Rossi And Pirlo Dictating The Midfield, The Match Tempo Has Been Controlled By The 3 Of Them. They Have Outplayed Appiah And Essien In Midfield Especially Andrea Pirlo. He Is The Spark In Midfield Of Italy.

The Captain Cannavaro Formed Up A Superb Partnership With Nesta. They Are Solid With Zaccardo And Grosso Playing As The Fullbacks Which Does Superb Overlapping Play. Andrea Pirlo Scored A Screamer From Outside The Penalty Box Which Got Him The Man Of The Match. It's Not Only The Goal. He Did An Overall Performance In The Midfield Which He Can Attack And Defend. Although He Is Not A Solid Defensive Midfielder But He Is Always Ready When Needed.

The 2nd Goal Came From Substitute Vincenzo Iaquinta. He Suddenly Burst Into Fame After Scoring A Hat-Trick In The European Champions League. A Pacy And Quick Striker Which Can Dribble And Possesses Superb Finishing. Finally Italy Has Found The Perfect Strikers For Their Country In Alberto Gilardino, Vincenzo Iaquinta And Luca Toni. The Best Italy Squad Since Paolo Rossi's Time.

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