milanhime夜未眠

德國vs阿根廷.....口上不說,心中有想.....基本上還是暗暗的支持著有Aimar,Ayara的藍白,不過.....想到我們家支持西德的傳統....沒錯,當大家還是叫做西德的年代開始,似乎就有不成文的規定,常為他們加油,所以當在看球時.....真的很難選邊站.
不過,老妹說得很中肯....她說....為了Azzurri著想,她會為阿根廷加油,因為地主優勢的壓力還是要考慮,可是我卻認為....阿根廷的地面快速傳遞腳法,也不是好惹的....
當索林隊長領黃牌Miss next  game時,好玩的是心中想的卻是下場比賽可以看到Ayara當場上隊長,當Ayara進球時….還是跟著高興……問題是….換下羅曼卻不讓Aimar上,這可就讓人很氣憤了……所以當Klose進了頭球追平時….心中想的是….瞧!碰上有日爾曼鬥魂又是當家地主隊想要採取守勢,這下就嘗到苦果了吧!

又碰到PK…..老妹照例又躲了起來…..結果她支持的阿根廷輸球了….而我呢?免不了有點小小的遺憾,不過都已踢到PK了….誰贏誰輸都有可能,因為不是Azzurri,好像就不會太患得患失…..

義大利vs烏克蘭,…..突然覺得….Sheva決定在世界杯前離開我們也算是一種好意…..因為能在世界杯上,先行練習一下敵我相見的感覺,兩國對戰就能拋棄所謂的小我私情,當義大利以三比零完勝烏克蘭時…..彷彿心中那種莫名的惆悵也化為烏有…..89分鐘左右,Sheva在Azzurri禁區的翻倒…..嗯! 別假摔喔! 是第一個浮起的念頭,裁判未吹哨,也沒罰牌,看到他起身後有點困窘的神情,雖感覺到他獨木難撐舟的為難….不過卻一點也不會想要放水…..

賽後….Sheva跟Pippo走在一起,接著又跟Pirlo擁抱…..至此,隱約感到米蘭情緣已了……沒有Pirlo傳球,沒有Kaka配合….Sheva要學的是跟Chelsea的新舊人等的互動…因為有世界杯的過渡….多了比賽中彼此兵戎相見的練習, 我想….下賽季看到Chelsea的比賽….應該不至於會關機以表態,雖然….不能保證立刻就能改善那種濃厚的看好戲心理…...XD

Quarter-Finals - June 30   AOL Arena, Hamburg 

Italy 3 - 0 Ukraine 

Zambrotta 6 (I), Toni 59, 69 (I)

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Luca Toni finally broke his duck with a brace in the 3-0 win over Ukraine and Gianluca Zambrotta also scored as Italy book their semi-final date with Germany. The Fiorentina striker had been criticised for his poor form so far in this World Cup, but found his scoring touch at the right time to see his team into the final four.

The Azzurri squeezed through to the quarters after Francesco Totti's penalty knocked out Australia with the last kick of the game, so they returned to the 4-4-1-1 system used against the Czech Republic. Marco Materazzi saw red that day and was suspended along with Daniele De Rossi, while Alessandro Nesta was still dealing with a groin injury, so Andrea Barzagli was the only remaining centre-back option.

Shevchenko faced his former Milan teammates, but Andriy Voronin was out for the tournament with injury, Andriy Vorobey and Vladislav Vashchuk left out in favour of Under-21 sensation Artem Milevskiy, Andriy Rusol and Viacheslav Sviderskiy. The two sides met in a friendly just before the World Cup which ended goalless, though Sheva wasn't playing. Mauro Camoranesi, who was dropped for the Australia game, burst through the centre and fired just wide after four minutes.

It was another Juventino, Gianluca Zambrotta, who opened the scoring in spectacular and unexpected fashion. The full-back ran on to Totti's backheel to find space and unleashed a powerful left-foot strike that squirmed past Oleksander Shovkovskiy at the near post. It was only his second goal for the Azzurri, his first since a 4-0 friendly win over Tunisia in May 2004. It was a special moment for Zambrotta, who flew in to Turin this week to visit Gianluca Pessotto after a suicide attempt.

Gennaro Gattuso got a knock to the back from Milevskiy, while Sviderskiy was booked for a foul from behind on Toni. Totti's ambitious long-range free kick was comfortably held, while Fabio Cannavaro intercepted a dangerous Ukrainian counter-attack.

Oleg Blokhin made a change after just 19 minutes, as forward Vorobey was thrown on for defender Sviderskiy in a tactical switch. Maksym Kalinichenko also went into the book for a foul on Camoranesi after the Juventus man had combined brilliantly with Andrea Pirlo.

Totti's splendid cross into the centre found both Toni and Simone Perrotta scrambling from eight yards, but Shovkovskiy and the defence were able to rescue the situation. Gattuso was unlucky when he fell and Anatoly Tymoschuk accidentally trod on his right arm, but the Milan warrior carried on with a bandage.

Perrotta combined with Totti, but the move was halted by a firm Rusol challenge. The first Ukrainian shot on goal came from Tymoschuk after 33 minutes, but it was well wide from 25 metres. Toni's looping header from a Totti free kick was comfortably controlled and Gigi Buffon made sure he got hold of a Shevchenko strike deflected off Cannavaro's shin before Shelayev fired well over from distance. On the stroke of half-time, Andriy Rusol went to ground clutching his right foot and had to come off for Vashchuk.

After the restart, Toni struck the side-netting and Cannavaro was felled when the ball struck him in a tender place. Italy have only conceded once in this World Cup and that was from an own goal. Barzagli nearly repeated Palermo teammate Cristian Zaccardo's trick on Kalinichenko's cross, but it flashged across the face of goal. From the resulting corner, Buffon flew to push Gusin's header round the post, hitting his head on the woodwork.

Cannavaro required a double clearance in a dangerous situation, then Totti's deflected shot was caught and Pirlo's chipped free kick for Grosso was unsuccessful.

There was panic in the Azzurri area on 58 minutes. A lucky ricochet reached Gusin and Buffon made a fantastic reaction save, yet Kalinichenko got the loose ball and Zambrotta's goalline clearance at the near post kept the 1-0 scoreline intact.

That proved a pivotal moment of the match, as less than 60 seconds later Italy doubled their lead. A corner was taken short and Totti's cross from the left found Toni's low header from six yards, finally breaking his World Cup drought after a club record 31 Serie A goals this season. Eight different Azzurri have now netted in this tournament.

Ukraine kept pushing after a dismal first half performance and Gusin's header from a long Kalinichenko free kick thumped the crossbar with Buffon beaten.

Toni won back the ball after a poor clearance and cut back for Camoranesi, but his shot was charged down by Vashchuk. Camoranesi had a penalty appeal rejected when he appeared to be tripped by Nesmachniy. Marcello Lippi made a double substitution with Simone Barone and Massimo Oddo - the only outfield player yet to make an appearance - coming on for Camoranesi and Pirlo, pushing Zambrotta further forward and on to the left flank.

The Azzurri made it 3-0 moments later, as Zambrotta cut back past one defender and rolled the ball across for Toni to tap in from four yards with a cool side-foot finish.

Shevchenko's looping header was over the bar and his powerful free kick pierced the wall, but not Buffon's guard as he punched it away. The final substitution saw Gattuso given a well-earned rest for Zaccardo, moving Grosso into midfield.

Totti found space through the centre on Toni's assist, but attempted a lob that was comfortably held by Shovkovskiy. Kalinichenko fired off target from distance and a Belik header was plucked out of the air by a confident Buffon. Shevchenko wanted to see out the game with a goal and showed some wonderful footwork, but was stopped by Grosso.

Toni nearly snatched a hat-trick from ex-Palermo teammate Barone's pass, but the goalkeeper rushed out to close down the shot.
 

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Italy: Buffon; Zambrotta, Barzagli, Cannavaro, Grosso; Camoranesi (Oddo 67), Gattuso (Zaccardo 76), Pirlo (Barone 67), Perrotta; Totti; Toni
Ukraine: Shovkovskiy; Gusev, Rusol (Vashchuk 45), Sviderskiy (Vorobey 19), Nesmachniy; Gusin, Shelayev, Tymoschuk, Kalinichenko; Milevskiy (Belik 71), Shevchenko
Ref: De Bleeckere (Bel)