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Group F
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Team news

Italy's preparations have been hampered by an untimely injury to Andrea Pirlo, which initially cast his participation into doubt.

The AC Milan midfielder has since been given the all clear to push on with his rehabilitation, but he is still likely to sit out the Azzurri's first two games.

On a more positive note for Marcello Lippi's men, Daniele de Rossi is expected to shake off a minor calf problem in time to make Monday's contest and Mauro Camoranesi is back to full fitness following a knee problem.

Paraguay have had to contend with an injury scare of their own ahead of the tournament, with Oscar Cardozo picking up an ankle knock which threatened to end his World Cup dream.

The hot-shot striker is, however, raring to go and will be looking to transfer his prolific club form at Benfica onto the international stage.

Should he be deemed fit for duty, he is likely to line up alongside Manchester City frontman Roque Santa Cruz in a fearsome forward line.

It's got 0-0 written all over it, looks a good bet at 11/2

spiv wrote:It's got 0-0 written all over it, looks a good bet at 11/2

Have you got a link to the odds mate so i can place my bet :)

Mark ( Blue Army ) wrote:

spiv wrote:It's got 0-0 written all over it, looks a good bet at 11/2

Have you got a link to the odds mate so i can place my bet :)

I've just dropped it in the other thread.

spiv wrote:It's got 0-0 written all over it, looks a good bet at 11/2

just reading that made me realize this has snoozer written all over it. I yawned reading your post.

;)

Italy dont give much away especially in their first game and what with Santa Cruz leading the Paraguay attack, he couldn't hit an elephants arse with a vuvu zela.

what are the odd's if RSC get's injured?

serious question.

carl_feedthegoat wrote:what are the odd's if RSC get's injured?

serious question.

I would hazard a guess at around six to four on.

spiv wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:what are the odd's if RSC get's injured?

serious question.

I would hazard a guess at around six to four on.

He's not playing is he?

Maybe he's already injured.

nah. i reckon RSC will have a mint world cup, score a load of goals but fuck himself up on the plane on the way back to Manc.

I set up a tournament on fifa last night, just to keep the atmosphere going once the games had ended. First group game - england v paraguay. Guess who went down injured after the first tackle? He's even a liability on the computer.

1-0 to paraguay tonight

Going for Italy 2 - 1 Paraguay... Come on Italy!!!

King Kev wrote:

spiv wrote:

carl_feedthegoat wrote:what are the odd's if RSC get's injured?

serious question.

I would hazard a guess at around six to four on.

He's not playing is he?

Maybe he's already injured.

He is injured, must have wounded a leg hair or something. The guy is a fucking walking disaster, his knee is fucked again

Mark Hughes = cunt

Isn't he named on the bench?

Slim wrote:Isn't he named on the bench?

yeah. "not fully fit" was the BBC explanation.

Cardozo is on the bench too, Paraguay have an abundance of strikers, 3 good ones, 1 shot in the face and recovering, and Mark Hughes' £18M mistake.

The Man In Blue wrote:

Slim wrote:Isn't he named on the bench?

yeah. "not fully fit" was the BBC explanation.

Or "crocked almost as regularly as King" to put it another way

Italian diving team needs practice, the punching of the ground was a nice touch like he had a leg snapped in half.

GET IN!

Fucking off you fucking cheating cunts.

beauty, fuck you italy.