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Oh my goodness i cannot believe it! I know Italy can be­ slow starters in the 1st round (1982) but somehow when­ i look at Lippis team it seems somehow disjointed!­ There is no strong togetherness and the finishing­ skills are poor. Maybe they are nervous?!
They are­ shooting too much from outside box all the time, no­ real passing going on thats amounted to real goals! i­ am disappointed that Lippi has not even tried­ Quagliarella yet, i get the feeling Quagliarella can be­ another Toto Schillaci ! Come on Italy, get it­ together...Forza Azzurri !!

juan di merdà che kazzo parli a fare? l'inghilterra­ che sta facendo? schifo, come ti permetti a parlare­ così dell'italia? 4 coppe del mondo,quando le­ vincerà l'inghilterra chiamami,coglione

At comment 175: It is because the game in general has­ become incredibly tactical. It is now a game of­ setting up Not to Lose, and hoping for a moment of­ magic, which makes players like Messi or Sneijder or­ anyone else who can produce that magic stand out even­ more. Higher stakes = More conservative game. ­ Thanks, Money.

o yee o yee,, az a iranian new zealander i am proud­ of all whites,, they made me so happy and good on­ them,,,

its good to see nz is getting bettre on­ football, go nz go kiwis
GO ALL WHITES

whinging bloody poms lol both sides where cheated by­ refs and italy dominated the game.. get some glasses..­ after the luck of a blind ref NZ score and then panic,­ so they camped to defend there @#$% lol funny game

Leo Bertos is fun 2 watch

i predicted this score line and my comment was hidden­ due to its low rating
but shame on everyone that gave­ me thumbs down
go NZ

WOOT NZ as i said in Comment Number three ANYTHING can­ happen in a World Cup and New Zealand showed it! GO­ NZ!!

Brilliant Play by New Zealand, so close on grabbing a­ win, but a draw is enough. UP THE KIWIS!

Good on you kiwi's, just one more game to go.. kia­ kaha!!

It's sad, sides who only come out to defend, get­ applauded. Not a big fan of Italy, but New­ Zealand's 10 men behind ball is a disgrace to­ football. Whatever happened to beautiful football?

I have heard everyone slag off every country no matter­ who they are, I know people don't like Italy and­ their methods but its good when they get up and say­ enough is enough and they reach they final. Since 1970­ Italy have been in 3 finals, they were nearly out in­ 82' and won. They were nearly out in 94' on­ many occations but lost on penalties and in 2006­ everything was against them and they won. Italy are the­ most successful underdogs because not only does­ everyone hate them they make their life difficult too­ but they believe and do well at the end.

Well done the All Whites. Keep it up. The Italians­ should be nominated for an osacar

Italy were very cynical in the first half, feigning­ injury to try and draw sympathy from the referee. ­

The truth of the matter is that many people don't­ like the idea that football is becoming increasingly­ global and that non-traditional sides are puting up a­ better showing than ever.

To those decrying the All­ Whites' ability or gameplay, remember: the­ objective is to beat your opponent, not to play a style­ of football that is "pretty" or that allows­ the opposition to look good.

Most of all, the World­ Cup so far has shown the huge gulf between those­ countries that have pride in wearing their national­ jersey and those who see it as just a job. The little­ teams may not always win, but with their courage and­ conviction they will never truly lose.

WELL PLAYED NEW ZEALAND
Suddenly though it is not too­ bad to be English again because
Italy the defending­ champions seem to lack any creativity
What happened to­ Del Piero?
I am a great admirer of the Juventus player­ and I do not believe he has retired (has he?)
Of the­ teams who have already played two games I believe only­ Argentina and the Netherlands have two wins
The World­ Cup is rubbish, however, in the past Italy have been­ slow starters but it is alarming that in the two games­ they have played up to now the other team have scored­ first.

very poor WC by all standards, we didnt witness any­ fancy football so far.

You must not say that New Zealand tied because of­ luck... It is not just an "embarrassment" for­ Italy. I mean, New Zealand coulda won the whole­ match... They had 2 or 3 good chances.

Nikola R, at last.... someone who has actually made a­ sensible comment.

I've read most of the comments­ and can not believe how little most of you know about­ football.

New Zealand should be congratulated for­ holding Italy to a drew. But the team of 2006 would of­ torn NZ apart. 4 years is a long time in football and­ don't be surprised if Italy 2010 get knocked out­ in the first round. Although since 1970, the Italians­ have proved to get results when it really matters and­ are always in the mix. I hope they get through because­ the world cup need teams like Italy to keep it­ interesting.

TO SEAN WHY THE NEED FOR THE VERBAL ABUSE???OR DOES­ YOUR VOCABULARY NOT ALLOW YOU TO WRITE ANYTHING­ CONSTRUCTIVE???.

LETS BE HONEST WITH OURSELVES ITALY FANS.THIS TEAM IS­ THE WORST ITALY TEAM WE HAVE HAD IN LIVING MEMORY.AS A­ NORM NEW ZEALAND WOULD HAVE BEEN PUT IN THEIR PLACE­ WITHIN 45 MINS.BUT WELL DONE NEW ZEALAND.YOU DIDNT SHOW­ UP JUST TO MAKE THE NUMBERS UP.AS FOR US AS AN ITALIAN­ THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS DRAW THE NEXT GAME,AND COME­ HOME,BECAUSE ON THIS SHOWING YOU COULDNT WIN A TEACUP­ LET ALONE THE WORLD CUP.AND IM AFRAID IT HAS TO BE SAID­ THAT MARCELLO LIPPI.HAS GOT IT WRONG.TO BRING PAZZINI­ WITHOUT CASSANO WAS A VERY BIG MISTAKE.LOOK AT­ GILARDINO HES DONE NOTHING.WE ARE LIKE A LION WITH NO­ TEETH.I MAKE NO EXCUSES WE WERE AWFUL AND WE GOT WHAT­ WE DESERVED....NOTHING.