U.S. vs Italy Thread

[mike]

I am watching the pre-game show of the U.S. vs Italy. With the Ghana win over the Czech Republic, the U.S. has a chance now if they can tie or beat Italy.

GO USA!

[mike]

Well, the Italians scored and then the Italians scored for the US.

Then a cheap shot thrown by the Italians. A obvious elbow to the face and a red card on the Italians.

1-1 tie at the 29th minute.

[mike]

I winder why the US doesn't do well in soccer. They always seem to get the bad calls.

A red card was pulled on an Italian player for throwing an obvious elbow into a US players face. Blood was everywhere and was a good red card.

Well, the referee decided to pull red cards on 2 US layers for late tackles. Late tackles are yellow cards at best.

I would also like to talk about soccer in general. I have heard, "football players are the best athletes in the world." That is a joke. It seems that soccer players are trained to fall at the slightest contact. If a soccer player even feels a defender it seems that they fall and grab their calf.

Football players are in great shape but don't compare to mixed martial arts fighter or basketball.

U.S and Italy still tied 1-1 with the U.S. down a player. I don't see how Italy is considered the best team in the world.

[mike]

The game ended a 1-1 tie. Italy had one extra player on the field most of the game and the U.S. still squeaked out a draw. Not bad.

Mike