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by **zan** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:23 am

DT. wrote:
zan wrote:Good luck to the South!!!!

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/footb ... ly.win.ap/

Champions Italy leave it late in Cyprus

LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) -- World champions Italy snatched a fortunate 2-1 Group 8 World Cup qualifying victory in Cyprus when Antonio Di Natale scored his second goal in the second minute of added time in Larnaca.

Di Natale grabbed the winner in the second minute of added time.

Italy coach Marcello Lippi told Italy's RAI state TV that his team "got more than we deserved."

Di Natale's winner came when he received a lob and fired the ball past Cyprus goalkeeper Antonis Giorgallidis from close range.

Italy survived an early offensive surge from Cyprus to score first in the eighth minute when Di Natale struck a low powerful shot from outside the box.

Cyprus equalized in the 28th when Efstathios Aloneftis picked up a loose ball from a goalmouth scramble and sent it past Gianluigi Buffon.

Lippi said: "We suffered against an opponent that was in good physical condition. There are no longer teams where you just go out and win. We were a little lucky in the end, but a little luck is welcome now and then."

Lippi said things were made more difficult for him when injuries to Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Gamberini early in the match forced him to reconfigure the lineup.

Cyprus coach Angelos Anastasiades said he "was disappointed" with the result and took full responsibility for a loss that he felt the team didn't deserve.

"We played to win from beginning to end," Anastasiades told a news conference, adding his team allowed an "amateurish" goal in extra time.

"I don't like excuses ... There's no such thing as luck."

But bad luck hounded Cyprus throughout the match, with several missed opportunities that could have handed the world champions a shock result in front of a crowd of 8,500.

Good luck to South Cyprus then!!!

by **saravakos** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:33 am

No...just Cyprus actually

by **zan** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:37 am

saravakos wrote:No...just Cyprus actually

Good luck to just South Cyprus then

by **DT.** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:51 am

how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

by **Big Al** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:55 am

DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

speaking for myself, indifferent, no different to Italy, Cameroon, or Japan winning, no personal attachment to the team, i dont feel that they represent the people of northern cyprus.

by **zan** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:55 am

DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

Glad for you guys but indifferent otherwise. I don't wish the boys any harm if that is what you mean. I might even go and wave some TRNC flags if they do well........NOT!!!!!! :lol:

by **Big Al** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 9:59 am

zan wrote:
DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

Glad for you guys but indifferent otherwise. I don't wish the boys any harm if that is what you mean. I might even go and wave some TRNC flags if they do well........NOT!!!!!!

TRNC flags upset GC's, just ask Arsenal FC!!

by **DT.** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:13 am

zan wrote:
DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

Glad for you guys but indifferent otherwise. I don't wish the boys any harm if that is what you mean. I might even go and wave some TRNC flags if they do well........NOT!!!!!!

Just wondering, cause if there's a solution this year as talat says then considering the catching up tc players need to do...this team as it stands today will probably be your national team. :lol:

by **zan** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:18 am

DT. wrote:
zan wrote:
DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

Glad for you guys but indifferent otherwise. I don't wish the boys any harm if that is what you mean. I might even go and wave some TRNC flags if they do well........NOT!!!!!!

Just wondering, cause if there's a solution this year as talat says then considering the catching up tc players need to do...this team as it stands today will probably be your national team.

To be honest with you I am not much of a football fan but one of those that gets excited when Turkey or England do well. I have even rooted for the Scots and Whales on occasion....So I don't know how well our boys in the TRNC are doing...Not being able to play in the world arena....We might even have a few players that will make the team straight away for all I know.....What would be your reaction to that??? What about the qualifiers in an all TC team????

by **Big Al** » Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:23 am

DT. wrote:
zan wrote:
DT. wrote:how do you feel everytime they shock the world Zan? Indiffirence? Pride? Shame?

Glad for you guys but indifferent otherwise. I don't wish the boys any harm if that is what you mean. I might even go and wave some TRNC flags if they do well........NOT!!!!!!

Just wondering, cause if there's a solution this year as talat says then considering the catching up tc players need to do...this team as it stands today will probably be your national team.

Speaking for myself, if i had a choice i would probably rather play for Turkey than a reunified Cyprus. Just my opinion

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