This was a sad day. I had really hoped Romania could pull it off. They certainly had it all in their hands. If they'd won against the Dutch B-team, they would have reached the next round no matter how high Italy would have won against France. It was their chance and they wasted it. This game was nowhere near as good as what we've seen in the two other matches, that's for sure.
I wonder how much it will hurt Italy to not have Pirlo and Gatusso ("Shorty Massacre") against Spain, but I guess they'll somehow manage to win it anyway, and Spain is legendary for playing a perfect first round only to be tossed out in the quarter finale.
Sad sad sad.
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