Match Recap: FRANCE v ITALY

MVNsoccer posted 6/17/2008 from www.euro2008.uefa.com [flag]

June 17 --- UEFA.com: World champions Italy qualified for the UEFA EURO 2008™ quarter-finals in impressive fashion on Tuesday as they defeated France 2-0 at the Letzigrund Stadion and Romania lost by the same scoreline to the Netherlands. [link]

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Thierry Henry

Franck Ribery

Andrea Pirlo

Gianluigi Buffon

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EURO 2008 — Group of Death: 2 move on to Saturday, Sunday quarterfinals
Published 6/20/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
... Park U.S. TV - ABC (Kickoff 2:45 pm EDT) SUNDAY - SPAIN v ITALY — Vienna, Austria / Ernst Happel Stadium U.S. TV - ESPN (Kickoff 2:45 pm EDT) Match reports from the official event site, “Dutch bandwagon rolls over Romania” “France sunk as Italy grab lifeline”

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