scotland robbed

[hulltoon]

I cannot believe the ref gave the Italians a free kick for them to get the second goal.i feel so sorry for scotland,they batterd them in second half.

[The understudy]

Hi there hulltoon

Well That's the Game of Football!

Me also wished them Scots go through but unfortunately one decision by the ref can decide da whole Game!!!

Good spirit liftin 4 them Players ot the "Pasta Nation". Would be interesting to see if Italy meet Germany again in Euro 08 though!!!!

[hulltoon]

I hope they do get Germany and the Germans give them six,they got a penalty in the world cup that knocked the Aussies out ,that was never a penalty.

[john bell]

italy, it always seems that they get all the breaks, same against australia just a bullshit decision

[ste860]

its the fans i felt sorry for ,scotlands fan are one of the most passionate one ive ever seen at international level anyway ,when they sang flower of scotland it was sang with such feeling ,makes you wonder if england had a more upbeat song instead of god save the queen ,they might do better in terms of results ,

[Big Boy]

don't blame the National Anthem - its a new manager they need.

[Wanderlust]

Although I completely agree with you Big Boy, I wouldn't be at all surprised if England play with a great deal of passion this week against Croatia as a reaction to all the negative press that the team and manager have (justly) received. I actually think the absence of Owen may help us because he clearly isn't the player he was or have the devastating pace he used to have. Quite why McLaren played the team he did against Austria is a bit baffling but i guess he felt the need for his intended starting XI for the Croatia match to get some game time together.

I didn't see the Scotland game but it turned out pretty much as I expected (and voted in the poll) - they have done remarkably well, and had they progressed would have also acquitted themselves well in the tournament. It would be nice if just one time all the home nations could qualify for the Euros or World Cup (or at least 3 of them!) as competitive games between them don't come around very often nowadays - bring back the home internationals!

[caller]

Lets not forget, N. Ireland are still in with a chance, just need to beat Spain in Spain - and they've done that before!

[redzonerocker]

i wouldn't agree that scotland were robbed. maybe they deserved a draw from the game.
as for the bad decision from the ref, what about the errors from the linesman in scotlands favour?
in any game you will get these talking points & its usually the officials that get the flak!!
the last minute goal was down to poor defending, full stop.
as i have said in one of the other threads, the scots performed admirably during their qualifiying campaign apart from one poor performance, the 2-0 defeat in georgia. 3pts from that game may well have made the difference.

[BaaBaa.]

It was a shocking decision.

[Condoking]

Lets not forget, N. Ireland are still in with a chance, just need to beat Spain in Spain - and they've done that before!

Let's hope it's not an Italian ref.

[Don East Stand]

caller

Lets not forget, N. Ireland are still in with a chance, just need to beat Spain in Spain

Unfortunately N Ireland also need Latvia to beat Sweden in Sweden on Wednesday. Good luck to N Ireland but it's going to be tough.

Scotland were very unfortunate not to get at least a draw. The controversial foul at the end came about when the Scottish defender (Hutton) put the ball out of play as he was flattened by the Italian. The assistant referee not wanting to interfere in the running of the game raised his flag to indicate a throw in to Italy. The referee, who was becoming very tired after a hard game, and was already thinking about what to spend his Italian back hander on, knew a foul had been committed. He saw the linesman's flag pointing in favour of an Italian throw in, however he very wrongly awarded a free kick to Italy

[Jaime]

makes you wonder if england had a more upbeat song instead of god save the queen ,they might do better in terms of results ,

That's exactly why 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' was formally adopted by the rugby side and look what they achieved!

[caller]

I'll have to look at this "foul" again if I get the chance. My initial reaction was, what a dumb challenge from the Scot defender! But I'm sure a few million Scots can't be wrong!

[Pagey]

It was a foul by the Italian and should have been a Scotland free kick, however, Scotland equaliser was offside so justice prevailed.