The Teams
**Sweden
Bulgaria
Denmark
Italy **
The Matches
*14 June 2004 *
Denmark - Italy 3.00pm GMT
Sweden - Bulgaria 5.45pm GMT
*18 June 2004 *
Bulgaria - Denmark 3.00pm GMT
Italy - Sweden 5.45pm GMT
*22 June 2004 *
Italy - Bulgaria 5.45pm GMT
Denmark - Sweden 5.45pm GMT
The Squads
Bulgaria
1 Zdravko ZDRAVKOV GK
2 Vladimir IVANOV DF
3 Rosen KIRILOV DF
4 Ivailo PETKOV DF
5 Zlatomir ZAGORCIC DF
6 Kiril KOTEV DF
7 Daniel BORIMIROV MD
8 Milen PETKOV MD
9 Dimitar BERBATOV FW
10 Velizar DIMITROV FW
11 Zdravko LAZAROV FW
12 Stoian KOLEV GK
13 Georgi PEEV MD
14 Georgi CHILIKOV FW
15 Marian HRISTOV MD
16 Vladimir MANCHEV FW
17 Martin PETROV FW
18 Predrag PAZIN DF
19 Stilian PETROV MD
20 Valeri BOJINOV MD
21 Zoran JANKOVIC FW
22 Ilian STOIANOV DF
23 Dimitar IVANKOV GK
Denmark
1 Thomas SØRENSEN GK
2 Kasper BØGELUND DF
3 René HENRIKSEN DF
4 Martin LAURSEN DF
5 Niclas JENSEN DF
6 Thomas HELVEG DF
7 Thomas GRAVESEN MD
8 Jesper GRØNKJÆR MD
9 Jon Dahl TOMASSON FW
10 Martin JØRGENSEN MD
11 Ebbe SAND FW
12 Thomas KAHLENBERG MD
13 Per KRØLDRUP DF
14 Claus JENSEN MD
15 Daniel JENSEN MD
16 Peter SKOV-JENSEN GK
17 Christian POULSEN MD
18 Brian PRISKE DF
19 Dennis ROMMEDAHL FW
20 Kenneth PEREZ FW
21 Peter MADSEN FW
22 Stephan ANDERSEN GK
23 Peter LOVENKRANDS FW
Italy
1 Gianluigi BUFFON GK
2 Christian PANUCCI DF
3 Massimo ODDO DF
4 Cristiano ZANETTI MD
5 Fabio CANNAVARO DF
6 Matteo FERRARI DF
7 Alessandro DEL PIERO FW
8 Gennaro GATTUSO MD
9 Christian VIERI FW
10 Francesco TOTTI FW
11 Bernardo CORRADI FW
12 Francesco TOLDO GK
13 Alessandro NESTA DF
14 Stefano FIORE MD
15 Giuseppe FAVALLI DF
16 Mauro CAMORANESI MD
17 Marco DI VAIO FW
18 Antonio CASSANO FW
19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA MD
20 Simone PERROTTA MD
21 Andrea PIRLO MD
22 Angelo PERUZZI GK
23 Marco MATERAZZI DF
Sweden
1 Andreas ISAKSSON GK
2 Teddy LUCIC DF
3 Olof MELLBERG DF
4 Johan MJÄLLBY MD
5 Erik EDMAN DF
6 Tobias LINDEROTH MD
7 Mikael NILSSON MD
8 Anders SVENSSON MD
9 Fredrik LJUNGBERG MD
10 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC FW
11 Henrik LARSSON FW
12 Magnus HEDMAN GK
13 Petter HANSSON DF
14 Alexander ÖSTLUND MD
15 Andreas JAKOBSSON DF
16 Kim KÄLLSTRÖM MD
17 Anders ANDERSSON MD
18 Mattias JONSON FW
19 Pontus FARNERUD MD
20 Marcus ALLBÄCK FW
21 Christian WILHELMSSON MD
22 Erik WAHLSTEDT MD
23 Magnus KIHLSTEDT GK
*"Giovanni Trapattoni's Italy will regard themselves as firm favourites to win this group and move towards their ultimate aim of wiping away the bitter memories of the Euro 2000 final defeat to France on the golden goal.
Trapatonni remains one of the world's shrewdest coaches, and despite struggling in their qualifying group, they can never be discounted and Christian Vieri remains a force.
The other qualifying place is likely to develop into a Scandinavian battle between Sweden and Denmark
Bulgaria look the weakest of the four teams, but there is little to choose between the other two.
Denmark showed their promise when they beat England at Old Trafford and AC Milan's Jon Dahl Tomasson is a goalscorer on the highest stage.
Morten Olsen is a clever operator at international level and the Danes know their way around this tournament.
Sweden, once again with the experienced managerial duo of Tommy Soderberg and Lars Lagerback at the helm, will be as stubborn and efficient as ever.
And with Ajax's gifted Zlatan Ibrahimovic leading the attack, they are not without flair. "*
VERDICT: Italy and Sweden to clinch the top two places.
Interesting match going on between Italy and Denmark. Both teams are eager to win. Let’s see what happens 
EDit- First half just ended and Denmark had most of the ball posession. Italy hasn’t shown much yet except for the last few minutes of the first half where they had two shots at the goal (good saves by the danish goalkeeper)
I reckon girls should watch this game, cute italians 
first half done, still 0 - 0...denmark seems to be putting a lot of pressure on italy, and had bout 65% of the ball posession in the 1st half...both teams got a couple of good chances to score, but the goalies at both ends made some magnificent saves to keep it at 0 - 0
i'm rooting for the danes :D
I was watching the Italy v. Denmark game while on the treadmill at the gym. :p I watched the whole first half of the match.
The Danes possessed the ball most of the time. However, I noticed they kept passing it to each other rather than trying to actually score. When they did try and score, their 'headers' totally sucked cause it would send the ball in the opposite direction from the goal. sigh
Italy nearly scored twice in the last minute of the first half. That was the most intense part of the match. Anyway, all they have going for them is their looks.
Mehnaz's final word: Both teams suck!
^ hahahaha Mehnaz, it's Italy vs Denmark :p
wooops ... yeah, I realised afterwards. I did call them 'Danes' though. Let me change it. :p
It ended with 0-0
Moral winner: Denmark. They deserved the three points!
A very mediocre match. I'd expected more from italians.
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*Originally posted by DeSiMuNdA: *
i'm rooting for the danes :D
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Comeon Saba doesn't visit KK that often , so no need for makhan here. :D
Italy takes a little time to find their groove in tourneys. Lets see what happens next. today they were just average. if u looked at th teams on paper u would think that Italy would destroy Denmark, but in reality both teams failed at playing their game, they did succeed at a boring display.
OOoohhh goood stuff by Sweden!
They won 5-0!
man, wat happened to Prince Alessandro, Hawk-eye Totti and Mercenary Vieri???
btw good performance by both Denmark and Sweden
So looks like Totti is going to be suspended for maybe 3 matches!!! He spat at Poulsen (in the face) - TV replays show it clearly. Poulsen claims he did it 3 times!
Tomorrow the UEFA disciplinary committee meets and will hear out both players and issue verdict. That's the end of the tourney for Totti (unless Italy gets to the semis at least).
^ I Think it will be a one match suspension. It will be a big blow to Italian hopes whether its a one match suspension or a three match one
Totti banned for three matches](http://www.euro2004.com/News/Kind=1/newsId=194558.html)
UEFA has charged Francesco Totti for gross unsporting conduct and banned the Italy forward for three games after he spat at Denmark midfield player Christian Poulsen during the sides’ goalless draw on Monday.
Unavailable
Totti will miss tomorrow’s game against Sweden in Porto and the Azzurri’s final Group C fixture against Bulgaria in Guimarães. Should Italy advance to the quarter-finals, he will also be unavailable for selection.
Act of assault
The 27-year-old Totti had until midnight last night to submit a statement to UEFA’s control and disciplinary body after being charged yesterday. According to UEFA’s disciplinary provisions, spitting can be construed as an act of assault.
^ uh-oh!
Shame!
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*Originally posted by MehnazQ: *
Shame!
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Why shame, he deserved it after his behaviour.