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FULLTIME: ITALY 1-1 ROMANIA
De Rossi is booked in stoppage time.
Romania have a free-kick in the dying seconds, but Tamas' effort goes over the bar. It looks like Romania are going to gain draws against both World Cup finalists in their opening two matches of Euro 2008
Grosso tries to take on the Romanian defence on his own, but they are able to get the ball clear
The ball is played into the box towards Quagliarella, but the Italian is given offside
Daniele De Rossi has a run at goal, but is unable to find any of his team-mates in the penalty area
Mutu is replaced by Razvan Cocis
Toni goes down in the box. His appeals for a penalty are in vain as the referee gives a free-kick to Romania
Mauro Camoranesi is replaced by Massimo Ambrosini
Mutu takes the penalty but Buffon pulls off a fantastic save. Will that be the turning point for Italy?
A penalty to Romania. Panucci brings down Daniel Niculae.
Zambrotta runs into the box and forces Lobont to push the ball around the post
Fabio Quagliarella replaces Del Piero
The Italians appeal that Lobont took the ball over the line from a long range effort, but play is waved on by the referee. An optimistic appeal by the Italians
Goian is booked for kicking the ball away. He will now be suspended for the match against Netherlands
Another Italian corner that is unable to beat the first defender. The Azzurri have been disappointing with their set plays today
Daniel Niculae has a shot blocked and Buffon is able to collect
The game has started to die down after the two goals in quick succession. The Italians might need to beat France to qualify to the next round
This match is very open and either team could nick it. Italy are hanging on to their chances of remaining in the tournament
Pirlo is booked
Banel Nicolita replaces Petre
Antonio Cassano replaces Perrotta
Chivu is booked
ITALY 1-1 ROMANIA. Romania's lead doesn't last for long as PANUCCI rams the ball into the back off the net from close range after Giorgio Chiellini had headed a corner back into the six-yard area.
ITALY 0-1 ROMANIA. Mutu scores for the underdogs. A long ball into the box and dreadful defending by Zambrotta, who heads the ball straight into Mutu's path. An easy chance for MUTU to put away. As it stands Italy are going out
Mutu has a swerving shot that Buffon keeps hold of
Mutu switches the ball to the right-hand side of the pitch and gets Contra involved in an attack
Chivu puts a ball into the box but Buffon is the first to react and catches it with ease
Two corners in quick succession for Italy, but again they fail to create anything from them
Grosso has a cross blocked from the left-hand side and the ball goes out for a corner
No changes by either side for the second half
Romania kick-off the second half
HALF-TIME: ITALY 0 - 0 ROMANIA
On the replay it looks as if Toni was level. Another controversial offside decision
It looks as if Italy have that goal when Toni heads the ball into the net, but is given offside
Three minutes of additional time to be played. The Italians will be hoping to turn their dominance into a 1-0 lead before the half-time whistle blows
Mutu is booked for a foul on Pirlo
Another effort on goal that Romania somehow manage to clear
Lobont pulls off a decent save and pushes the ball away for Italy's third corner in quick succession
Toni gets his head on the end of Gianluca Zambrotta's cross, but Romania manage to scramble the ball away for a corner
Dica finds Rats in acres of space on the left, but he gives the ball away when he crosses into the box
The majority of Italy's attacks are coming down the left-hand side, but they have yet to cause any real problems for Romania
Chivu wins the ball for Romania but his pass to Mutu is over-hit
The free-kick is wasted as Del Piero hits it over the bar
Toni is brought down just outside the box and Italy have a free-kick in a dangerous position
Andrea Pirlo takes a free-kick from 30 yards out, but the ball he whips into the box is easily caught by Bogdan Lobont
Romania are looking more comfortable on the ball and are gaining confidence as they attack the Italian defence
Razvan Rat has a long range effort that curls wide of the post
Italy have looked dangerous in the last couple of minutes and Toni has a header that just goes wide of the post
Nicolae Dica replaces Radoi, who has been unable to recover from his injury
After the delay Romania have a corner which is headed away
An injury to Radoi stops the fast-flowing game for a short while before he is eventually carried off on a stretcher
Romania have another free-kick which Cristian Chivu takes. Daniel Niculae gets his head on the end of it and a deflection from Christian Panucci pushes it onto the post
A free-kick from Gabriel Tamas is pushed away by Buffon. That was going into the bottom corner and set-plays might be the best chance Romania have of scoring
Against the run of play Mutu gets a shot on goal, but Buffon is able to push the ball away
Del Piero tries a back-heel in the penalty area but no-one is able to get on the end of it for Italy
The Azzurri have yet to trouble Romania with set-plays, as two corners in quick succession are disappointing efforts
The ball is whipped into the Romania box and is cleared, but not for long as Italy keep on pressing into the Romanian penalty area
A decent spell from Italy and Florentin Petre gives away a free-kick near the corner flag
The ball is put through to Luca Toni, but the flag is raised for offside
Italy have had the majority of possession and Mauro Camoranesi puts a ball into the box and Del Piero has a header deflected wide, but a goalkick is given when it should have been a corner
Romania are punting a few long balls in Mutu's direction, but so far the Fiorentina striker has been unable to get on the end of them
Italy's corner failed to cause Romania any trouble and is quickly cleared for Mutu to chase
Alessandro Del Piero has a shot blocked and it goes out for the first corner of the game
Romania have made a bright start and are showing more attacking flair than they did in their opening match of the tournament
Adrian Mutu takes a optimistic shot on goal that was never going to beat Gianluigi Buffon
Italy get the game underway, in a match they need to win, at Letzigrund Stadion
Victor Piturca makes two changes in midfield for Romania with Paul Codrea and Florentin Petre replacing Razvan Cocis and Banel Nicolita
The other changes to the Italian starting line-up see Simone Perrotta, Daniele de Rossi and Alessandro Del Piero replace Massimo Ambrosini, Gennaro Gattuso and Antonio Di Natale
Roberto Donadoni makes five changes to the side that lost 3-0 against the Netherlands. Fabio Grosso and Giorgio Chiellini replace Andrea Barzagli and Marco Materazzi in defence
World Cup winners Italy will be eliminated from the tournament if Romania pull off a shock victory. The Romanians gained a hard-fought point against France in their opening game, but failed to create any real scoring chances
Italy were indebted to goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon for earning them a point from a 1-1 draw against Romania that keeps alive their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals. The 30-year-old Juventus keeper saved Adrian Mutu's late penalty as the world champions stuttered against the Group C outsiders. Italy made five changes to their starting line-up following the 3-0 defeat to the Netherlands and they created the first chance of the match when Alessansdro Del Piero's close-range header was deflected narrowly wide. Romania were far more adventurous than in their grim goalless draw with France, and they created a clear opening in the 15th minute when Mutu found himself free down the right only for Buffon to pull off a smart save to deny the Fiorentina striker. When Italy responded Luca Toni headed wide at the far post but Romania continued to look dangerous and Gabriel Tamas' long-range free-kick forced Buffon to make another good stop. In the 20th minute another free-kick, this time by Cristian Chivu, beat Buffon only to come back into play off a post. After Toni had once again headed wide for Italy, Razvan Rat's long-range effort flew narrowly wide with Buffon struggling to get across his goal. Simone Perrotta was then denied by a last-ditch Paul Codrea tackle after Toni had headed Gianluca Zambrotta's cross in to the six-yard area. Just before half-time Bogdan Lobont made a superb one-handed save to keep Toni's effort out and then denied the giant striker's close-range shot. In first-half stoppage time, Toni thought he had headed Italy into the lead but the linesman ruled that the Bayern Munich man had strayed offside. Romania continued to create chances after the interval and Mutu's swerving long-range effort almost caught Buffon out. In the 55th minute the underdogs took the lead when Zambrotta tried to head a long free-kick back to Buffon, only for Mutu to nip in and fire the ball home before the Italy goalkeeper could react. However, 60 seconds later Italy were level when a deep corner was headed in to the six-yard area by Giorgio Chiellini for Christian Panucci to ram the ball home from close range. Romania almost regained the lead ten minutes later when Daniel Niculae's shot was blocked while at the other end Cosmin Contra nearly turned the ball into his own net. But it was Romania that had the best chance to win the game in the closing stages. With nine minutes left, after Panucci had brought down Niculae, Buffon pulled off a brilliant one-handed save to keep Mutu's penalty out and keep the Azzurri in the tournament.
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Shots off target
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