Hmm... that's true, I forgot about him. Okay, but Balo was 2nd best

Mm, I think we should go for Honda. Especially when our objective seems to be Diamanti ( ). I admit, I had never seen him play a full game before, just snippets from here and there. And he really impressed me tonight. The guy is out of contract in January, so we should be able to get him on the cheap. Hopefully Galliani watched the game tonight.

I like that you've had a change of heart.

Something tells me Galliani is monitoring him very closely actually.

Although I'm sure we'd prefer to wait until January and get him for free...

...but I don't think that's an option unless we convince him to wait, cuz he already voiced that he does't want to wait for a move in January and would prefer a transfer right away this summer.

something tells me he can do alot better then us...

Honda didn't impress me against Brazil. I didn't watch last night's game so I don't know why suddenly everyone's a fan, but I'd rather we look elsewhere. I know Dos Santos is seen as a failure who couldn't make it at a big club, but he's been really good in the two games he played so far, and he's pretty young. I hope Galliani is monitoring him as well.

Because he had a great game? Like I said, I hadn't seen a full game of him, and last night the guy really impressed me, against a tough opponent nonetheless.

lazio are looking at him

Well then, they can take him and give us Hernanes.

Great...

Wrong thread, William But if they sell De Sciglio then all bets are off!

SES, DS... weren't they supposed to be the future of this club FFS? SES is one thing, he is sell-able for a very big offer even though I don't like the idea of selling him so soon, but DS could be a symbol of this club, he's a youth player, 100% made in Milan. not to mention good LBs are hard to find... if we sell him, I'll find it hard to follow this team because there'll be no identity left anymore. let's look back at the **** we've had to take in recent years: we sold Sheva, Kaka, Pato, Silva, Ibra and now probably SES and DS... what the ****! there's only so much I can take.

The saddest part is that there are no superstars left to cash in on so we've resorted to selling our youngsters to those rich motherfuckers. PATHETIC!

Who said we're going to sell DS? The article just said that Monaco made an offer. And Mediaset said that we declined it, so chill out.

Oh god, sorry..I was pretty much stoned.

You smoke pot? cool!

naaah, just meant that I was tired . Although, I wish I could get my hands on some (alcohol only for now...)

Tahiti being classy.

Spain score!!!

Spain can look ordinary against Tahiti without Xavi/Iniesta.

This is really embarrassing for Spain.

It really does show how good Xavi & Iniesta are I think. They run this team as they do Barca.

It should be 7 or 8 at HT really, this is still pretty abysmal.

Saved their embarrassment.

It will still probably be 10+ but for the first 30 minutes Tahiti contended no worse against Spain than anyone else I've seen.

If any team made as many changes to their XI as Spain have in this game, they wouldn't be able to play their usual game.

We're sadists..why are we watching this

I've turned it off now.

Torres misses a penalty..Tahiti goalkeeper celebrates like he saved his team's ***..2 minutes later..Torres scores.

Just how did they make it to the Conf. Cup ahead of New Zealand?

Just embarrassing.

10-0 and it looked like a training game. Tahiti are lucky that goal difference wasn't important for Spain in this game.

Against Tahiti?

This is the team that the mighty New Zealand beat 10-0 a few years back.

9 years ago and it was their biggest defeat ever. It's not like they lose 10-0 every other game.

Because they play teams like American Samoa usually - who Australia beat 31-0.

Tahiti's all-time record

They truly never play anybody, ever. Must've been a great experience for their fans seeing them in this tournament. Top teams don't usually have friendlies against such poor opposition, so for teams in such a weak region, this is really the only chance they'll ever have to play great opposition.

Yeah. That's why I don't think it's that big of an embarrassment.

It's not an embarrassment at all for those players. They will be telling their grandchildren about the time they played against the world champions. Wouldn't you if you were a great local player who got a chance to step on the same field as Spain?

Anyone watching Italy - Brazil? 4 minutes in and Italy already struggling and barely holding on

Aren't Brazil & Italy already through? Not really bothered by it to be honest.

Yeah, but I think this is the most important game tbh as whoever wins avoids Spain

Italy panicked for 5 minutes, then took control for 10 minutes, then I never saw Cesar's face... pathetic stuff, they never tested Cesar.

What a goal Italy!! what an assist Balo! perfect team goal.

Awesome assist by Balo

Neymar is a diver.

Neymar is ready for La liga , already knows how to flop.

Great goal Neymar

Candreva, Diamanti and Aquilani are so average it's not even funny. Don't understand why Prandelli would start with any of them.

His line-ups so far in this competition have been appalling and would even challenge Allegri at his worst

Because it's an unimportant tournament.

What happened to that awesome Italian defense?

They should move DS to CB...

You view it that way but I'm 100% convinced that that is not the case with the team or Prandelli

Unimportant tournament or not, it's still an important opportunity to test yourself against some of the best teams that will be in the WC next season

Italy are going to get a beating from Spain worse than the Euro final.

Next year, I want to see new faces, Insigne, Verratti, hell, even Ogbonna seems to be better than those overrated Juve CBs.

Agreed,

I've always said Barzagli and Bonnuci are terribly average players made to look good by the average opposition in the league and the defensive unit as a whole at Juve.