Italy 1 Romania 1

Romania holds Italy to 1-1 draw in Group C

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Gianluigi Buffon saved a late penalty from Adrian Mutu to give Italy a 1-1 draw with Romania on Friday at the European Championship.

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In a game full of twists and turns, Italy and Romania split the points in the game that doesn’t please either team but pleased any neutral watching.

After a 0-0 halftime scored highlited by Luca Toni goal which was incorrectly ruled offside, the second halftime was kick started by Gianluca Zambrotta gifted Adrian Mutu a goal after a misplaced pass back to Gianluigi Buffon. A minute later the defending World Cup Champions equalized on Christian Panucci slotting home a corner kick.

The main story line will be Adrian Mutu missing a penalty as Gianluigi Buffon did all he could to keep the ball out of the net and keep Italy faint hopes in Euro 2008 alive.

Sinnacle Player of the Game - Gianluigi Buffon

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One Response to “Italy 1 Romania 1”

  1. Eddie Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

    Mutu is still a great striker i hope this doesnt effect his confidence because he is key to Romania. However, i think he should stay at Florentina

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