football rambles

 Let's not beat about the bush - the half and half scarf is a bit of an abomination, but they are sometimes a good and cheap souvenir and Dean bought this one for Sean at the game back in 2014. You can read about it elsewhere on the blog if you go into the tags. I have links with both of the countries too, so I can't see anything too offensive about this one. Spoiler alert - there are a few more of these to come though! I can see that they are pretty near the top of the pile, so we should be able to get through them fairly quickly!

On Saturday we went to see Italy take on Ireland at Craven Cottage as a World Cup warm-up game. It was a n experimental Italian team and a spirited performance by the Irish. Italy also had a couple of hard knocks in the game, with captain on the night, Montolivio being carried off with a broken leg after 15 minutes. Giuseppe Rossi, who was brilliant for most of the season at Fiorentina before picking up an injury was also given a chance, but ultimately he wasn't fit enough and hasn't made the cut for the final squad on the back of Saturday's performance. David Forde was in good form in the Irish goals and saved early on from a good shot from Claudio Marchisio, but the first real chance came on 21 minutes when Owen Pilkington curled in a free kick, which Salvo Sirigu did well to save. Darmian of Torino who was making his debut for the national team came close a minute later, but it was Ireland who were looking the most convincing going forward and Sirigu was at full stre...

Yesterday we went to see Italy play Ireland in a World Cup warm up game. A match report will follow soon, but here are some photos for now.