Galo
Aug 5 2009, 11:42 PM
QUOTE
The Italian SuperCup -- known widely in Italy as La SuperCoppa Italiana -- will once again serve as the curtain-raiser to a new season of calcio. Played each year on a warm August night, this year's match between league champions Inter and Coppa Italia holders Lazio will take place halfway around the world.
The game, in fact, will be played in Beijing -- as in China.
The match has been a hit with fans weary of preseason games -- often times drawing crowds of well over 45,000. Not bad given that half the country's citizens have fled cities and are on vacation, either lounging on the beach or hiking in the mountains.
Inter won last year's edition against Roma on penalties after both sides played to a 2-2 draw before 43,000 fans at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.
The Italian SuperCup has been played outside Italy before -- from RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, to New York's Giants Stadium to Tripoli in Libya -- but the game's start times were always set to appeal to audiences back home.
Not this year.
When Inter and Lazio play each other on Saturday at the Bird's Nest -- the same stadium that played hosted to the Summer Olympics last year -- at 8 a.m. ET (2 p.m. Italian time), Italians, both in this country and back in the homeland, will not be able to watch the game.
http://blogs.nypost.com/sports/soccer/arch..._supercu_1.htmlwill post live streams near time of match
JuveJay
Aug 6 2009, 12:14 PM
Julio Cruz with the winner for Lazio off the bench
Galo
Aug 8 2009, 11:57 AM
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 12:03 PM
Wow, the referee is wearing metalic red.
Galo
Aug 8 2009, 12:05 PM
Inter: 12 Julio Cesar; 13 Maicon, 6 Lucio, 26 Chivu, 4 Zanetti; 11 Muntari, 19 Cambiasso, 8 Thiago Motta; Stankovic; 22 Milito, 9 Eto'o.
Subs: 1 Toldo, 2 Cordoba, 14 Vieira, 16 Burdisso, 18 Suazo, 39 Santon, 45 Balotelli.
Coach: Jose Mourinho.
Lazio: 86 Muslera; 2 Lichsteiner, 13 Siviglia, 87 Diakite, 11 Kolarov; 32 Brocchi, 33 Baronio, 5 Mauri; 8 Matuzalem; 9 Rocchi, 10 Zarate.
Subs: 1 Bizzarri, 6 Dabo, 7 Eli, 17 Foggia, 25 Cribari, 26 Radu, 74 Cruz.
Coach: Davide Ballardini.
Referee: Emidio Morganti (Ascoli Piceno).
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:19 PM
Bright start from Eto'o, Lazio look nervous in defence. That starting XI for Inter looks very strong, it has to be said. Then they have Santon and Balotelli on the bench, but past that I'm not overly concerned with their depth.
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 12:20 PM
Very dull game.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:21 PM
Mixup there from Maicon, Julio Cesar just got it away from Rocchi.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:22 PM
QUOTE(Tobinho @ Aug 8 2009, 01:20 PM)
Very dull game.
Not helped by the Rai Uno commentators talking like it is a training match.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:24 PM
Nice save from Julio Cesar, good shot from Zarate.
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 12:24 PM
Cesar saves well from Zarate, the first reasonable effort on goal.
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 12:27 PM
Stankovic in some serious discomfort.
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 12:29 PM
Nice move by Eto'o there.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:41 PM
Lucio header, very good save from Muslera.
Why does Lucio always look like he is taking on the world?
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:42 PM
Nasty kick out by Thiago Motta.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 12:51 PM
HT: Inter 0-0 Lazio.
Inter look the more likely to score.
viking
Aug 8 2009, 12:55 PM
ugh, i have to pay for justintv
hate it!
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 01:02 PM
You have to pay for it?
BTW what's an Inter fan doing in an Inter thread?
viking
Aug 8 2009, 01:11 PM
for now nothing
just wait until inter win the super coppa.
it will be beautifull
Juve Villarreal 1-4 and we have a party.
QUOTE(viking @ Aug 8 2009, 08:55 AM)
ugh, i have to pay for justintv
hate it!
You have to pay? Really?
viking
Aug 8 2009, 01:28 PM
yeah... they told me i have to buy premium bla bla bla...
viking
Aug 8 2009, 01:29 PM
ready to go offline now
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 01:41 PM
2-0 Lazio atm.
viking
Aug 8 2009, 01:43 PM
dont give me fake HOPE...!!!
its 2-1 now
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 01:44 PM
Eto'o scored.
viking
Aug 8 2009, 01:57 PM
Suddenly i feel sleepy...
night all...
Tobinho
Aug 8 2009, 02:00 PM
FT 2-1 Lazio.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 02:13 PM
Nice
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 02:17 PM
QUOTE(viking @ Aug 8 2009, 09:28 AM)
yeah... they told me i have to buy premium bla bla bla...
how much per month?
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 02:49 PM
music_man
Aug 8 2009, 03:10 PM
highlights: Rocci's and Eto'o's goals were nice.
good for Eto'o he's started leaving his mark early
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4ke14pJyEbut what the hell Ibra and Kaka are still on the banner above?
Avon
Aug 8 2009, 03:18 PM
strange seeing Eto'o in an Inter shirt, anyway, all the best to him
juve-vn
Aug 8 2009, 03:25 PM
QUOTE(music_man @ Aug 8 2009, 10:10 PM)
highlights: Rocci's and Eto'o's goals were nice.
good for Eto'o he's started leaving his mark early
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4ke14pJyEbut what the hell Ibra and Kaka are still on the banner above?
Thanks for the highlight link!
Didn't know Lazio have so many fans in China
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 03:31 PM
The Matuzalem goal was lucky, the Rocchi goal was class. Eto'o's finish was also very good, although Dabo fucked up badly in possession.
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 03:32 PM
QUOTE(juve-vn @ Aug 8 2009, 04:25 PM)
Thanks for the highlight link!
Didn't know Lazio have so many fans in China
I think the fans just buy a ticket and pick a team before they go
Galo
Aug 8 2009, 05:23 PM
unlucky from inter, deserved to have won
anyone noticed the sponsors in shirts were in chinese
JuveJay
Aug 8 2009, 07:48 PM
Yeah, they sold them for the one game.
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