By Anna Italia
Covering the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa from an Italian Perspective

It's time to cheer for the Italian National team, hip hip hurrah!    The objective is clear "Italy must win against Georgia, period."  An U N B E L I E V A B L E result... Italy winning the match against Georgia thanks to 2 own goals by Georgia defender Kakha Kaladze. GEORGIA 0 - 2  ITALY

  Another surprising result is the knock out from Argentina!!!  Brazil beating Argentina at home in front of their fans...   Argentina 1 - 3 Brazil  12 players from our Serie in the epic match of ARGENTINA - BRAZIL.Awesome!  Six players for Argentina and six for Brazil, too!  

It is also time to follow our Italian Serie A Players with their respective national teams too.  Guys, have you noticed how many Serie A players are in the games from the 2010 World Cup Qualifiers of the Conmebol in South America? 

Let's deal first with the current situation of the Italian National Team.  Italy leads the 2010 World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 8.

2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Standings - Europe Group 8 Table Updated on Saturday, September 5, 2009 after completion of all games from Group 8. Next games on Wednesday, September 9.  Buy your tickets here: World Cup 2010 Qualification games Buy your football tickets for the Italian National Team matches now.
			Overall							Home						Away
	Position	TEAM	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	P
	1	Italy	7	5	2	0	11	3		2	1	0	5	2		3	1	0	6	1		8	17
	2	Ireland	8	4	4	0	10	6		2	1	0	4	2		2	3	0	6	4		4	16
	3	Bulgaria	7	2	5	0	10	5		2	2	0	7	2		0	3	0	3	3		5	11
	4	Cyprus	7	1	2	4	7	11		1	1	2	6	7		0	1	2	1	4		-4	5
	5	Montenegro	7	0	4	3	6	12		0	2	1	2	4		0	2	2	4	8		-6	4
	6	Georgia	8	0	3	5	4	11		0	3	2	2	5		0	0	3	2	6		-7	3

Play-off for World Cup qualification in November 2009 for eight best: 2nd

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 8

GEORGIA 0 - 2  ITALY

                            56' Kakha Kaladze (own goal)
                            66' Kakha Kaladze (own goal)

Italian Serie A Players for GEORGIA: Palermo forward Levan Mchedlidze (did not play for injury)  and AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze played all 90 minutes and unfortunately made the 2 own goals.




05-Sep Saturday 18:00 Live streaming World Cup Qualifier:  European World Cup Qualifier Georgia v Italy

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INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES

Netherlands 3 - 0 Japan
69' Robin Van Persie
73' Wesley Sneijder
87' Klaas Jan Huntelaar

Italian serie A Players for Netherlands: FC Inter midfielder Wesley Sneijder playing 73 minutes and scoring the second goal but suffering an ankle injury.   AC Milan forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar playing 27 minutes and scoring the third goal. .

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2010 World Cup Qualifiers Africa - Group 1

GABON 0 - 2 CAMEROON
                       66' A. Emana
                       68' Samuel Eto'o

Italian Serie A Player for Cameroon:  FC Inter foward Samuel Eto'o

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2010 World Cup Qualifiers South America CONMEBOL

Argentina 1 - 3 Brazil
65' Jesus Datolo     23' Luisao
                               30' Luis Fabiano
                               68' Luis Fabiano

Italian Serie A Players for ARGENTINA: Napoli forward Ezequiel "El Pocho" Lavezzi,Napoli midfielder Jesus Datolo, Catania goalkeeper Mariano Andujar, FCInter defender Javier Zanetti, FC Inter defender Nicolas Burdisso, andFC Inter forward Diego Milito.            

Italian Serie A Players for BRAZIL: FC Inter goalkeeper Julio Cesar, FC Inter defender Maicon, FC Inter defender Lucio, AS Roma defender Juan, and AS Roma midfielder Julio Baptista.




LIVE STREAMING ONLINE  Argentina v Brazil, September 5, 2009
Live streaming: 05-Sep Sunday  South American World Cup Qualifiers Argentina v Brazil


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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier South America CONMEBOL

PERU 1 - 0 URUGUAY
86' Hernan Rengifo

Italian Serie A players with URUGUAY:Lazio goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, Juventus defender Martin  Caceres,Napoli midfielder Walter Gargano, Catania midfielder Jorge Martinez, Palermo forward Edinson Cavani, and (SerieB.) Reggina defender CarlosValdez

Italian Serie A Players with PERU: Fiorentina midfielder Juan  Manuel Vargas played 90 minutes.



September 5,  Saturday 20:30 live streaming online  South American World Cup Qualifiers Peru v Uruguay

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier South America CONMEBOL

 COLOMBIA 2 - 0  ECUADOR
82' J. Martinez
90' Rocancio

Italian Serie A Player for Colombia:Napoli defender Camilo Zuñiga, Chievo Verona defender Mario Yepes, FCInternazionale Ivan Cordoba, Udinese defender Cristian Zapata.

No Serie A player for ECUADOR.


Colombia v Ecuador

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   PARAGUAY 1 - 0 BOLIVIA
46' Salvador Cabañas

05-Sep Saturday 23:30 Live streaming online  South American World Cup Qualifiers Paraguay  v Bolivia

Italian Serie A Player for PARAGUAY:  Atalanta midfielder Edgar Barreto played 20 minutes after substituting Eduardo Ledesma in the 70th minute.

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           CHILE 2 - 2  VENEZUELA
11' Arturo Vidal           33' Giancarlos Maldonado
53' Rodrigo Millar      45' Jose Manuel Rey

06-Sep Sunday 01:30 Live streaming  South American World Cup Qualifiers Chile v Venezuela


Italian Serie A Players for CHILE: Udinese defender Mauricio Isla played 90 minutes, Udinese forward Alexis Sanchez played 90 minutes, Udinese forward Fabian Orellana played 45 minutes.   Reggina midfielder Carlos Carmona (Serie B.) playing 45 minutes when substituting Fabian Orellana in the 45th minute. .



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Here is the current 2010 World Cup Qualifiers Standing for the SOUTH AMERICA group
after the completion of all  games from the SOUTH AMERICA group on Saturday, September 5, 2009.

	Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
	Brazil	15	8	6	1	28	7	30
	Chile	15	8	3	4	25	16	27
	Paraguay	15	8	3	4	21	13	27
	Argentina	15	6	4	5	20	18	22
	Colombia	15	5	5	5	9	11	20
	Ecuador	15	5	5	5	18	22	20
	Uruguay	15	4	6	5	23	17	18
	Venezuela	15	5	3	7	19	26	18
	Bolivia	15	3	3	9	19	31	12
	Peru	15	2	4	9	8	29	10

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EUROPE WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 1
DENMARK 1 - 1  PORTUGAL
42' Nicklas Bendtner   86' Liedson

Italian Serie A Players for DENMARK: FiorentinadefenderPer Kroldrup, Palermo defender Simon Kjaer, Juventus midfielderChristian Poulsen, Fiorentina forward Martin Jorgensen.

Italian Serie A Player for PORTUGAL: FC Juventus midfielder Tiago played the first 46 minutes and substituted by Liedson.
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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 2
SWITZERLAND 2 - 0 GREECE
84' Stephane Grichting
88' Marco Padalino

Italian Serie A Player for SWITZERLAND: Sampdoria midfielder Marco Padalino played 90 minutes and scored second goal in the 88th minute;  Called up but not playing: Lazio defender Stephan Lichtsteiner, Udinese midfielder Goklan Inler.

Italian Serie A Player with GREECE: Bologna defender Evangelos Moras played 90 minutes, Genoa defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos played 90 minutes.

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 3

SLOVAKIA 2 - 2  CZECH REPUBLIC
60' Stanislav Sestak          68' Daniel Pudil
73' Marek Hamsik (pen)  84' Milan Baros


Slovakia v Czech Republic

05-Sep Saturday 18:30 Live streaming online  European World Cup Qualifier Slovakia v Czech Republic

Italian Serie A Players for CZECH REPUBLIC:  FC Juventus defender Zdenek Grygera played 90 minutes and got a yellow card in the 12th minute;  AC Milan defender Marek Jankulovski played 90 minutes.

Italian Serie A Player for SLOVAKIA:  Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik played 73 minutes, scored a goal in the 73th minute and send off for 2 yellow card.

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2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 7
         France  1  - 1 Romania
48' Thierry Henry    56' Julien Escude (own goal)

Italian Serie A Players with ROMANIA: FC Inter defender Cristian Chivu Romania captain and played 90 minutes,   AC Siena midfielder Paul Codrea played 14 minutes subsituting Romeo Surdu in the 86th minute; Palermo defender Dorin Goian listed in the substitutes, and Fiorentina forward Adrian Mutu (Mutu not making for injury).

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 SERBIA - FRANCE

Italian Serie A Players for SERBIA:  Udinese defender Aleksandar Lukovic, Lazio defender Aleksandar Kolarov, FC Intermidfielder Dejan Stankovic, Fiorentina midfielder Zdravko Kuzmanovic.




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05-Sep Saturday 14:00 European World Cup Qualifier Ukraine v Andorra Not available in Ukraine, Andorra European World Cup Qualifier Ukraine v Andorra

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05-Sep Saturday 15:00 European World Cup Qualifier Azerbaijan v Finland
Not available in Azerbaijan, Finland, Russia, Middle East 05-Sep Saturday 15:00 European World Cup Qualifier Azerbaijan v Finland

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RUSSIA - LIECHTENSTEIN




05-Sep Saturday 15:00 Live streaming European World Cup Qualifier Russia v Liechtenstein
Not available in Russia, Liechtenstein, Ukraine, Poland,Middle East

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05-Sep Saturday 15:00 Live streaming European World Cup Qualifier Armenia v Bosnia-Herzegovina
Not available in Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, MiddleEast

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05-Sep Saturday 16:00 Live streaming European World Cup Qualifier Moldova v Luxembourg
Not available in Moldova, Luxembourg, Middle East

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05-Sep Saturday 18:00 Live streaming   European World Cup Qualifier Turkey v Estonia
Notavailable in Turkey, Estonia, Middle East

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ICELAND - NORWAY


` Saturday 18:45 Live streaming  European World Cup Qualifier Iceland v Norway 
Not available in Iceland, Norway 

Italian Serie A Player for NORWAY: AS Roma defender John Arne Riisw

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SLOVENIA - POLAND

Italian serie A Players for SLOVENIA: Udinese goalkeeper Samir Handanovic, FC Inter midfielder Rene Krhin.
 

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Italian Serie A Players for AUSTRIA: Atalanta defender Gyorgy Garics, Napoli forward Erwin Hoffer

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CROATI A- BELARUS

Italian Serie A Player for CROATIA:  Genoa midfielder Ivan Juric





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2010 World Cup Qualifier Europe Group 9

Scotland 2 - 0 Macedonia
56' Scott Brown
81' James McFadden

Italian serie A Players for MACEDONIA: Lazio forward Goran Pandev playing all 90 minutes.

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CONCACAF 2010 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

USA 2 - 1  EL SALVADOR
41' Clint Dempsey      32' Cristian Castillo
45' Jozy Altidore

05-Sep Saturday 23:55 Live streaming online CONCACAF USA v El Salvador 

Italian Serie A Player for USA: AC Milan defender Oguchi Onyewu. Called up but not playing in this match for a suspension ... will play in the next one...




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 HONDURAS 4 - 1 TRINIDAD
20' Carlos Pavon         85' Kerry Baptiste
28' Carlos Pavon
61' Amado Guevara
83' David Suazo




06-Sep Sunday 01:30 Live Stream  CONCACAF Honduras v Trinidad

 
Italian Serie A Players for HONDURAS:  FC Inter forward David Suazo, Bari defender Edgar Alvarez, and Torino (Serie B.) midfielder Julio Cesar de Leon.

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05-Sep Saturday   Live streaming online CONCACAF Costa Rica v Mexico

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TO BE UPDATED

Italian Serie A player for BULGARIA: Parma forward Valeri Bojinov

Italian Serie A Player for ALGERIA: Lazio midfielder Mourad Meghni, AC Siena forward Abdelkader Ghezzal
 

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