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Japan scores, are we looking at an upset today.

Japans makes it 2-0 on Italy.

De Rossi scores for Italy 1-2. Italy started to get their s**t together.

Japan are way better than I expected. Why the hell is Balo playing so much on the right? This team doesn't have a proper right back either

Own goal Uchida, Game is 2-2

ITALY JUST WON A PENALTY!

MARIO TO TAKE IT!

BALOTELLI MAKES IT 3-2, what a come back by Italy. This game is the best game I've watched in the Confe Cup!

Just what I was thinking, Abate coming in. He got quick feet and he can slow Kagawa down.

Should be 2-1. Both penalties were rubbish. Japan are still the better team

Japan just made it 3-3. Japan is truly the better team today, they aren't giving up!

Italy 4-3 Giovinco scores. Wow I feel bad for Japan. They kept pushing and pushing and after all that hard work. Poor Japan and Italy my god they always find a way out of things, what is it with them.

Wow what a game. Japan should have won they played soooooo well but I wouldn't count out and not give credit to the Italians who played poorly but still managed to score 4 goals but what a game by Japan! Kagawa was playing excellently and Honda was the s**t!!!! By 2014 I swear to god these Japanese team will be one to fear.

Just heard Honda is on a free transfer. Now, that will be good business
Great game. Grateful for the result but if Italy play like that Spain will bash them terribly once more.

would be great to see honda in the premier league, i think he's generally underrated. i want to be upset that he's playing in the hole/CAM spot and shinji is forced to play lm, but generally honda does a very good job there and he has great chemistry with shinji so it's hard to complain.

Yeah football addict is on it:) It will be interesting to see what Neymar brings to Barca. But I'm waiting for Italy vs Japan, can't focus on this game

Me too bro, I'm waiting for Italy vs Japan. Super Mario and Italy is the team I'm rooting for. I want to see El Shaarawy play today.

Me too but papers say Giaccherini is to start. I'm pissed off..I want to see Mario with ElSha goddam

If ElSha isn't staring at least letting him come off the bench or something. You know, exciting young player that needs this kind of tournament to elevate his career to the next level.

I was watching replay AC Milan vs Malaga CL game yesterday and seeing De Jong made me very upset that we let him go – that was a stupid decision whoever called it.

Should be exciting can't wait

We will also face the dimwit also otherwise known as Robinho, if he sticks around with Milan until then.

You know when you watch Robinho dribble past other players and dance with the football, you just get amazed but and then you see him inch closer and closer to the goal and you jump out of your sit and say "oh lord, this is going one hell of a goal". Then he lifts his foot and kicks the ball then FAIL BEYOND BELIEF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean the boy is one of the worst finisher I've ever seen, yes he can play 1v1 or even 1v3 but he always screws up when it comes to finishing! idk what it about it, does he ever take shots at training, practices finishing?

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Yes i rate stoke away more difficult than a derby game, their pitch is one of the toughest in the league and fighting orcs sucks.

1 First game against Newcastle, I'd give it a medium. They do have some quality players and could surprise us.
2. Cardiff should be easy
3. Hull should be easy
4. Stoke is most definitely going to be Hard! They should just rename their team to Giants FC or Orcs FC. I mean the majority of their players are over 6'0.
5.Man Utd, a medium. At times I believe City play their best football against Utd. I dont know what it is but we could go on and lose 10 straight games but play like champions against Utd. When City plays Utd home or away its always exciting.
We better not drop points and pick up every point possible. What I want the most this season out of all our players is 100% commitment on the pitch not show up one week to play beautiful football and the week later forget that you even had a game that day.

The calendar is lucky this time around. There are no consecutive difficult fixtures. Great we play the orcs so early, have them out of the way soon..
Last season we dropped too many points vs small teams, that music must change