In the first half, we had a few goal occasions, and Toni's attempt to strike a goal in the first half was good in everyone's opinion.

On the road, what impressed me was that, while for the first goal people in the houses shouted and were possible to hear also from the road, this didn't happen for Panucci's goal, only a minute after Mutu's first Romania goal. It was like people decided to stop watching the match after the Mutu's goal.Many people think the line-up chosen wasn't the best one, with many players already tired and out of form."

A dramatic match. In my opinion this is one of the best matches romania has played in a long tine at a final tournament. Great play by Mutu , Contra , and Lobont from the Romanian squad but also great performance by Italy's De Rosi and Buffon. Even the score 1-1 is very good , not quite good for Italy but none the less a great match . Even though there weren`t many goals , the play was fantastic , all the players did their best. We could have even won the match , I feel sorry for Mutu for missing the penalty shot ... but he was still our team's best player. I'm looking forward to the match with Holland which will be decisive in our goal to reach the quarter-finals."