Italy started the strongest with a few good chances Alessandro Del piero came closest which was deflected for a corner. Tamas of Romania was the enxt chance on goal on the 18th minute from a set piece forcing the Italian keeper into a low left handed save.
Romania have had more attacking nature in the [...]

Although on paper france are a far superior team than Romania. It seems they are just lacking that vital spark again. Like in the Wordcup 2002 when france lost there opening game. There wasnt a lot of direct action from the French team.
The first half sees Romania and France pretty much cancel each other out [...]