Sunday, June 20, 2010

All White on the night - Italy 1-1 New Zealand

All White’s subduing of the Azurri
I found it hard to express in rhyme
Mmombela Stadium the range
For one of the greatest shocks of all time

Early lead with Shane Smeltz
Ageing Cannavaro at fault
Lippi simply bandaged an old wound
Ryan Nelsens’s men sprinkled salt

Iaquinta spot kick on the half hour
Blues managed to pull one back
NZ on the brink of a fairy tale
For Lippi surely not the sack

20.06.10

Number 7
(c) Emdad Rahman
www.football-poems.com

1 comment:

jessie.cross said...

You said it all, Emdad. We didn't deserve anything more. Very disappointing for Italy.