Italy - Australia

mike65

Italy
01 G Buffon
19 G Zambrotta
05 F Cannavaro
23 M Materazzi
03 F Grosso
07 A Del Piero
20 S Perrotta
08 G Gattuso
21 A Pirlo
11 A Gilardino
09 L Toni

Australia
01 M Schwarzer
14 S Chipperfield
02 L Neill
03 C Moore
05 J Culina
20 L Wilkshire
04 T Cahill
13 V Grella
23 M Bresciano
21 M Sterjovski
09 M Viduka

G'wan Australia! That is all.

Mike.

Royale with Cheese

In most sports, namely cricket and rugby I loathe Australia. However this is football. G'wan Australia. That is all.

fade2black

Italy/italy
Swiss/swiss

evad_lhorg

eh?

Green_Martian

Any score yet???

Im in work and i can't get to the canteen to check

mike65

0-0 half time

Most of the best chances have fallen to Italy but Toni in particular ca'nt get a decent shot off. The Aussies have had one nice chance which went straight to Buffon.

Mike.

kinaldo

Green_Martian wrote:

Any score yet???

Im in work and i can't get to the canteen to check

you're not missing much... italy are sh1te and del piero is a waste of space.

WhiteWashMan

come on the OZ!

MisterAnarchy

Here we go again,another man incorrectly sent off .
This World Cup is a joke refereeing wise.

Supercell

Italy down to 10 men!!, come on the Aussies!!

Supercell

MisterAnarchy wrote:

Here we go again,another man incorrectly sent off .
This World Cup is a joke refereeing wise.

Dunno, in fairness it was a two footed lunge that totally took out the aussie player, ref really couldn't do much else.

The Muppet

Longfield wrote:

Italy down to 10 men!!, come on the Aussies!!

Yet another game ruined by the referee.

mike65

A two-footed lunge is bound to get you sent off esp where it happened. Dont blame the refs anyway, its FIFA rules.

Mike.

PiE

Not like players don't know two footed tackles aren't allowed. Plus Materazzi's reputation probably preceeded him.

kinaldo

if italy go out u know who they'll blame... some things never change

evilhomer

I don't think that Materazzi ment to go in two footed, he just looked like he didn't pull the other leg out quick enough.

It was more clumsy then cynical.

Guy:Incognito

kinaldo wrote:

if italy go out u know who they'll blame... some things never change

They cant blame the ref, they probably picked him.

bizmark

ah jesus he just fell over :rolleyes:

Guy:Incognito

Thats that. Bloody diving git.

Töpher

:eek: SPOON IT!

The Muppet

As I said earlier another game ruined by a referee.

Supercell

Diving deciding the game , very very unfair

mike65

Bloody hell!

Italy fake a foul and score a peno and win the game.

Mike.

Töpher

He was RIGHT there, how could he give that?!

Keedowah

penalty! what a load!

All this diving is a load of b****x

cgf

Nice penalty, even if it did put Italy thru

theCzar

robbery. never a peno.

Guy:Incognito

I hope to god they go out to a shocking decision in the next round.

Supercell

Got to feel sorry for the aussies, that was a totally wrong penalty,cannot believe the ref gave it.

Goddamn diving really makes my blood boil

mike65

I have to say part of me was beginning to hope the Aussies did'nt win as they were so poor in attack the extra man hardly counted except in terms of ball possession. Had Kewell been fit he'd have scored just by dint of being quick.

Mike.

ErinGoBrath

Australia were robbed. Dive if I ever seen one :mad:

Bloody cheating Italians :mad: :mad:

evad_lhorg

that is shocking. the fella who won the penalty just ran into him.

Töpher

From no more than 6 or 7 yards away, looking at the dive, how could any referee give that? Christ, not even Alan Kelly would give that!

Making up for the red card so as not to appear biased?

evad_lhorg

that was no dive. he just fell over the lad. but he had all the time in the world to step over him he just didnt raise his feet.

mike65

An Aussie on fivelive "we all know the Italians are famous for diving..."

Mike.

evilhomer

I'm not sure that was a dive lads, If you look at Neil he puts his arm up and catches Grosso's leg as he goes by him.

I'm not saying Grosso wasn't looking for it, but Neil gave him the oppertunity, by being foolish.

shatners basoon

Heh heh, come on ya filthy Italians. WOOO Toni lives to play again yeay!

bizmark

Load of **** why do i watch this crap game full of diving millionaire cheating girly men and moronic ref’s

Christ what total ****

Pigman II

Masterclass in defending there from Italy.

Bye bye Australia

Royale with Cheese

Can't believe Italy went throught with that. There is a fair amount of sh*te getting through to the quarter finals. It's a pity Argentina and Germany have to play each other.

mike65

Chris Waddle is about to blow a gasket!

Mike.

MisterAnarchy

Italy are very poor and poxed this one.
Never a penalty.

mike65

Italy to play Switzerland or Ukraine right?

Mike.

Supercell

mike65 wrote:

I have to say part of me was beginning to hope the Aussies did'nt win as they were so poor in attack the extra man hardly counted except in terms of ball possession. Had Kewell been fit he'd have scored just by dint of being quick.

Mike.

I suppose in balance, the better team did win in the end.

The aussies will go home with their heads held high and rightly so, I'll not be supporting that team of divers in the next round though!

Töpher

Aye.

Töpher

Just saw the replay on ITV there, he looked to start falling before he touched Neill. Perhaps I'm wrong, but by God all I can think is "Fcuking typical". Overpaid pre-madonna gits who do more to destroy the game than build it up.

ronbyrne2005

aussies didnt deserve much for not making the extra man count.

kinaldo

at least the chances of seeing a world cup semi involving the ukraine or the swiss is much less likely now that the aussies are out

ronbyrne2005

plus the sending off was harsh so the penalty equalled that out

mike65

Karma it is then

Mike.

A Dub in Glasgo

Very naive stuff from the Austrailian defender. Last second of the game, the
Italian is always going to fall over you if the opportunity presents it.