Shoot the ref
LMFAO! Well, football can be a cruel game, and it was cruel to poor Australia knocked out with five seconds to play. Ineptly unable to turn a one-man advantage into a goal, they learned a harsh lesson: do not lie down in the box within diving distance of an Italian.Australia outmatched Italy in midfield, even before Materazzi's comedy dismissal (yet again the stars of the World Cup are the refs), but Italy are very hard to break down, and you're going to need players with more guile than Bresciano, Culina and crew could master. Australia lack a player with vision and creativity in midfield, as well as mobility up front. It's hard to see where it will come from: it's not as though Australia is harbouring players any better than Sterjovski, although even Aloisi would have put himself about a bit more.
Fabio Grosso showed more nous than the entire Australian team, presented with a prone Lucas Neill -- Australia's player of the tournament -- who he could quite frankly have walked round, and that was that. Just as well, the fuckers would have been unbearable had they scraped a win. Now I don't have to worry about them and can concentrate on which heartbreak England will inflict on me. The wise money is on penalties against Portugal, but I have a sneaky feeling that we might yet get to lose to spotkicks against the Krauts in Berlin.
posted by Dr Zen @ 10:07 am
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