What do we have to do??? Even if Neill's tackle was close to a foul it would have been a questionable call to send Italy to the penalty spot..... The fact that it was the 95th minute meant that the referee knowingly took the game away from both teams and put it in the hands of one striker and one goalkeeper. The fact that the tackle was in no way a foul makes the defeat all the more hard to take. Also, to be fair, the red card was questionable at best....... The refereeing really has been terrible in this cup.... for all teams. FIFA really have to get their shit together and fix this, you can't have referee's causing results to be changed. If they can't cover the ground PUT MORE REFEREE'S ON!!!! it's not fucking rocket surgery! :)

But you have to smile, because our team outperformed all expectations and challenged much higher ranked teams than themselves. Also, football has gained a new exposure in Australia and many more people will now be staying up late to watch the socceroos take on European teams at 2am. Also, with Australia joining the Asian group, we now have a FAIR shot at making the world cup finals, which will mean that we will be making more common appearances.......

What a wonderful time to be in Australia. We had Australians of all backgrounds all getting behind the one team which is the true beauty of the world game.


YYAAAAAAYYYY SOOOOOCCCEEERRROOOOOOSSSS