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Originally Posted by mog
Italy were unlucky not to score in the first half, but the bottom line is that the game was settled by a soft penalty which Italy did nothing to earn. This just goes to show how it is the referees that determine the outcome of games far more than the efforts of the players. Soccer at this level is fundamentally flawed.
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You got to be kidding.
During the second half it is true that australia had much more ball possession, numerical superiority but they did nothing, absolutelty nothing to take advantage of that.
The italians even in 10 attacked something like 10 times against the 2 times of australia.
From a purely agonistic point of view Italy deserved to win hands down.
Now as to regard to the penalty kick, this is were world wide experience comes in.
The italian player didn't simulate the fall in the small area.
If he did he would have gotten the red card directly. However he took advantage of a defensor's mistake (something any world class forward would have taken advantage of) and this my friends is were you distinguish world class players from "newbies" such as the socceroos.
You may not like it, but thats how it is.