Comrade Penguin
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It is still hard to soak up all that pressure at a professional level. The Aussies showed a sevre lack of ambition by sticking with one up front for so long. Italy still carved out 2 or 3 good chances on the counter and had much the better of the first half. Australia by contrast, for all the possession they had failed to carve out many decent chances. Italy always looked more dangerous in truth and whilst no it wasn't a penalty, Neale had mucked up and if the Italian hadn't dived they'd have probably scored anyway with a 2 on 1 about 6 yards out. It's a shame that Australia went out as they had a great chance to go through but they didn't take advantage of it, despite what poor decision may have eventually led to them losing.
Originally Posted by Bosk I firmly agree. Italy did [size=medium]NOT[/size] deserve that penalty either. It's not real hard to defend when you're entire bloody team is playing behind the ball 90% of the time. So what if they were down to 10 men? Gee, that meant they could only have 9 permanent defenders the poor things, it's a miracle they were able to cope! Australia 0 Italy 0 Referee 1. |
It is still hard to soak up all that pressure at a professional level. The Aussies showed a sevre lack of ambition by sticking with one up front for so long. Italy still carved out 2 or 3 good chances on the counter and had much the better of the first half. Australia by contrast, for all the possession they had failed to carve out many decent chances. Italy always looked more dangerous in truth and whilst no it wasn't a penalty, Neale had mucked up and if the Italian hadn't dived they'd have probably scored anyway with a 2 on 1 about 6 yards out. It's a shame that Australia went out as they had a great chance to go through but they didn't take advantage of it, despite what poor decision may have eventually led to them losing.