Italy..shame..shame..
Am talking of the Australlia Italy football match in WC. what a game..a gripping one and mostly dominated by the Oz..went up to the wire..
But at the last min (or few secs to go) in the extra stoppage time Italy CHEATS..yes i call it cheating..pretending to have been fouled, in the 'D'. Ok, the referee goofed it inspite of a clear view of the incident.Its cleary fooling, bending the rules and 'winning' a penalty..
The way the Italians, spanish (and till sometime ago Argentines) win freekicks and penalties by feigning fouls..may be in future each team will come up with 2 good actors..I used to hate that attitude in the god of a player like Maradona.
u really can expect players, esp italians, to do anything and that too in dying moments to wrest a win home, but this is too much..
Will the Oz feel raped or robbed?
But the oz can walk back with head held high..they played all the matches incl against Brazil very well and have made a mark..typical of Oz..
and I wish italy is wronged in their next match by another blunder by the referee.
But at the last min (or few secs to go) in the extra stoppage time Italy CHEATS..yes i call it cheating..pretending to have been fouled, in the 'D'. Ok, the referee goofed it inspite of a clear view of the incident.Its cleary fooling, bending the rules and 'winning' a penalty..
The way the Italians, spanish (and till sometime ago Argentines) win freekicks and penalties by feigning fouls..may be in future each team will come up with 2 good actors..I used to hate that attitude in the god of a player like Maradona.
u really can expect players, esp italians, to do anything and that too in dying moments to wrest a win home, but this is too much..
Will the Oz feel raped or robbed?
But the oz can walk back with head held high..they played all the matches incl against Brazil very well and have made a mark..typical of Oz..
and I wish italy is wronged in their next match by another blunder by the referee.
posted by Ananthoo @ 10:12 AM
8 Comments:
At June 27, 2006 1:50 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hi Ananth,
Watched another gripping match (Swiss-Ukraine) whice also went up the wire but Hopp Schwiiz lost in penalty shootout...
Incredibile disbelief written large on the faces of cheering fans as their team returned from the WM without conceding a single goal in the games (except the shoot-out fiasco)...
They have left a huge impression with their almost impenetrable defense; a team to watch out for in 2008 EM.
Babuji
At June 27, 2006 5:50 AM,
Ananthoo said…
hi babuji!!
it was a gr8 efort..but u cant make a dent without finishing capabilities..they had hi possession % and too many chances..but never converted..the same with Oz..so these teams will be on the fringe till they get that part corrected..
At June 28, 2006 4:46 AM,
Anonymous said…
I found teh Swiss-Ukraine match extremely boring. Erroneous passes, extremely defensive attitude and slow running: these are the last things
one would expect of teams which have reached this stage of the WM.
At June 28, 2006 1:07 PM,
Narayanan Venkitu said…
Shame on the Italians.!! I was upset after the game too. Aussies put up a great challenge and they deserve to be in the final eight..not Italy.!
At June 28, 2006 9:44 PM,
raj said…
swiss...yawn!C'mon, I hope teams like this dont make it to the next world cup. Not that Ukraine are any better.Wish Ghana or Ivory Coast had got into QF instead. The draws have been pathetic - Swiss got into second round because they just had to see off South Korea and Togo(yes, togo!). If they had been grouped with Brazil or Argentina, it wouldnt have been clean sheet but bull shit from them :-)
England is another team which got lucky. England and Ukraine(to an extent, Italy) stick out like a sore thumb among QF-ists. Would have preferred Ghana and Netherlands(and to an extent, Ivory Coast) instead. Idiotic draw!
At June 29, 2006 9:07 AM,
Ananthoo said…
@sriram - yeah..bad and sad..
@narayan venkitu - thx for ur visit and comments..
@anon - swiss play dour game..see my resp to raj too..(pl leave ur name)
@raj - u know what? Swiss drew 6 games in the qualif rounds and made it without any win..so thats their way..they dont fit in the top but make use of the qualifying rules etc and sneak in.. they take the worst out of italy and france and play like a defensive wall on their 20 yards and wait for something to happen..they were too lucky..infact i thot they wud go up to qtrs..another dour team goes in but..
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