Australia V Italy

[RVN 355]

hey guys how do you think Aussies will go agains the italians for the world cup knock out....


GO AUSSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MikeVXSS]

soccer sucks

(but go aus neway STICK IT RIGHT UP EM)

its almost as bad as gay eff al

aus beat ireland in the union

cant wait for the bledisloe

[azkwazere]

Meh, ill watch it but... not the biggest sports fan..

I think thell bum out though... sorry for my pesimistic attitude... its 3am...

aZk.

[MikeVXSS]

lol same as azza lol lol

[Charg'd]

same as mikevxss's first post haha

[Pretender]

Depends on the Ref!
OK, I think they will do well as we do have a team of good players. Will we win?, well that will come down to all things going our way.
I don't know how well the Italians are travelling but in soccer the team that is outplayed on the day can still win through luck and a simple errors.
We outplayed Croatia but the result was 2 - 2 because of errors on our part(and not getting two more penalties).
We do have the ability to win but it depends on the variables.
I do have faith in our team though.

Go Aussies

[Garth]

my money is on the aussies in this match, so far ive pulled out a fair amount of cash threw center bet, they hate me. hehehe.

australia will win, or draw, then win on a penalty shoot out.

that is about as far as we will go. wont do well at all in the quater finals, and ofcourse if you loose in the quater finals, well then it's all over for ya

dont forget, it's now a winner goe's threw setup, you loose, your out, simple as that

[minux]

my money is on the aussies in this match, so far ive pulled out a fair amount of cash threw center bet, they hate me. hehehe.

australia will win, or draw, then win on a penalty shoot out.

that is about as far as we will go. wont do well at all in the quater finals, and ofcourse if you loose in the quater finals, well then it's all over for ya

dont forget, it's now a winner goe's threw setup, you loose, your out, simple as that

Australia can win, providing they stay tidy and focused. I think it will be a 1-0 match australias way.

Garth, why do you think we can't go further?

If we beat italy we play switzerland or Ukraine, neither team is playing that well.

It is the next match that we wont go past... with either argentina or Germany.

[RVN 355]

Im not a soccer fan either but its Australia our nation and we haven't been in it for years so why not watch it?

[VZSV6]

aussies will win 1-0

[maxy0987]

i dont care what the score is as long as the i-ties lose :P I want all the italians on lygon street to cry tonight lol

[minux]

at the i-ties

[_Mukas_]

aussies 2-1 in second half of extra time...
im of italian blood so i cant not hold a soft spot for em, but ###, i was born in australia so its go aussies!!!! no hesitation. i cant stand those who are born here and support someone else... ARGH!!! gets me angry...

[xlr8_87]

i think italy will win

however i also think there's going to be stabbings :S

[Julie]

Not much into the soccer, but yeh go aussies. Just curious, all u interstate guys, does every second or third car u come across have at least 1 socceroos or aussie flag hanging out the window which was a freebie out of the newpaper?

[craigvk]

Aussies 3-2 !

[craigvk]

I think there is gonna be some arrests tomorrow morning. The cops will be very busy I'd say in Melbourne. :my:

[Infus10n]

I want a penalty shootout for some excitment

[commod8]

Not much into the soccer, but yeh go aussies. Just curious, all u interstate guys, does every second or third car u come across have at least 1 socceroos or aussie flag hanging out the window which was a freebie out of the newpaper?

yeah i've been seeing a lot of that here in melbourne. i've seen two flags hanging out of some car windows, and even little flags wrapped around aerials.
my background is 100% italian, but italy hasn't done anything for me, im aussie, i was born here, i've grown/am growing up here, and wish to continue living here. italy was such a crappy country, that my whole extended family was forced to leave their country, so i don't see why i should be supporting a country that couldn't support its people (sorry, just another one of these comments that i just wanna let out) i hope the aussies can whip those eyetalian arses back to boot-shaped land. im worried about kewell, i know he was injured against croatia, but the more he plays, the more strain he puts on his injury. they'll probably give him that injection that numbs his legs/groin whatever, but many players have trouble kicking the ball accurately when they've been injected...so let's hope he'll be ok for the socceroos.
GO AUSSIES!!!

[dlzn]

Italy Wins!

[kwik6]

that was so not a penalty! aussies were ripped, im pissed off bad!

[Jimboss]

I feel so sorry for Lucas Neill and Mark Schwarzer, there isn't much any keeper can do when Francesco Totti steps up to the spot. Neill was the standout Australian player for all the games, and that's such a bad way to end the campaign.

I can't believe it, the ref had done an alright job until then ... but i suppose that sums up the way Australia played ... always being ripped off by the officials!

[Wombat]

What makes anyone honestly think that Australia was ever going to be allowed to rain on the parade of the big profitable European and South Amercian teams that draw the crowds of fanatics?

Look at what happened with Brazil...25 penalties to 8, when everyone seemed to think it was a very "even" game all round? And instead of some normal referee that they would have at a lead-up match, they wheeled out the best German umpire in the world, and the general feeling was that "Brazil is an protected species", and "must be allowed through to the final".

Simply put, Australia had to fight for years to even be allowed in, and now we have shown a glimmer of talent, it scared the powers that be and they wanted us out.

can't have some upstarts from the other side of the world upsetting the big money teams...

[_Mukas_]

u tell em wombat!!!

[commod8]

****ing load of shit. yes, italy won and there isn't anything you can do, but come on, if lucas neill really did purposely trip that eyetalian bloke luca toni, then neill's legs would've collided with toni's legs....have a look, neill's legs were nowhere near toni's legs, toni's leg got caught on neill's back. i'm sure toni could've jumped over neill, but no, he leaves his leg stuck to neill's back, falls down, hoping what he's done will give him a penalty, and it did. stupid referee **** cokhead stupid bitch, decides all in a split second "oh yeah, it's the 93rd minute, perfect chance to give italy a penalty, let em score, and end the game." i bet if it was an australian player in that exact same situation, the aussies wouldn't have received that penalty. if you are brazil, argentina, uruguay, etc, you get looked after. this was a shocking way to end it for the aussies. im thankful the ref did okay throughout the match, but not that it matters, coz he ruined it for us at the end.