Australia vs Italy

Australia vs Italy

How can you seriously follow a game with such passion and intensity when in the end it comes down to nothing more than trickery, bad-judgment and stupidity?

Anyway, here's to you, you bad hygiene sporting, long greasy hair wearing,trip over your own shadow if it meant a free kick, match fixing, living at home with your parents until your 40, shoulder-hair wearing, cheating little people from that boot shaped penninsula that sticks out into the Mediterranean, just like your enormous noses, spoiling another wise perfect view.
Even worse are the little Italian wannabes who stick their hand up claiming to be a full blooded 'vanilla frog' when Italy does something good (not you Bissa - your duplicity is amusing).
Why am I surprised, turning allegiances is simply part of your make up - can any of you say WWII. Guess cowardice and softness runs pretty deep too?

So to you little Super Marios, I say...congratulations. I don't think anyone would have not taken a fall in the exact same circumstance, and if they didn't, they would be stupid. I simply look forward to Australia meeting you on the rugby pitch; was it 64 - 3 last time Luigi?

My beef is the game itself. In a World Cup so far where referees have decided the fate of nearly 6 games, how can it truly be called a sport? Rather a puppet show. The referee pulls the strings and the players dance. The ref in the Aus v Italy game got it wrong. Pure and simply. I don't care what anyone else from back home says, if the UK commentators and papers say the same thing: "bad call you little Spanish git" it was a bad call.
Fair go to Barcelona referee - Emaunael Gotnofuckenclue - it was a fast game and he didn't have a huge amount of time to think it through, but a penalty with no time left, maybe take a second to think about.

While I'm on my little high horse, I'd just like to say what the fuck is this guy on about?

From the BBC World Cup blog. Since when did the Chinese hate us! Aussies may also be interested in this take on "impartiality in sports broadcasting" from China's most popular TV commentator. According to the Associated Press, this is how Huang <http://2006.sina.com.cn/> Jianxiang relayed the moment when Fabio Grossowent down under Lucas Neill's "challenge" in the last 10 seconds of the match to the millions of Chinese viewers on state-run CCTV.

"Penalty! Penalty! Penalty! Grosso's done it,Grosso's done it! The great Italian left back! He succeeded in the glorious traditions of Italy! Facchetti, Cabrini and Maldini, their souls are infused in him at this moment! Grosso represents the long history and traditions of Italian soccer, he's not fighting alone at this moment! He's not alone!"

More was to come when Francesco Totti converted the spot-kick.

"Goooooal! Game over! Italy win! Beat the Australians! They do not fall in front of Hiddink again! Italy the great! Left back the great! Happy birthday to Maldini! Forza Italia! The victory belongs to Italy, to Grosso,to Cannavaro, to Zambrotta, to Buffon, to Maldini, to everyone who loves Italian soccer! Hiddink ... lost all his courage faced with Italian history and traditions ... He finally reaped fruits which he had sown! They should go home. They don't need to go as far away as Australia as most of them are living in Europe. Farewell!"

Huang later said he couldn't remember what he had said in the heat of the moment and his preference for Italy was because he had commentated on Serie A for many years."I'm more familiar with Italian players ... and I don't like Australians indeed. I was hoping they'd do badly."

Australia is now in the Asian league - look forward to it stumpy.