@Architect:
Yeah, but to be fair Australia WERE robbed by the cheating Italian players. Italy were given a last minute penalty which WASN"T a penalty at all - the diving git deliberately tripped over a guy lying prone on the ground. Now despite this being shown a million times on the big screen, the ref sticks to his "decision." But whilst nobody directly saw Zizou headbutt Cheaterazzi, they send him off. Now what happened was neither the ref, assistant ref or their officials saw it, but the fourth official saw the replay on the big screen, who then told the assistant referee, who then subsequently informed the ref of the "incident" - which ultimately led Zidane to being sent off. FIFA are officially denying it to save face, buy virtually every commentator who was there saw this. Personally, I'm all for using instant video replays, but then it's got to be consistent and apply to everyone. How many dozen match turning incidents which were clearly given the wrong decision were made in this WC? And it's not just the Aussies who were gimped, but pretty much everyone. I mean Holland was screwed over more times in their match against Portugal than anybody's ever been in an entire WC full stop. The refereeing in this tournament was abysmal. That being said, this entire WC was piss poor tbh.