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Very controversial decision that penalty - seemed fairly soft to me, being a slight impedement to the player or whatever. Lucas Neill tried to pull away made it quite clear with his body language that it wasn't intentional. It just seemed like the player fell over him really.
Italy defended gallantly and posed a couple of threats om the counter, especially when Totti came on the field. But the fact that we couldn't really seem to get that final lethal pass into the box,
is the ultimate unfortunate shame - having the extra man into extra time might have made all the difference.
Ahh well, its as sad as a latin tragedy, but a good campaign from the Socceroos nonetheless. They imposed their will upon one of the giants of world football and performed admirably.
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