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posted June 26, 2006 09:56 AM         

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ugh I don’t wanna support anyone now :*(

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posted June 26, 2006 02:29 PM         

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Sad exit for the brave Aussies, clearly a case of BAD REFEREEING! Or was the referee siding the Italians?

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posted June 26, 2006 03:15 PM         

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So Australia lost? I really liked their performance in this World Cup, even though they're not my favorite team.Sorry Guys

Portugal's advancing, that I'm glad about....and so is Argentina...yayyy

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posted June 26, 2006 03:22 PM         

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Referee DID NOT give the rightful penalty for Aussies, but gave an unrightful penalty for Italy. Aussies are out, but WITH GRACE!

Yeah yeah, Portugal v/s Spain final on the cards, but Spain WILL life the cup!

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posted June 26, 2006 05:57 PM         

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Socceroos should be proud of how well they played the Azzuri..
Just leaves a bitter taste in the mouth to be beaten by a wrongful penalty.. Especially against Lucas Neill who played fantastic at every moment of the World Cup!!
Azzuri played well too and loosing Materazzi to a red card which was another bad call by the ref..it was an offence but definately not worthy of a red card..
Congrats thou to Italia..
Australia showed the world we are coming of age in the Soccer arena!!
Well done Aussies!

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posted June 26, 2006 06:00 PM         

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Socceroos devastated: FFA - AAP

Australia had made it onto football's world stage despite its 1-0 loss to Italy, Football Australia chief executive John O'Neill says.

Speaking from Germany, O'Neill said the Socceroos were devastated by their loss.

"We are really gutted. Sport can be very cruel, but today it was excruciatingly cruel," he told the Seven Network.

"The dressing room was incredibly sad, lots of tears."

But Australia had proved itself to the world, he said.

"We are the great over-achievers. We came here as a lowly-ranked team, lucky to make it in the eyes of the world, but the world has taken notice, big time, of what Australia has done."

"There was not a team that we have played who was demonstrably better."

O'Neill said there was still widespread support for Lucas Neill, who was responsible for a last-minute penalty kick for Italy.

"There is tremendous support for Lucas, he has really been man of the match in most of their games and today it is not Lucas Neill's fault by any stretch of the imagination."

"We can debate it until the cows come home, but Lucas Neill can hold his head up. He contributed to Australia getting as far as we did."

It was time now to look back on the success of the Socceroos with pride, he said.

"The boys have done us proud, we are immensely proud of them. We deserved the quarter-final spot but it just didn't happen," O'Neill said.

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posted June 26, 2006 10:41 PM         

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Yeah, maybe its just me but their have been way too many bad calls on the part of the referees this World Cup.

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posted June 27, 2006 05:12 AM         

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Yup, the players play the game and the Refs ruin games.

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posted June 27, 2006 08:48 AM         

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Refereeing in Australia - Italy match was so

Brazil - Ghana I'd really wish were meeting final. So sad that one of them must go home.

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posted June 27, 2006 01:56 PM         

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Really sad for Ghana. Personally, I think they played better than Brazil. But oh well, I'm starting to feel that Spain might have a chance against them.

VIVA ESPANA!

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posted June 27, 2006 03:55 PM         

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Yeah, its too bad Ghana has to go home...but they played reall well this WorldCup. THat's something I'm happy about.

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posted June 27, 2006 04:52 PM         

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Spain lost to France, and my favourite team bows out of the world cup(3-1). Well, life moves on! I am not supporting anyone else, whoever wins the cup, good for them. World Cup is over for me.

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posted June 27, 2006 05:06 PM         

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Viva o Brasil!!!

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posted June 27, 2006 06:30 PM         

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toobadfor the aussies,shouldnt have ended that-a-way..

Damn all my tems clashed..brazil,ghana,italy,aussies...

I guess I was the only one supporting ghana AND brazil :P

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posted June 27, 2006 07:50 PM         

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I was supporting Brazil as well as Ghana..... which is why I didn't watch the game

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posted June 27, 2006 10:21 PM         

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I am sorry to hear that Italy and Australia are out, but my co-worker is ecstatic that his team is still in the running. I'll say a little cheer for England just because.

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posted June 28, 2006 12:25 AM         

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So incredibly heartbroken that Spain lost. Ridiculous. Poor Raul, it was his birthday today too.

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We better see Brazil kick France's a**! REVENGE!

At this point, I don't care who wins. Although I'm sort of rooting for Italy since I'm 1/4th Italian.

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posted June 28, 2006 03:00 AM         

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Aquasprit, Italy is not out of the game...Will play against Ucrania...but I must say that after that game yesterday FRAxSPA it will be difficult for my lovely Brasil to beat France, I mean not impossible as Brazil is always Brazil, it always surprises...but France yesterday was great. It was the best game till now.

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posted June 28, 2006 03:12 PM         

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Have faith Betisa! I've been watching every Brasil game, and their sheer striking power will prevail.

It'll be bad if it comes down to Brasil and Germany, my Mom's from Germany, and I've always liked Brasil...that would be an awesome game though!

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posted June 28, 2006 11:04 PM         

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ALLEZ LEZ BLEUS!!!!!!!

WOOHOO!!

the old age pensioners beat the young'uns!!!:P

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posted June 28, 2006 11:07 PM         

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DAmn no games for a few days...got used to watching 3 games a day....was soo boring last night!

was watching the england sri lanka match last night...they lost again...sri lanka clean sweeps the series!

Cant wait for the germany argentina match!

WHAT A MATCH!!! my dads a hard core argentina supporter!

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posted June 28, 2006 11:12 PM         

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Sorry, did I say Italy? I meant Spain, coz my co-worker was going on about what a great game that was between them and France and mentioning something about Italy. I'm confused and just trying to keep up with his English jargon on the whole World Cup. I still hope England wins....for his sake.

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posted June 29, 2006 04:55 AM         

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I want Germany to beat Argentina, who's with me?

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posted June 29, 2006 07:47 AM         

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So do I, so do I, so do I....yes Germany!!!

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posted June 29, 2006 10:02 AM         

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I want Germany to beat Argentina, who's with me?

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