Envy.. 100% envy... and BTW french, portuguese, spanish, and all latin teams do
the same...
we are in the final, so you can all suck our big italian sausage dry
the fanniest thing is that in the match Australia-Italy the italian player
Grosso didn't dive at all, there is a big difference between diving and falling
because you have a man between your legs while you are running, and you
australians, who never plaied football in your life dannot distinguish between
the two things...basically this is your problem, not ours if you don't know the
difference between football and rugby! ...in football you are not allowed to
obstruct a player who is going straight into the goal with the ball, and if
while doing so you stop him and make him fall it is penalty, even if you didn't
want to hit him.
Taken from the official laws published on the fifa web site:
"A direct free kick is also awarded to the opposing team if a player
commits any of the following four offences:
* tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the
opponent before touching the ball
* ...
"
I just rewatched the higlights of the match, and it is clear that this is
exactly what the australian plaier did, and in fact he wasn't even able to touch
the ball, he did touch only the italian plaier who actually fooled him bringing
the ball away...basicaly this shows mainly how the italian player was superior
to the australian player, and not a cheater. And according to this rule it was
penalty.
One final remark, if australians were so honest, why didn't they protest when
the referee sent the italian player Materazzi out? According to the rules that
was a mistake to send him out, so if the australian players were so honest they
should have protested, but they didn't simply because they are like all the
other pleyers, if something positive for them happens, they are simply happy
with it, and they were happy to play half of an hour with one man more then the
italian team, as this was the only chance they had to try towin the match, so
they were happy to receive such a present from the referee. But unfortunately
they weren't able to exploit the present....again this is an australian problem,
not an italian one.
I am from England (the country that invented the game, also the country with
good players but a shite manager)and yes, the Italians are divers and cheats as
are most countries at the world cup. It is also starting to creep into the
English game and if it isnt stopped it will end up ruining the beautiful game.
dear dishonest mkcerusky, the aussies didn't 'trick' the ref into red carding
the italian player, big difference. how do u link honesty with protesting a
foregone conclusion? once the red card is shown, it cant be undone.
it was a dishonest dive that won italy that game.
wow italy's national team needed to resort to cheating to beat aussie minnows,
what world champions they must be (NOT).
it will never be the beautiful game whilst shit like that is allowed to happen
630 you forgot that Grosso was REALLY hit by the australian player and DID NOT
dive, there is a big difference between falling and diving.
And also for a penalty, as you say "once it is shown it can't be
undone". From this point of view, Italian and australian players did
exactly they same thing: they accepted a decision of the referee which was good
for them. I don't think that if the australians where in the shoes of the
italians would have asked the referee not to give the penalty.
