Humfp.

The magical run has come to a screeching halt. All in the time it took to blow a whistle.

The beautiful game, 11 Australian men gave it all they had for 94 minutes, then to be ROBBED in the final minute by a ref.

Actually most of the World Cup matches have been marred by poor refs. Today was jsut another sad example. Early in the second half he flashed a red card to the Italians that never should have been, at best it might have been a yellow card.

So the Italians were down to 10 men.

As the match wore on the Australians could not convert their hard work to goals, sad but painfully true. It's hard to get a ball through 8 men in the penalty box. We'll have to work on that.

But the saddest most pitiful part of the game, and the sole reasons why MILLIONS do not love the beautiful game occurred in the final minute of extra time. A DIVE. I don't get it, I'll never get it, it should not be a part of the game and MOST countries do NOT employ this tactic of falling to the ground at the lightest of touches. Grosso who for all intents and purposes looks to be a strong man, was felled by Lucas Neill's defending of the ball, from the ground. IN FACT Mr. Neill only made contact with the ball and Totti had all his weight on his RIGHT leg and dangled his left over the fallen defender, before collapsing to the ground in attempt to win a penalty kick. Which REF you should be ashamed of yourself for giving him! It was over before he ever kicked the penalty. What a sad way for it to end for the Australians World Cup campaign.

Humfp.