Australia vs Nippon
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wao lao...sh!t man...today never buy new paper to see odds...Originally posted by loudmonkey:3-1!!!! Why I never buy Australia (-1 1/2)???? $1 pay $ 5 leh!!!!!!
but hard la..no one really could tell australia to win by 2 goals...given japan is quite seasoned in world cup torny... -
japan defence very weak,brazil will destroy japan soon,think brazil will score at least 3 goals against japan
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i saw a guy betting on japan to win 2 - 0.
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was rooting for japan when i saw how unsportmanlike of guus hiddink preventing the japanese medical team from approaching the pitch, and how austrialian went in for the oppositions' legs instead of ball.
japan keeper was a rock between the posts until he made one wrong decision to come out of his goal for a ball meaninglessly.
anyway, japan only have themselves to blame for wasting so many chances. they simply look lost when approaching the penalty box.
australia was also lucky to escape a penalty and red card when tim cahill went in for the player's shin instead of the ball. -
australia have never scored a goal in the world cup finals.Originally posted by loudmonkey:3-1!!!! Why I never buy Australia (-1 1/2)???? $1 pay $ 5 leh!!!!!!
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its true. australia keep going for the legs. japan should have a penalty and cahill sent off.Originally posted by www:was rooting for japan when i saw how unsportmanlike of guus hiddink preventing the japanese medical team from approaching the pitch, and how austrialian went in for the oppositions' legs instead of ball.
japan keeper was a rock between the posts until he made one wrong decision to come out of his goal for a ball meaninglessly.
anyway, japan only have themselves to blame for wasting so many chances. they simply look lost when approaching the penalty box.
australia was also lucky to escape a penalty and red card when tim cahill went in for the player's shin instead of the ball. -
y all so glum. lose money izzit
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won money instead. let my gf take japan and i took australia, but i rather i lost the bet.
i just dislike unsportmanship and hate it when footballers went in for ankles instead of the ball. -
i jus won a fcuk from my boss wife
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didnt lose lah.Originally posted by anhydrouscoppersulphate:y all so glum. lose money izzit
but also didnt win...which is more than or 
wasted opportunity....
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see jap first goal...1 jap guy go use his leg wrap around schwarzers legs... then takahara go bang schwarzer... ref nv blow foul... thought b4 tt aust was playin not tt rough... if not for tt incident...
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The best game in WC ever.
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I don't know what to say about this game.. It was so damn boring and 5hitclass until my brother went up to sleep when it was 80 mins which was when the excitement starts. The two teams do not know how to attack. It was full of running and aggresive play. I guess it's the weather. All the matches played at that time, the teams look tired and hot. And yesterday I guess, Japan couldn't last until the very end and the defence crumbled. I hope Brazil trash these 2 teams.
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reminds one of france vs england at euro 04
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the only way for jap players to withstand brazil is defend tightly, n score at the last min.Originally posted by Aveme:japan defence very weak,brazil will destroy japan soon,think brazil will score at least 3 goals against japan
score too early will make brazilians furious n they will pay back.
if let brazil score 1st goals, the jap players will make more mistakes further like the aust match. -
Aussies accept ref's brave apology
Paul Kent
SHORTLY after blowing the final whistle yesterday, referee Essam Abd El Fatah declared: "God was on my side."
The Egyptian referee was alluding not to Australia's get-out-of-jail win, but of his own escape after admitting that he had made a mistake when awarding Japanese superstar Shunsuke Nakamura a goal in the 26th minute. Abd El Fatah also apologised to Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer for the blunder.
Schwarzer was shouldered off the ball and should have been awarded a free kick, but instead Abd El Fatah gave Japan the goal, making the mistake that could have cost Australia its future in the World Cup.
The controversial goal looked like it was going to be the difference until Australia's dramatic finish, saving Abd El Fatah a public embarrassment and, perhaps worse, eternal condemnation in Australia.
"About five minutes into the game, after they scored, I went over to him and said, 'It's a clear foul'," Schwarzer said.
"And he said, 'Yes, I made a mistake'. I think it's very good of him to do that.
"He has got a lot of courage to come out and say that.
"At the end of the game he said the same thing to Mark Viduka.
"He said God was on his side because the result went the way it did and it didn't affect his decision to give them a goal in the first half."
Schwarzer was moving in to catch a cross floated in by Nakamura when two Japanese players, Naohiro Takahara and Atsushi Yanagisawa, charged across the line of the ball.
Making no contact with the ball, the pair crashed into Schwarzer and knocked him over. The ball then bounced softly into the net, giving Japan a 1-0 lead, which it held until the 83rd minute, when Australia's dramatic comeback began.
While clearly upset, Schwarzer said there would have been little benefit to charge at the referee with a complaint, although he said: "I felt like running after him and kicking him.
"But I'm not going to run after him and abuse him. All it brings is a yellow card.
"The reaction was that it was a foul, so I don't have to say anything else."
Abd El Fatah has a troubled history with Australia, enough for the Socceroos to approach the game with a wary eye on his performance.
At the Athens Olympics two years ago the referee hit the Australians with four yellow cards in a 1-0 loss to Argentina, costing Craig Moore and Tim Cahill appearances in the Olyroos' next game.
The referee was equally as brutal yesterday, booking Vince Grella and John Aloisi, as well as Moore and Cahill.
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,19466151%255E2883,00.html -
FIFA:"Sorry not enough, you must explain why! Why you din see it? why your view was being block?"