Firstly let me just say how damn proud I am to be Australian. And don't worry about 2-0, coz that faltters them tremendously. The boys played their hearts and played terrifically. We matched Brazil stride for stride and except for the first 10 minutes of the 2nd half, we dominated the second half. We had various chances on goal and were a little unlucky not to come away with something. I always said that we had a shout and any1 who watched that game saw that clearly they were rattled by us and we were in with more than a shout.
The first half, I think we played the much better football. They barely had a shot, and weren't creating anything at all. We had a very organised defence and actually looked every bit as good going forward as they did. Which is why it hurt so much that they scored so quickly after the break. I mean it was one of the only mistakes the defence made the whole game. We were caught off guard and they capitalised, full credit to them. From that point on though Guus made a few changes and really we dominated things. Yeah they had a few counterattacking moments, but we had no defence left really and were going for broke. Harry missed a sitter unfortnately. He also had a shot just go over, and missed a one on one. Dukes also had a shot JUST go over right at the end and of course Bresciano was denied a spectacular goal from a good save. They were the type of moments that, if we had the rub of the green, could have helped us claim 3 points. Brazil on the other hand had an early Kaka shot, the Adriano goal, a Kaka header, a robinho shot and then the last unfortunate goal. That's all they had on target. They didn't dominate. They were struggling and as I said 2-0 flattered them tremendously. It was while we had all our guys up in attack and they capitalised.
All the players put in 100%. Now this isn't an excuse just an observation, coz I dunno if it woulda changed the outcome, but did the referee seem overawed by the situation? I mean they were (Lucio particular) tackling our players from behind and yet they would get the free-kick coz they go down like a bunch of sissy girls (apologies to all sissy girls). I mean you see Viduka getting his legs hacked and yet coz he's a fucking man and doesnt go down like a pansy, he doesn't get a free-kick. It was soo frustrating to watch. It was as if since they are brazilian, the have to get the free-kick. It was utter bullshit. Once again not an excuse since its not the only game in World Cup when this has happened.
And to next game. Well judging from how poorly Croatia played and how well we played, I say we are a very decent chance of making to the 2nd round. And after that display, either we can take on any1 in this tournament, or Brazil are in fact overrated. So good luck.
Oh and great to hear the crowd in Munich. They may have the better team/actresses (Lucio, Ronaldo) but we by far have the best supporters. All I could hear were their chants
. Viduka...bah.
