Absolute dream for us. I said it before the world cup, getting out of our group would be a dream, gonna take some time to sink in. We've done better than I ever expected us to. It's just a dream, that's all I'll say. 32 years we've waited, and I think it's been worth the wait for a moment like Kewell's goal.
What did I say? Kalac should never have got the start ahead of Schwarzer, and Schwarzer must start against Italy. Kalac simply can't play for us again unless Schwarzer's injured. He's just not good enough, and he's had his chance.
Not quite the raping I was hoping for, but we're finally cashing in our 32 years of bad luck. Maybe the linesman felt bad for us after those 2 penalties we should have had, but Kewell was clearly offside. We should have had 2 more penalties and the goal at the end should have stood. We controlled that game really well except for the opening 10 minutes and parts of the second half. Kennedy, Aloisi and Bresciano off the bench is a killer. We had an arseload of crosses coming in all game, and they became a lot more effective when we had Aloisi and Kennedy in there.
Both teams kicked the absolute crap out of each other, and Poll had a hell of a lot to do. Speaking of which, he can't ref again at this tournament after that. He missed 2 blatant penalties, and has to be raked over the coals for not sending off Simunic. It didn't cost us this time, but it's not good enough at a World Cup not to check your book. I wonder if he thought 'this seems familiar' when he booked Simunic the third time. What would have happened if he'd scored a winner for Croatia? Shit would have hit the fan completely. Probably an appeal to FIFA over the result and all that.
That's 3 shit refs we've had in 3 games. Hopefully now we're at the business end the standards will improve.
Kewell was fantastic tonight on the left. I think he started on the right, I just don't remember. It's all been an absolute blur. Must be the skinful of beers I've had.
Well I need some fucking sleep. What a night - Arena and the yanks get dumped on their arses and we go through
