Australia vs Croatia World Cup
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Hi All
Unless you live under a rock, you've probably realised that World Cup Soccer is on here in Germany. As I wrote in my Munich weekend update, I managed to scalp two tickets off some random aussies for the Australia v Croatia game. Well, today I went to said game.
UN-BE-LIEVABLE
What an atmosphere, what an experience, what a victory!! (well, it was a draw but enough to see us through to 2nd round). Although heavily outnumbered, the aussies were out in force and so too were the socceroos. Although we outplayed them and dominated most of the game, it was Croatia who scored first. We then equalised late in the 1st half to be 1-1 at halftime. Croatia again pulled away with a weak goal and it looked bad for us but a piece of Kewell magic and we tied. It was then an emotional rollercoaster as Croatia pushed heavily in the dying minutes but we held off, despite several bad calls by the referee who has subsequently been suspended.
When the final siren blew, the aussies erupted with the masses of croatians deadly silent. The aussie party continued well into the night and we joined the huddled masses in Schlossplatz, which is the main square here in Stuttgart and partied til well into the wee hours of the morning. Was truely a memorable event and one i'm not likely to forget.
Unfortunately, in our match against Italy on the 26th, we were robbed with a very bad call against us made with 8 seconds to go in the 2nd half. A penalty was rewarded and the winning goal scored. Robbed I tells ya. Anyway, good job Socceroos, your country is proud.
Unless you live under a rock, you've probably realised that World Cup Soccer is on here in Germany. As I wrote in my Munich weekend update, I managed to scalp two tickets off some random aussies for the Australia v Croatia game. Well, today I went to said game.
UN-BE-LIEVABLE
What an atmosphere, what an experience, what a victory!! (well, it was a draw but enough to see us through to 2nd round). Although heavily outnumbered, the aussies were out in force and so too were the socceroos. Although we outplayed them and dominated most of the game, it was Croatia who scored first. We then equalised late in the 1st half to be 1-1 at halftime. Croatia again pulled away with a weak goal and it looked bad for us but a piece of Kewell magic and we tied. It was then an emotional rollercoaster as Croatia pushed heavily in the dying minutes but we held off, despite several bad calls by the referee who has subsequently been suspended.
When the final siren blew, the aussies erupted with the masses of croatians deadly silent. The aussie party continued well into the night and we joined the huddled masses in Schlossplatz, which is the main square here in Stuttgart and partied til well into the wee hours of the morning. Was truely a memorable event and one i'm not likely to forget.
Unfortunately, in our match against Italy on the 26th, we were robbed with a very bad call against us made with 8 seconds to go in the 2nd half. A penalty was rewarded and the winning goal scored. Robbed I tells ya. Anyway, good job Socceroos, your country is proud.
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