WE ARE GOING TO GERMANY!! Unbelievable! I cannot begin to describe this night... fantastic result for not only Australian soccer but also for Australia itself. We actually outplayed a strong side tonight, Uruguay were no pushovers... They are a tough side and I cannot believe we had such great composure and came back from the 1-0 loss in Montivideo to win.
A few points from my perspective on the match that will be probably analysed in greater depth later on but what about:
- The early sub of a defender (Popovic) for Harry Kewell. Absolute master stroke
- The composure from continual diving and "gamesmanship" from the Uruguayans... but not only were we composed, we indulged in a bit of it ourselves ;-)
- The substitution of Recoba for Uruguay? Why?? No real apparent injury as far as I could tell
- Schwarzer's saves in the shoot out. The 2nd in particular was a ripper!
- Viduka's miss! I thought it was in the bag when he stepped up. A penalty to rival Baggio methinks! But at least it didn't cost us in the end...
Overall a great game, a great spectacle and a great result! GERMANY HERE WE COME!
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I admit that I am generally not a fan of the soccer, but couldn't help but be gripped watching this match.
Bloody great stuff and a superb result for promotion of the game in Oz. Well done boys!
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