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Originally Posted by Alex_Rider
I am an Australian and I am convinced thet the refs are paid to find some way of keeping the small teams out of the finals. Lets face it, the vast majority of the world cup Audience does not want to see Australia or the small time "every 20 years" teams in the finals. They want Italy, Brazil, Croatia,Germany to be up there. My mate predicted the event of the AUS Vs ITALY game EXACTLY, days before it happend. Imagine the chaos if Italy had of lost that game. You should have seen the riots when they were eliminated in 2002! Not to mention England! It is a huge media goldmine. Half of there audience are italian, german or brazillian.
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I imagine if there were huge upsets and european countries were to lose terribly, many Americans might suddenly gain an interest in the world cup.
[/quote]On another note, how do people put up watching terrible "actors" rolling around on the pitch, grabbing at shin guards "um, thats what they are for". They either need to teach a bit of sportsmanship or toughen up those pussies. Seriously I can't believe some of these guys and some of the decisions. Soccerroos just stand up brush themselves off, look around "no, penalty, what else is new" and went on playing. I hate to say this but the Aussies may have to shrink to their level if they want to succeed further next time, like our Harry Koolle, I think the UK has brushed off on him.[/QUOTE]
This is why most of the USA just laughs at the world cup. It's become more about trying to draw fouls than actually playing, and those players just look like asses, plain and simple. How many times to they bring a stretcher out for a player who gets up and continues to play once the ref makes a call? Far too many.