Just recently two real tragic incidents happened in the soccer world. In 1997 the Australian soccer national team (the ‘Socceroos’) were close to the qualification for the World Cup. In the playoff against Iran they were leading 2:0 when a rowdy (well-known to the Australian public) ran onto the playing ground, destroyed the net of one of the goals so that this had to be repaired. In the meanwhile the Australian team lost their flow of the game so that when the game was continued the Iranians balanced out within 10 minutes to 2:2. Thus they went to the Word Cup in France instead.
At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Australia had qualified; they even made it to the last 16 where they met the Italians. At halftime the result was 0:0 and the Socceroos played quite well against the Italians smaller in size, as they had lost a player, Materazzi, due to a red card. They believed they would make it to the extra time when Fabio Grosso made a brilliant dive that resulted into a penalty for Italy.
At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Australia had qualified; they even made it to the last 16 where they met the Italians. At halftime the result was 0:0 and the Socceroos played quite well against the Italians smaller in size, as they had lost a player, Materazzi, due to a red card. They believed they would make it to the extra time when Fabio Grosso made a brilliant dive that resulted into a penalty for Italy.
Francesco Totti scored and Italy went to the next round. And everyone knows at the end Italy even ended up in the semi-final against Germany and won the Cup.
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