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<blockquote data-quote="STARP_Social_Officer" data-source="post: 2912165" data-attributes="member: 41202">During the last 20 minutes, I decided, bugger it, time for some national spirit. I have so little of it this was a rare moment for me. There were a couple of times in that game that I thought &quot;bloody hell - we're actually going to beat them&quot;, particularly after the Italians lost a man to the red card. And then, in the closing seconds...gone.Everyone's right. It was a bad call by the referee, and shouldn't have been a penalty. But I'm skeptical that it actually made a difference. If the call had been played on, the game would have gone to extra time, and there's no way to be sure who, if anyone, would have scored. Given the 0-0 score and the world-class defending from both teams, I'm not sure the game wouldn't have gone to penalties, and if that had happened, I'm fairly sure Italy would have won. I'm not going to say I'm &quot;shattered&quot; by the loss, and I'm not surprised, but I'm a tad disappointed such an obvious play on was called as a penalty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STARP_Social_Officer, post: 2912165, member: 41202"] During the last 20 minutes, I decided, bugger it, time for some national spirit. I have so little of it this was a rare moment for me. There were a couple of times in that game that I thought "bloody hell - we're actually going to beat them", particularly after the Italians lost a man to the red card. And then, in the closing seconds...gone. Everyone's right. It was a bad call by the referee, and shouldn't have been a penalty. But I'm skeptical that it actually made a difference. If the call had been played on, the game would have gone to extra time, and there's no way to be sure who, if anyone, would have scored. Given the 0-0 score and the world-class defending from both teams, I'm not sure the game wouldn't have gone to penalties, and if that had happened, I'm fairly sure Italy would have won. I'm not going to say I'm "shattered" by the loss, and I'm not surprised, but I'm a tad disappointed such an obvious play on was called as a penalty. [/QUOTE]

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