I do think the whole 'poor us' syndrome the 'Roos (and to be honest it wasn't them either, more like the media) gave was a little tiring. We managed to find a fault in every game we played in the world cup (the schwarzer incident against Japan, the favourable decisions towards Brazil, the unreceived penalties against Croatia, the penalty against Italy - which is the only decision i'll agree I don't agree with). The Italy game was an exception, but the other three games weren't exactly the best show of our ability to take poor refereeing decisions.
But then again, this was the dialogue between my mother and I after the Argentina v Germany fixture:
[mother comes home all sad]
Me: What's wrong?
Mother: We were robbed.
[I snigger and say]
Me: Haha sure you were. Elaborate how so?
Mother: We went to penalties! We were robbed!
Me: Uh, the point of 90 minutes is to score more goals in the opposition. If you couldn't gain a numerical advantage in 120 minutes of football, then you deserve to go to penalties right? And whose fault was it that Germany scored to level the game?
Mother: Yeah but they scored it in the second half with a few minutes to go (she was insinuating that because of this, their goal was less worthy of a value of one).
Me: And what, can't they score a goal in the second half? Is it illegal to score in the second half? You're just an ignorant moron who cries foul at every little thing that happens.
Mother: Oh yeah, and did I not mention that the referee was biased towards Germany?
Me: Mum, Argentina received more free-kicks than Germany did.
Mother: I dont care, he was still biased. And you were all pissed off when Italy was gifted that penalty against Australia.
Me: Mum, you're an idiot. Australia was robbed. And the effect of that refeering decision was no where near matched in Argentina game. Did Germany somehow receive a penalty in the last seconds to win the shootout you idiot?
Mother: You just hate Argentina.
Me: You're just an ignorant fuck.
don't kill me matt#1!!)
