Robbed!

Maybe-maybe not,but a good performance by both teams.A very entertaining game and the socceroos should be very proud ggetting that far.

Too many wasted chances. They did exceptionally well to get that far.

Just proves that it is such a silly game......no other "real" football codes would let a decision like that stand! ;-)

Next week, it will be all but forgotten.....we will all go back to our respective sports we enjoy watching.

(isn't it obvious) avid soccer fan, Andrew :-)

We have had to fight for every step, we have had bad decisions thrust upon us everywhere, and rarely did we see the ref take our side. Obviously the reff in this match was a freakin idiot and I just dont understand why they cant watch the replay to see that the decision was clearly based on a freakin italian who should be acting in low quality community italian tv rarther than playing soccer. The player should have recieved a yellow card for faking an injury. At worst the italian should have recieved a free kick, but the reff decided to hand the game over and make the italians the winners. The other stupid decision was when the italian handballed and the game continued without any notice. That was clear on the screen and was illegal. We should have recieved a penalty kick and did not. In this case the game should have ended 1:1 or 1:0 to us. I feel like the reff made a decision of who he would like to win. After all we have gone through to get here, and to have us kicked out in this way is against all principle. I cant see how these reffs are paid for choosing the winners. Fifa should not pay them but italy should definatly share their winnings with that reff, he was their star player, man of the match and deserves an italian parade and key of the city.

Proud of the Roos but it's hard to get excited about a game that can be decided like that, no justice. AFL is safe as all the good players in Australia end up OS where the money is. Fantastic effort, wouldn't celebrate if I were the Italians, they aren't anywhere near good enough to win this.

It is supposed to be a game of skill..... but deliberate hand balls, fake 'dives' and corrupt officials... oh well............

REFEREES we see it every week in the rugby league what a waste of genuine results that is why people were rapt in soccer now it appears that all sports are the same makes you wonder doesnt it

No matter which sport you follow there are good decisions and bad decisions made each week in every game in every code. We had a fantastic run. We won our way to the World Cup and we got through to the last 16. The end was tragic for us but had it been the same decision made our way, then we'd be cheering now. That's just the way it goes.

I'm a Victorian, love my footy (AFL) but that doesn't mean there isn't room for other codes. Rugby, Soccer, Hockey...you name it...if Australia plays it, then I'll be cheering. That's not climbing on the bandwagon that's just being an Aussie.

This World Cup has been fantastic. Still is fantastic. Australia is fantastic in the way it supported the team. This has been a wonderful example of how we really get behind our sports people and cheer them on no matter what the sport is. We're winners.

Viv