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[peki]

Yay! Our team won, and people are freaking out in the best way :) I love it when the collective mood is good, Germans tend to criticize every chance they get, so it's nice when there's nothing to pick apart for once.

Game recap here. Go, boys! I can't wait for the next game. :D

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[sereniteys]

Not to put a dampener on your win but you beat Australia. We’re hardly soccer heavyweights. Our actual goalie went home, and his replacement clearly sucked. And Timmy Cahill was robbed. Did not deserve that red card! Your player totally milked it!

... was that convincing? I’m not sure how what he did constitutes a tackle. :) not a great soccer lover. But like a true Aussie sports fan, see how defensive I was. Though we gave you a warm up match, a nice little run and loads of goal kicking practice.

It was amusing me all week how people thought we could win because we did so well in the last world cup. Silly, silly soccer fans. Get us in a pool though, and we’ll whip you!

Enjoy the rest of the world cup. Your team might actually keep winning and be there for more than 6 days!

[peki]

Um, sorry? :) I actually didn't expect it'd be such a clear win, I thought the Australians would do better too. We'll see what happens in this group for the rest of the round, but I'm thinking Germany and Ghana will go on.

I agree the red card was a little too strict, but he went for the legs instead of the ball, from behind, and that definitely constituted a foul. We've lost so many players before the WC started that we can't afford another one to get injured. Really worried for our boys here! I do want them to go on to the next round.

[sereniteys]

Ohh controversy, our commentators were saying Cahill WAS going for the ball and tried to pull out before hitting him but his momentum carried him forward. :o maybe still a foul, I’ll take your word for it :P, but agreed, harsh red card.

Yeah, I'll admit even I didn't think we'd lose 4-0. That was an impressive loss. Very much outplayed. I think the players were hoping that Germany would go in overconfident and we’d be able to do something soccerlike. Besides everyone loves the underdog, though not so much when they get their arses handed to them. Lol.

Cahill's the one person in the team who knows where the net is so Aussies aren't sure who is going to score, if we manage to score at all in the next game. We’ve got a few years to go before Australia consistently cares about soccer like they do other codes. Maybe we’ll barrack for South Africa, it’s still green and gold.

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I'm loving the first chapter of Best Laid Plans. This type of het, I can definitely take ~_^