Italia vs Australia 1-0 WC 2006 - Heartbreak for Australia - All Goals and Extended Highlights

Flashback: 2006 World Cup, heartbreak for Australia The 2006 World Cup round of 16 brought together Italy and Australia. The match ended with the score 1-0 for Italy’s victory. It’s just that Marcelo Lippi’s squad victory was colored by a controversy that the Australian public may not forget. In that match Italy had to play with 10 men after Marco Materazzi received a second yellow card in the 50th minute. But despite being ahead in number of players, Australia was unable to penetrate the strong Italian defense - until the competition ended Italy only conceded two goals, an own goal and one through a French penalty in the final. But what happened was very unexpected by the Australian squad. When the second half of extra time was counting down, Italy was awarded a penalty. Francesco Totti, who became the executor of 12 passes, did his job well. The cause of the penalty is very uncomfortable for the Australian stronghold. Because Fabio Grosso was actually not violated by Lucas Neill, but fell down (diving). Australia feels ’deprived’ of the opportunity to qualify for the quarter-finals. Insults also came to the Italian team for winning in an unfair way.