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Originally Posted by tiger1000
in the 85 min their should have been a penalty for
japan .
in half time they said the goal was a right dection
i think japan played better football for 80 mins in the game
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AUS | |
| 12 | Shots on Goal | 2 |
| 20 | Shots | 6 |
| 22 | Fouls | 11 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Free Kicks | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 4 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 52% | Ball Possession | 48% |
I think the statistics speak for themselves. Australia thoroughly deserved to win this match, however, Japan did play very good football up until the last 10 minutes (and even then they had a few chances). I think the unawarded penalty everyones winging about negates the initial refereeing blunder in the first half which resulted in Japan's only goal. In fact, the referee apologised to Mark Schwarzer when questioned only 5 minutes later during a pause in play - acknowledging that he had in fact made a mistake in not awarding a free kick to the Australian number 1. Great win by the Aussies.
Bring on Brazil!
