Tonight we got to experience one of the 6 Exclusive FIFA Fan Fest locations with the others being Rio, Paris, Berlin Rome and Mexico City. The site is in Darling Harbour with 3 Massive screens in the water which can be viewed by approximetly 20,000 people. It's a sample of what would be on offer in South Africa.
We (Tom, Amy, Gary, Charlie Joe, Gar and myself) were all excited about Australia's chances. It was a realistic goal for Australia to achieve all three points against Ghana. Tim Cahill suspension did make it a little more challenging but we all had hope in Harry Kewell.
I taught I would attempted to bring a bit of a carnival atmosphere to the whole event and painted my hair the Aussie colours Green and yellow. We were ready Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi.......
The arena was pretty impressive and we arrived just in time for kick off. The game kicked off with a huge shot of fire from Darling Harbour giant screens. It was going to be good.
Australia started amazingly and grabbed a quick goal thanks to good play by Kewell. This wasn't to last though and before 30 minutes was gone Kewell was deamed to handball it on the line and receive a RED CARD and conceed a penalty..
Looking at this reply it seemed so harsh for Kewell to have to take an early bath. The referee simply took out his card and ruined the game. Ithink 2o minutes into a game you need to think a little about making such a big decision. To be fair the sending off resulted in a strong unity with the remaining 10 men. They dug deep and kept pushing for the winner. Unfortunetly it never came for the Aussies. Australia can hold their heads high from this but it most likely won't be enough to gain qualification. They will need to defeat Serbia significantly. Cahill is back so he needs to make up for lost time prompto.
The referee has the most important job on pitch so that's why it's cruical to ensure you get the best in the business. Referees seem to be making some cruical mistakes so the idea of two referees on half a pitch each may not be bad idea although I believe the notion of a referee underanding players better to be another great option. This can be achieved by trained old pros.
Heads up everyone,
Conor
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