Personally, I think that Austrailia preformed rather well since they weren't in the World Cup last time. Who agrees with me?
2006-07-17 15:40:19 · 26 answers · asked by isotope_uranium235 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ FIFA World Cup (TM)
I think they did play very well though as an Aussie I could be seen to be a little biased. However they played far better than expected and also were more competitive than even realistic Aussies thought they would be. It was a great experience for them and has provided the building block the Socceroo's needed and a solid foundation for the growth of football in Australia in general. I don't know if the momentum will be effected with the likely loss of Kewell and Viduka, and the parting of Hiddink. I hope not. He only had the team for ten months and did a fantastic job with them, it would have been nice to see them in 2010 with a full 4 yrs under Hiddink. I think the future looks bright though and Australians have no reason to not get behind them and see some great results. They will upset a few for sure. They held their own and will improve on their 06 performances. See you all in 2010.
2006-07-17 16:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Well, I would say they were involved in maybe the best 3 games of the tourney. Maybe not the top 3, but 3 of the top 5. The Brazil game was good, they had their chances to score and possibly win. The Italy game was fantastic, very unlucky on the late pk. The Japan game was amazing, 3 goals in the last 5 minutes to win! The Croatia game was nuts. I was on my feet watching the final 20 minutes going nuts. What an unreal finish. I was rooting for them, certainly entertaining, unlike many many other teams (USA, you bastards).
P.S. The pk against Italy was justified, it wasn't a 100% pk, but it was one the ref had to call, IMO.
2006-07-17 15:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by Beavis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million. Gianluigi Buffon 2.Lillian Thuram 3. Gianluca Zambrotta 4. John Terry 5. Fabio Cannavaro 6. Zinedine Zidane 7. Michael Ballack 8.Francesco Totti 9. Lukas Podolski 10. Fernando Torres 11. Arjen Robben it is my dream group of world cup 2006 GK- Buffon LB-Gianluca Zambrotta RB-Lillian Thuram CB- J. Terry CB- F. Cannavaro MC- Michael Ballack MC- Totti MC- zINEDINE ZIDANE F- Torres F- Robben F- Podolski
2016-11-02 06:17:41 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any team to make it to the fifa world cup is definitely amazing.
It is such an honor to play for fifa!
this year might not have been their year
but we'll see what happens in 2008!
2006-07-17 15:47:29 · answer #4 · answered by divalicious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were never meant to make it out of their group! Japan and Croatia forgot that it was the World Cup. The Socceroos did impress me though.
2006-07-17 15:46:31 · answer #5 · answered by cnote_73 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They looked really good. A great team! and the Penalty kick was a bad call. Any Australian supporter should be proud. Congratulations!
2006-07-17 17:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by Tica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree i'm VERY impressed of Aussie an Spain last world cup they didn't even get out the first round an so as Portugal.
2006-07-17 16:45:12 · answer #7 · answered by London qirl . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it wasn't actually their first time at that level, although it was for the last 30(+) years. We only won 1 game, we could have put our subs on late in the ITALY game instead of waiting for extra time.
2006-07-17 16:06:37 · answer #8 · answered by obrob 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you and i enjoyed watching the game they played against japan when they scored 3 goals in the last ten minutes of the game when it all seemed like japan had won three points, they were proven wrong
2006-07-17 16:34:22 · answer #9 · answered by ωнєη уσυ ѕмιℓє уσυ мαкє мє ѕмιℓє 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you, although I didnt support them I thought they played really well. I especially enjoyed their game against Japan, when they scored those late goals.
2006-07-17 15:46:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋