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Italy have gone on to bigger and better things certainly since they dived their way to victory over Australia in the round of 16.  How would Australia have gone if that result had gone their way?  Don’t know … my guess is that we would have been a decent chance against Ukraine but I think Germany would have had our measure.

The most notable thing to come out of the match (I didn’t watch it …didn’t get into this World Cup as much as the last one once Australia was out - time differences, lack of minnows going through to the last stages, etc) was the send off of the superb French player Zinedine Zidane for head butting.  This was Zidane’s last game for France, and it was an inglorious way for him to end his career.  Nevertheless he won the FIFA Golden Ball Award for best player at the World Cup (obviously voted for before his red card in extra time in the final).