lol

Sore. Loser. :-({|=

I don't remember Italy being a fine example of sportsmanship.

""The pot calling the kettle black""

or in Italy the term is "Il bue che dà del cornuto all'asino" ("The ox calling the donkey horned") or "Cencio che dice mal di straccio (A rag speaking ill of a cloth)"

:O an italian complained about an opposition player diving??? now i've heard it all!

Hes kidding...right?

Has he seen De Rossi's video from against Paraguay? Someone should show him that before he puts his foot in his mouth...oh, too late.

Oh, the irony of an Italian complaining about diving!!! Cry me a river, Cannavaro!

Obviously he didn't see what their penalty was awarded for!

Fuck, I'm still LMAO about that game! Couldn't have happened to a nicer team!!!!

Just curious how did the italians get there goal in the game, wasnt it a vicious tackle that caused the italian to go down in a career ending injury resulting in a penalty

Surely this is a 'whined' up...

Hey Pot
Hey Kettle
Hey Pot guess what?
What Kettle?
Your black mate!
Fuck you Kettle...

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Yeah...definitely need to do something about those cheating kiwis...

This has to be a joke right?... Poetic justice

Are you fucking kidding?

Generic outrage comment #14.

If anything... FIFA need to stamp out every instance of blatant diving in the game... I'm not targeting the Italians specifically, but there are many instances of Italians diving for no real reason...

Won't happen. It's Italian culture. They won't ban the Vuvuzelas because it's Seuth Efriken culture....

It's not a question of culture, it's a question of the laws of the game. Simulation is in breach of the laws of the game.

haha nice video too afro. Missed that game :(

Exactly. There are already rules in place to stop this. It's a matter of adequately policing them.

Cheers timmy.

Carnivarro should be ashamed of him self for his sad pathetic playacting.

ehhh boppeti boopeti

Yeah because Kewell never goes down easily huh?

Didn't Neill come out the other day and say that Aussies are too nice and should learn how to manipulate the rules? Theres no point in riding a challenge, then losing the ball when you can go down after illegal contact and win a free kick.

If it was your own team, none of you would be complaining. The hypocrisy in this place is unbelievable sometimes.

reminder: Bresciano in 2006 doing a 3 quarter half pike after not being touched, resulting in Materazzi getting sent off.

But he is Italian too I guess huh? :roll: :roll:

meh. And people wonder why -Australians go for the nation of their parents birth rather than Australia. Its because a lot of the Australian football fans are frakking ignorant, close-minded tools that think that Australia has some kind of divine right to be in and win the world cup, all off the back of a 1 win lucky 2006 world cup. They and the team have been too busy talking about "last time" instead of worrying and focusing on this time. Talk all you want of Grosso's "dive", De Rossi's "dive", dodgey Italian refs and what not. It just takes away the focus of the real problems facing Australian football. Lack of development and world class players coming through the ranks to take over the reins and a boring useless coach who basically screwed the 2010 campaign on his awesome decision to play an unfamiliar formation and players.

But I guess its Italy's fault huh?

/rant

I Agree, Fabio Cannavaro and a number of other Italian players are just overpaid whining cheats.

One of the best moments of the match was when he got turned inside out by an 18 year old kid, the look on his face was priceless.

I will admit that Fallon should have been booked for his first challange but after that the Italians were diving whenever our players went near them.

As Fallon said to the Press after the game "The Italians need to stop behaving like little girls", although I do think that is an insult to little girls they are more like babies.

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italian complaining about dirty playing.....


my word, look at your team first dude.

DIVEDIVEDIVEDIVEDIVE WAAAH DIVE is all I read there.

I can see where Erebus is coming from, but I don't entirely agree.

Is it wrong to suggest that it is hypocritical that an Italian player is complaining about diving and play-acting? Looking at recent evidence and games, I don't think so. It would be wrong to claim they are the only ones engaging in this activity, but evidence is there that many in the Italian team HAVE simulated now and in the recent past. They are not the only ones, and I'm not trying to make out Italy are spawns of satan.

Regardless of whether or not Australia employs similar tactics, the fact is that it is hypocritical coming from Cannavaro.

Nobody is claiming that Italy is at fault for our current campaign. We know we were underprepared.

And making a mass judgement on 'Australian football fans' based on <20 comments is unfair to be honest.

I don't mean to wind you up or start an argument, but this is just where I stand on the issue. :). Take it with a grain of salt. :P

Edited by imnofreak: 23/6/2010 12:55:06 PM

What a load of shit. Ignorant Australians? Mate take a look at the post you just wrote, ingnorance at it's best Australian fans blah blah... Australian people blah blah blah. As with most cultures Australian's tend to have certain characteristics, in the present case a particular dislike for diving, or to put it more bluntly cheating. Now that's not to say it doesn't happen with the Australian team from time to time, but the reality is there are certain national terms that have a disposition to diving and hence cheating. For reasons stated this doesn't sit well with the Australian public in general.

No one is claiming that Australia should win the world cup, I think you'll find that most are quite happy just to have our boys there and will be more than happy to see them come back with their heads held high after putting in what could be classed as an 'Australian' performance, win lose or draw. The media on the other hand may be a little different, but to be honest the media in most instances are scum in any event.

Like it or not the Italians are widely regarded, within and outside Australia, as a team that goes to ground all too easily. You might not like that but that is the case. As far as people of -Australians supporting the nation of their parents maybe that comes down to their feeling an affiliation with the country, maybe they support both Australia and the national team of their family history, maybe they are just glory hunters that see their second or first country as having a better chance of winning the world cup, maybe they don't like supporting a team that in all liklihood will struggle to win a game.. who knows.

Confucius say....."you can't reason someone out of a position, they haven't arrived at through reason."

The whole Italian diving cheating thing has, in this country, exceeded the bounds of reason and is unlikely to return there for a long, long time - if ever. It is the sad endeavour of jaded football fans who have made their decision well before appraising the facts, and when these decisions are built on prejudice, single mindedness and harnessed through hatred, they are unfortunately, unalterable.

Wow! We have amongst us a bunch of forumites who find themselves in the unique position of beliving their views are right, and the views of the opposition (in this case Italy, even if its not us that's actually playing them) are wrong. How novel.

If i'm not mistaken, Cannavaro had an abolsutely stellar World Cup in 2006 on every front - including fair play - and is considered in italy and around the globe a footballer of the highest order. Up there with Maldini and Buffon (are these guys really Italian?) In De Rossi's case, is he the biggest cheat in the competition? Of course not. His only sin was to accentuate what in reality was indeed an infringement and therefore a penalty. Could he have done it with more grace, or not at all? Absolutely. But any reasonable observer would note that this is but a trifle in comparison to what has been going on in this sorry world cup....Ivory Coast, Chile and Greece cases in point for engaging in seriously low acts to influence red cards.Villa's slap to teh face. Fabiano's double hand ball. I could go on and on...but nah...its just easier to vent on the Italians.

Four cups in the cupboard my friend. When you're a bigger target, you're going to cop more fire. Just accept it and move on, its the price you pay for following a successful team.