Rossi made the most of it but Smith was clearly holding him.

Plus some Italians would consider it even seeing as Smetlz was offside when he scored.[/quote]

1: The holding of the was insgnificant & De Rossi also had his arm on Smith,
2: He was not been held moments before he dived
3: He was no where near the ball & in no position to get the ball when he took the dive.
4: None of the Italian players complained about the NZ goal. That tells you that they didn't think it was offside.
4: If the ball touched Reids head it was by about a hairs width & could not hve been seen by the ref or linesman. Looking at it again I cannot see where he touched it at all.
5: As it didn't touch Reids head Smeltz could not have been offside.