yay we finally have done it, won a match at the world cup

but boy the took their time!! 3 goals to 1.Jonny Warren told us so!!

 

i was suprised that Japan weren't playing so well.

 

but we musn't forget to thank John Safran for lifting the curse lol.

Congrats Aussis!:D

 

You deserve...ok I am a secret aussi fan...and this "Aussi aussi aussi" reminds me just of my australian friends...hehe..

they sang it when they went off the bus when they arrived here in Germany!

congratulations! :D 3 goals in 10 minutes :stunned:

Congrats Aussis!:D

 

You deserve...ok I am a secret aussi fan...and this "Aussi aussi aussi" reminds me just of my australian friends...hehe..

they sang it when they went off the bus when they arrived here in Germany!

 

Well you're much better off supporting Aus than Germany, anyway!!:P

very good!!! I was happy that Australia won too!!! :D

Safran helps lift curse of the Socceroos

 

By David Sygall

November 20, 2005

 

QUALIFYING for the 2006 World Cup had nothing to do with the heroics of goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, the ice-cool penalty kick by John Aloisi or supercoach Guus Hiddink.

 

The real reason for Australia's great football victory is some investigative journalism by comic John Safran.

 

If you think this is a joke, rewind the tape of the post-game presentation on SBS and watch analyst Craig Foster quickly thanking Safran for helping lift the curse on Australian football.

 

The story begins in 1969, when the Australians were trying to qualify for the 1970 World Cup. The team had lost a play-off and was to face Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Mozambique.

 

Safran said: "Johnny (Warren) told me that after the first game of that series, some of the players heard about a witchdoctor in Mozambique who said he could sort things out by putting a curse on the Rhodesians.

 

"They all said, 'Yeah, cool, let's do it' and so the witchdoctor planted some bones near one of the goalposts and cursed the opposition."

 

The team won the next game 3-1 and the witchdoctor told the players he wanted $1000 for his services.

 

"You owe me", the witchdoctor told them, but the players didn't have enough money," Safran said. "He warned them he'd reverse the curse and put it on Australian soccer.

 

"The players left the country without paying up and Johnny sincerely believed that, ever since, Australian soccer has been cursed."

 

The national team qualified for the 1974 World Cup but suffered a run of gut-wrenching defeats, topped off by the 1997 Iranian disaster and the tear-jerker in Uruguay four years ago.

 

When Warren told him the story last year, Safran decided to go to Africa to do a story about the curse for his show John Safran vs God.

 

The witchdoctor had died, but Safran found another who could channel him by going to the stadium at which the Rhodesia game had been played 35 years earlier.

 

"That involved us sitting in the middle of the pitch and he killed a chicken and splattered the blood all over me," Safran said.

 

"I then had to go to Telstra Stadium with Johnny and we had to wash ourselves in some clay the witchdoctor had given us."

 

Safran watched the game at a friend's place. He said he had forgotten about the story until he began receiving emails from people thanking him for having lifted the curse.

 

 

http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer/safran-helps-lift-curse-of-the-socceroos/2005/11/19/1132017027452.html

very good!!! I was happy that Australia won too!!! :D

 

Ronaldo wasn't happy last night, though! He threw all his toys out of the pram when he was substituted!:P

^ LOL

LMAO :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3: :laugh3:

Ronaldo wasn't happy last night' date=' though! He threw all his toys out of the pram when he was substituted!:P[/quote']

 

no reason to get scared though...

 

at least we can count on our own players to score goals... :P

no reason to get scared though...

 

at least we can count on our own players to score goals... :P

 

Only just!! Wasn't a very impressive result against a bum team like Angola, though!:P

Only just!! Wasn't a very impressive result against a bum team like Angola' date=' though!:P[/quote']

 

it will give me a bigger pleasure to win 3-0 against England!!! Angola are our friends... I think they should make it draw!!! ;)

Well you're much better off supporting Aus than Germany' date=' anyway!!:P[/quote']

 

Why that?:thinking:

^Edit: At MC: hey leave Angola alone they did well to keep it at one

just like the Aussie placing 3 goals in the net!! Cahill and Aloisi

it will give me a bigger pleasure to win 3-0 against England!!! Angola are our friends... I think they should make it draw!!! ;)

 

Are they your friends? I heard that they kicked you out about 30 years ago!:P

Why that?:thinking:

 

Because Aus have a much better team, that's why!:laugh3:

Angola was a colony of Portugal....and so they are friends!:wink:

I think...

Because Aus have a much better team' date=' that's why!:laugh3:[/quote']

 

No comment...

Angola was a colony of Portugal....and so they are friends!:wink:

I think...

 

Not exactly. Things got a bit "heated" when they booted Portugal out!;)

No comment...

 

That's because you know it's true!:P

ha ah ha the germans are like scoring machines!

they came right out of the blocks...aus is gona have to improve on that.

That's because you know it's true!:P

 

No....because I would get angry...lalaa..

Are they your friends? I heard that they kicked you out about 30 years ago!:P

 

you're reading the wrong books my friend... and I wasn't born 30 years ago yet, so nobody kicked me out of nowhere... ;)

 

about football... as our PM said, every portuguese hopes that Portugal and Angola go through the 2nd phase...

ha ah ha the germans are like scoring machines!

they came right out of the blocks...aus is gona have to improve on that.

 

That isn't quite true. Aus were playing a decent team - Germany weren't. Therefore the Aus result was far more impressive!;)

you're reading the wrong books my friend... and I wasn't born 30 years ago yet, so nobody kicked me out of nowhere... ;)

 

about football... as our PM said, every portuguese hopes that Portugal and Angola go through the 2nd phase...

 

Not much chance of that happening though, is there?:P