there's a difference.
the red card might have been wrong, but so was the penalty. which was only given to make up for the red card.
the fact that the penalty was literally in the last 10 seconds, means tht australia had absolutely NO chance to equalise, as the final whistle was blown STRAIGHT away.
that is the difference. if it were a penalty with about 5 or so minutes left, that still makes a HUGEEEEEEEE difference, and i can't stress this enough. the penalty was only to make up for the red card, which was so fucking dodgy, it's not funny.
even one of your italian players said it, i should fin the article from the paper.
if he felt he should have made up for the red card, he should have penalised australia EARLIER. not in the last 10 seconds where australia can't make up for it.
it's referee bias towards the major soccer countries. always screwing over the newly established ones, the minor soccer nations... :dozey: it happens every single time.