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The
infamous Italy vs. Australia match.
A
brutal introduction to the downside of football (Soccer) to about 22
million Australians.
I've
done a bit of a narration here.
Scroll
to the bottom for the jokes...
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Pride |

An
Irishman supporting Australia... |

The 5th
member of Westlife or it could be Backstreet Boys? at The Monkey... |
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Keeping
the troops happy!
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The
Italian supporters |

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What an
atmosphere! Mexican waves were going (with a real Mexican involved).
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Go Aussie! |

The
Kangaroo gets into the national anthem |
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Australians
all let us rejoice,
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for we are
young and free... |

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Staff with
Camera #265 |

#266 |

Something
happened - maybe the red card? The ref wasn't such a villain when that
happened.. |
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We really
thought we were going to win... |

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We were on
a high. We felt we had this game.
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The
dubious penalty is awarded |
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3. A
moment of anguish and heartbreak for 22 million Australians world wide
is a moment of joy for one lady at The Monkey in Taipei. |

Barry the
Irish Australian is more dejected than the Aussies... |
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The
lighter side of trying to cope with the loss...
Apologies
if any Italians are offended by this, but it is pretty funny.
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A doctored
version of the Sydney Morning Herald
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And the
Oscar goes to... |

More dives
than Jacques Cousteau... |

The FIFA
Italian Diving Championship... |