Nice free kick by Australia playing to a player outside the box to cross it in instead of sending it into the box... Brazil looked offsides on that last break... We're past 2 min This match is over Brazil wins 3-2
Australia was robbed by incompetent german referee. Once again a poorly chosen official decides the winner of a game. Pitiful.
Australia should be proud of themselves for sticking with brazil. More then anything out of this world cup, I think the improvement in many teams like the aussis, england, china, etc is great for the game.
Full props to Australia. It wouldn't surprise me if Brazil wins it all and this ends up being their toughest match. Great game!
I don't know that I'd go that far. Australia was very good, but even a casual observer of this game could say the better team won. The Aussies certainly had some calls not go their way, and maybe Brazil got some breaks, but the Aussies had their chances and missed them. Brazil's winning goal was pure class.
Looked at it again (instead of enduring another miserable Nike ad) - there were other defenders back, so I don't think it should have been a red card.
After watching the "no-call" again, I do think the Aussie's have a case for a penalty - but it's tough without a better camera angle.
I think it was a pure penalty. While the Brazilian got the ball she had to upend Munoz to do it while she was facing the goal readying to shoot. The referee sealed her fate of incompetence by calling the Australian for the foul when Brazil cleared the ball. It looked like a really hard (but fair side-to-side challenge). This lack of a call really did influence the outcome of this game. Hopefully this referee and Palmquvist can carpool back to Europe now.
Current referee instruction is to consider the continuation of the foul. While initial contact may have been outside the area, continued foul contact as the players enter the area must be considered when deciding FK versus PK to encourage attacking play.
Wow Wow Wow!!! What a day and what a game!! Out of my 4 predicts I'm so glad this one didn't come true!! On my Granny's 80th birthday today my team won!!! Ok let me start Formiga with her lame performances in the group games did herself justice today not just by scoring but by running all over the pitch!! Renata gave Luizao a run for his money for that dive in the pk box for the 2nd goal!! I gotta say this was the best game of the WWC so far and it took me back to WC'94's QF with Brazil-Holland...Brazil giving up a 2-0 lead only for us to win with a late strike to win 3-2 now only if the storybook can continue to next Sunday!! I'd give my left arm(and I'm left handed) to see Marta in the 81st minute leap over Rampone and Whitehill to head the winner past Solo to take us to the final this Thursday!!
Re: Brazilian Thanksgiving While most of what u said is true and while Brazil has not won the WWC yet....let me give some food for thought!! Every team that has won a WC whether womens or mens no matter how much skill they had...........THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN HELPED BY A LITTLE LUCK ALONG THE WAY!!!
Am not disputing what you said. I am interested in knowing the source of this referee instruction about the continuation of the foul.
Definitely best match of the quarterfinals - but Brazilian fans can't complain about biased reffing anymore. The PK contact was definitely outside the box, there was no foul leading to the free kick that Marta put off the bar, and the non-call on Walsh (to be fair, it was impossible to tell from the lone camera angle we were given whether the defender got the ball first as she shielded it from the camera the entire way). Fabulous game-winner from Christiane. I also like that Brazil never tried to kill the game by taking the ball to the corner. This match will help them against the US, they really hadn't been battle-tested up to this point. And Australia is for real. They're not top-5 yet, but it's definitely the best Australia team I've seen. Shame they won't be in the Olympics. And who was the a$$hole Brazilian fan who tried covering an Australian flag DURING THE AUSTRALIAN ANTHEM? No class whatsoever.
Anyone besides me notice that the free kick for that one appeared to be INdirect? The ref put her arm up in the air as it was being taken. The call was likely for dangerous play given the player on the ground on top of the ball. Had it gone in without anyone else touching it, it wouldn't have counted anyway.
Just to let you know that the girls are starting to get the country interested in womens football as well down here. One of the minor tv channels was showing the games live to air, and they got almost 500,000 viewers for a few games, which is unheard of numbers for womens soccer. With regards to the game, no-one can deny that Brazil had more flair and skill, but our girls had heart and although it almost got them there, it still wasnt good enough. The way Brazil held onto possesion with the ball is something our girls need to learn, we were over reliant on the long ball and trying to use the pace of our strikers, which was negated by the Brazillian's own speed. However, congrats to the girls for getting close, and I'm sure they have surprised a few people around the world and have helped raise the profile of their sport back home. There's even talk of getting a league started up again, which would be great, as most of the girls are part timers who work 2 or 3 other jobs to support their love of the game, and play only semi-regularly. Its all looking good.
One other thing to add - Australia came from behind no fewer than four times in this world cup (including once from two goals down) - has any women's team ever come from behind that many times in one cup?
I dont know if thats something to be that proud of! I'd prefer to get a lead and keep it But that being said, it is a good trait to have if you do fall behind.
We also watched in horror as the ref blew this very, very obvious foul. The tackle from behind should have been cause for a free or PK. Also, this same ref-on-crack called a foul on an Aussie player who was being held down by Elaine (?) a few minutes before, and I believe she blew a Sweden match. I hate to see a game won this way. FIFA should be be concerned with finding the best refs, not just the best female refs.