Socceroos

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"The dream became reality, and reality came crashing down. Not a fatal crash. But a crash, nonetheless."

A lot of people went to bed early and got up to watch the match. I woke up at 2am and 4am and that was my big effort. The general consensus was it was a superb match and that both teams played exceptionally well. Poeple thought the Socceroos were extremely good but didn't capitalise on the their goal opportunities but at no stage would anyone say they had been sloppy or played badly. The belief was they had played a fantastic game but just didn't get the goals and that they didn't get them was just the nature of that particular match and not any lack of skill on the part of the players. Everyone was stoked with the match and there was no sense of anything crashing. There is eager anticipation for the next match and we are all enormously proud of our team and the great effort they are making....and ,believe me, Adelaide is the first to sink the boot in if you get it wrong...so , onya, guys, and just keep on keeping on.