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Good to see the World Cup over, and glad I do a sport that isn't subject to such influence by poor judgement of officials. I was brought up on soccer at lunchtime (until I was kicked in the achilles in 1983), so it was disappointing to see so many bad decisions which mostly went against smaller soccer countries (wrong red cards against Australia (2), Nigeria: offside goals awarded against NZ, Mexico: good goals disallowed for USA, England and Paraguay: not to mention the usual Italian dive in the penalty area for a goal against NZ).
My opinions were probably coloured by the unfair elimination of Ireland in the qualifying to the cheats in French colours, so at least their humiliation was great to watch.