Yah, naso, I also said it would be an utter SHAME for Spain not to win clearly against Korea, and that if we were to be left out, then the players should feel FULL OF SHAME for being beat by a clear inferior team.
Now I say I feel proud of them, even while they didn't -officially- win. Why do I feel proud?...
a)-because they gave everything on the field
b)-because they WON the match (only one to say otherwise was the referee).
c)-because after being eliminated and clearly ROBBED, at least we showed a little of CLASS where others were crying and kicking players out of their teams (ahum

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Bassic difference between italy and Spain...Italy did the law of the minimun effort in their match. They scored a goal and then went back to defend the result for the rest of the match.
In contrast, Spain gave everything, ran more than the koreans (heh, and that IS difficult!) and scored two valid goals. Up to the same last second Spain was attacking,attacking and attacking to the point that in the minute 14.40 of the extra time the referee whistled the end of the extra time (due to happen at minute 15), because Spain was about to kick a dangerous corner. Scandalous.
Come on, naso, the degree of robbery in our match was UNPARALELLED in hte history of the world cups. Italy suffered from very bad (IMO intentional) referee decisions, but you lost more because your own faults than because any referee.
Spain won that match. Spain deserved to win that match. Spain did everything to win that match. Spain ran to win that match. Spain scored TWO GOALS to win that match.
We lost EXCLUSIVELY and ONLY because the bad referee decisions. If you score a clear legitim goal but the FIFA doesn't want you to win, you can score eight, they wont give any of them.
So take your pick on me if you want ,naso. I said what I said and I do confirm it. Italy was left out of the WC because your own faults.
We were left out because the referee wanted. Nothing else.
