Looks like Australian coach, Guus Hiddink has admitted his mistake of placing Zeljko Kalac in goals instead of Mark Schwarzer in the Aussies previous match against Croatia. Although Hiddink didn’t say that he was putting Schwarzer back in goals for the next match against Italy, it was pretty much implied. I think the Australian population would be a lot more confident of an Australian victory knowing that Schwarzer was protecting our goal.

Currently in to the 77th minute of the Germany vs Sweden match and, barring a minor miracle, Germany will be advancing to the Quarter Final. They were up 2-0 after 12 minutes, thanks to two goals from Lukas Podolski - the second goal was beautiful. Germany looks exceptionally good at the moment; it’s a shame that they will potentially meet Argentina (if they win against Mexico) in the next round, but that’s the way the draw fell for them. Either one of these teams could win the entire tournament the way they are playing, and some would argue that, on form, they are currently the best two teams in the World Cup.

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