A sore day... a red day... ere the sun rises.

But on the 26th of June 2006 the sun did set upon Australian hopes, vanquished by the shrill sound of a single whistle. In the dying seconds of that mighty battle, the Referee bespoke a foul and dashed our hearts upon the jagged rocks of despair.

Australia 0

Italy 1

If my blog was not already black, I would have made it so for this inauspicious occasion.