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Final flop trips up Aussies
By TIMES WIRES
Published June 27, 2006
Italy needed the last kick of the game to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. Francesco Totti's penalty kick on the final play lifted Italy past Australia 1-0 Monday in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Totti, who came on in the second half, sent his penalty kick high to the right of goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer moments after the controversial call on Lucas Neill. Neill was called for fouling Fabio Grosso with 12 seconds left in injury time of a tentative match filled with yellow cards and one ejection - a growing trend at the World Cup. Spanish referee Luis Medina immediately pointed to the penalty spot, even though Grosso tripped on his own as much as being forced down by Neill, who already was on the ground. Meanwhile, in Cologne, Germany, Ukraine won the first penalty-kick shootout of the tournament, 3-0 against Switzerland. Oleg Gusev was mobbed after he put in the decider. The Swiss, who did not yield a goal in the entire tournament until the shootout, stood stunned at their lack of marksmanship from the penalty spot.
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