bidhan bro... I never said that italian palyers play rough or they cheat or they dive too much. No they dont do that. I agree that Itlaians deserved penalty in that Australia match. And I am not a Portugal fan either. But the disturbing thing is if you come from a small nation and if u dont have sufficient say in FIFA, you become the victim of unnecessary criticism... just lke Portugese are suffering at the hands of these high-handed pro-English officials. I do think that Portugese have palyed a little bit rough.. but the things are being blown out of proportion by people. Without any doubt , I think C. Ronaldo was the best young player... Boy o Boy he's got the talent... his driblling, speed are simply awesome... And if you run at that speed, even a slightest of the touches can knock you down, that is not necessarily a dive. See... if Portugal have won against some smaller teams in the same fashion as they have won against Holland and England, I can say pretty confidently that there would have been no such outcries. Just because these things happened before these arrogant big names (Holland and England), people are crying all foul against the small Portugese team. This, to me , is a bad trend. See.. 2002 World Cup.. people were so agaisnt Koreans...why? .. they knocked out the "mighty" Italians... and all these powerful people started crying about the red card handed to Totti... just imagine what would have happened if instead of Totti , some Korean player had got that red card.. nobody would have cried that much... yeah sometimes decisions go against u.. but thats sports... if a korean player had received the red card, they wuld have said that Koreans are hard-done by the referee and things would have settled there. now see what happened when totti got the card... people started making it a huge issue... and Italian footlballers are the most unethical bunch of people... what the hell can one think of the people who kick out a player (Ahn) from their club just because he scored against Italy.. All I want if everybody, whether they come from the so called big footballing nations or from small countries like Korea or Portugal, everyone should be treated fairly... tetti ho