Australia and South Korea…
Congratulation! Aussies…Hope you will beat Italy. It is not too difficult to beat Italy though. Yes, they have rock solid defence. This is a team traditionally plays with emphasis on defence. From previous matches, especially with Czech, it demonstrated it has one of the strongest defence among the World Cup teams. The trick is just not to concede a goal, go for a draw and…penalty shootout. Historically Italy is one of the worst performing team when comes to penalty shootout, i.e. 1990 in Semi-finals lost to Argentina, 1994 in USA World Cup Final lost to Brazil, 1998 in France quarter-finals lost to France. We can claim Italy had never won a penalty shoot-out in World Cup.
Ok, I like Italy team, but you are Asians (or under Asia grouping) (even though you may not like to think like this and prefer to think that you are more of a Western country…). And I am a big fan of Guus Hiddink!
And for South Korea…you will have my support tonight. You may not hear my cheers and shouts, as I will be lying comfortably in my couch watching another historical moment of yours. But spiritually, ahem, I am will you. Though I am not a Korean but mentally I will quietly shout your slogan, “One Nation One Color, and that is…RED”.