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Soccer is becoming more and more about politics these days, no one can deny that...
You can't say that Italy lost only because of bad refereeing, just like you can't blame the ref for Portugal's final loss...
Each team made their mistakes... all Portugal wanted was a tie, so what do they do? Kill some time by passing the ball back and forth in their zone at the end of the first half. They end up losing it.
Italy has a one-goal lead, so they start playing strictly defensively, not trying for any more goals, thinking they're in the clear. Wrong again, Korea comes back and wins it.
Then again, both games had very questionable calls. Did Portugal really deserve two red cards? The first card was borderline, but the second was ridiculous. But had Portugal been playing to win instead of playing to tie, they might have had a goal to show for it.
Italy's red was far from deserved as well. Some say they both got ripped off, others say it was all fair game.
One can't help but admit that there was at least some bias in both of those games, especially with thousands of koreans cheering on their home team.
But hey, that's the world cup for you. This same discussion happens once every 4 years 
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. All the Korean players are in fantastic shape and Hiddink has built a wonderful disciplined team that gives 110% everytime. They play in extreme limits and home advantage makes it possible. Stupid to say that it doesn't matter if you play home or away, it does matter a lot. I'm not surprised about this result and I think Korea has a good chance against Spain too, Good luck.
