Materazzi was Sent Off by this time because Brescia was going in for the winning goal and Materazzi gave it up for his team. However Italy's legs were weakening because of the extra man that Australia had and Italy would clearly have lost in the overtime or would have missed several Penalty Kicks on tired legs. The whole problem with the World Cup Final 2006 is that Italy played for Penalty Kicks and rested their legs for a full final 60 minutes of the final, while France searched for the winning goal. That left Italy with stronger legs in the separate PK Championship.
As I have mentioned, teams with 10 men often save their strength for a final attack in the 90th minute in a tied game, after which they are guaranteed a rest. The problem is when the 10 men are able to add the corrupt Referee to their team to make 11-plus.
I am certain that if my message was poorly researched, you would not have deleted the research from the reply and would have put your refutation of the research into your reply.
Never heard of that story, but the usage of the term "troll" has clearly been defined and popularized by Public Relations firms.
John
