23 June 2006

Canberran Gets 3 Yellow cards in World Cup Soccer

23 June 2006 | Absent Diane

Just to throw a bit of locality into the world cup frey Josip Simunic playing for Croatia born in Canberra… earned himself THREE yellow cards in the Socceroos Match against Croatia this morning. Normally two yellows results in a player being sent off.

Not being a massive soccer buff I don’t know if anything like this has happened before… but he probably should have had another one early on in the match when he rugby tackled Australian Captain Mark Viduka in the goal box. We shall await what FIFA has to say about it.

Anyway the end result of 2 all was a good result for the Aussies, granting them the opportunity to play in the next round of 16 nations.

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kimba2:57 pm 25 Jun 06

It’s a serious offence to ‘handle’ a referee but this is the World Cup and I think it’s more a case of carte blanche for the tournament.

aussielyn3:47 pm 24 Jun 06

We are lucky that the referee did not rule Harry offside !!!

schmerica3:18 pm 24 Jun 06

I know in other codes of football that you are not allowed to lay a finger on the ref, but in the games of Soccer I have seen… does this rule not apply to soccer?

nyssa763:40 pm 23 Jun 06

Just got this off ninemsn:

Sumunic was then given the dubious honour of being booked for a third time in the game. He was sent off in the final minute, Oddly enough, no record of the second booking appeared in the official match report. Coincidentally, the same thing happened in Australia’s final group game in the 1974 World Cup.

That explains why Simunic didn’t go off. Bloody ridiculous to tell you the truth. He did lay hands on the ref too. I would have sent him packing after that one.

Absent Diane2:11 pm 23 Jun 06

he fell out of favour with an old socceroos coach in a big way didn’t he. Top player though.. one of aussies best for years.

kimba2:08 pm 23 Jun 06

And of course fellow SBS analyst Ned Zelic is also a Canberra lad. He’s a former Canberra Deakin player.

Swaggie1:53 pm 23 Jun 06

he he you know your history Stan but we all hate Rale as well – remember the poll on Andy’s legendary Cosmos http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Goal/8219/
(Do links format okay on here?)

stanbowles1:44 pm 23 Jun 06

Some more Canberra connections for you:

Vinnie Grella began his professional career as a 16 year old with the mighty Canberra Cosmos.

Mark Viduka, Craig Moore and Josip Skoko all went to Lake Ginninderra Collge.

More tenous: Jason Culina’s Dad Branco is a former Canberra Cosmos coach, as is SBS Analyst Rale Rasic…although if you read Rale’s biography, you’ll know he’s less than complimentary about his time in the Capital.

Mr Evil1:37 pm 23 Jun 06

Well, some people do get a little emotional when they can see their career slipping through their fingers!

Absent Diane1:34 pm 23 Jun 06

he just reeked of arrogance that guy… didn’t he touch the ref at some stage as well after getting carded…. I’m pretty sure that was sloppy jo..

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