Who would have thought the Aussies had it in them? Who knew they would wait until their last half of the World Cup before they discovered where their heads were (up their asses) and moreover managed to dislodge them. They made their exit in style...by taking a dump on my bracket predictions.
Serbia dominated the first half and were shocked when Australia hung two on them in a span of 5 minutes. For a short time, Australia looked like they had a shot. With two more goals--or maybe a little help from Germany--they could make up the -4 goal differential from their disastrous first game and advance out of the group stage. But Serbia were the next to score and the match fizzled out as a battle of mutually assured destruction.
I picked Serbia as the dark horse of the tournament, and things certainly looked tasty when they upset Germany to recover from their early loss to Ghana. Their fate was in their own hands against Australia--what more could they ask for? They just didn't want it enough. And this tournament--for whatever reason--has been all about desire.
The soccer gods are smiling upon the big dreamers, the tenacious teams, who are not afraid to take destiny onto their own feet.
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