The match was held in My Dihn stadium in Hanoi. It was a late afternoon match-up and we we got to sit in the sunshine and drink cold beers. It was awesome. As in all football matches there were tons of fans out in force completely decked out in their team's gear and making a ton of noise.
The first half went scoreless. The Aussies struck first mid way through the second half and Japan answered right back three minutes later. Soon after that the referee made a terrible call and sent an Aussie player off with an undeserved red card. Theboys from down under managed to hang on for 45 more minutes (two over time periods) a man down without giving up another goal. However, in the end, the Aussies lost on the penalty shootout.
The real bummer about the Aussies losing is that the party back at the hotel that our two groups were staying at would have been a lot better.
Oh and it was also good to go to a football game and not have my camera stolen...
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