Socceroos Win Thriller on Penalties

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Such is the life of a soccer junkie. Just needed to get this post off for all of you who are sound asleep. If you did choose the horizontal route, you missed out on a match dripping with excitement, as Australia gets a goal in 35th minute to level the aggregate and watch two near misses for both side in the extra time before it comes down to the penalty shootout.

Aloisi's blast into the right corner of the net sent 88,000 fans in Sydney, another 10,000 at Federation Square in Melbourne, and 2 fans in my living room into hysterics, sending the Socceroos to their first trip to the World Cup since 1974 (West Germany).

What a match. And yes, I "tivo"ed it. Time for bed now, as Bahrain/Trinidad start in 3.5 hours. Ah...the life of a soccer junkie.