blevkog

You are too right, my friend. Too right indeed.

I saw the incident leading to the penalty kick. Though, the italians are very well practiced in diving, I felt that the fall was legit, HOWEVER, the Aussie did not foul him in any way. It was a simple case of tripping over a prone body. The "ref" made a grievous error most likely costing the Aussies a win as they were steadily getting better as the game progressed.
Of course, the italians simply took this great stroke of luck (paid for or not) and won the game.
I know Bri had suggested video replay earlier. I think in this case, where a penalty kick is to be awarded, video replay may be used.