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Sometimes we – the MSM (Mainstream Mailouts) – get too wrapped up in tactics and politics to remember what football is generally about: agony and ecstasy. Italy and South Africa kindly reminded us of these two polar-opposite emotions at the World Cup in Wellington on Wednesday. It was a game that had most things: a penalty, VAR drama, a late winner … and even a comical own goal via the unfortunate Benedetta Orsi. The Italian defender blindly passed the ball backwards, neglecting to realise her goalkeeper Francesca Durante wasn’t where she thought she would be, forcing both to helplessly watch as the ball trickled over the line to level the group-stage decider at 1-1. However, far worse was to come for Italy.
