FRANCESCO TOTTI SCORED A PENALTY IN THE LAST MINUTE OF STOPPAGE TIME TO GIVE 10-MAN ITALY A 1-0 WIN OVER AUSTRALIA IN THE WORLD CUP SECOND ROUND ON MONDAY, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. TOTTI BLASTED HOME THE PENALTY AFTER DEFENDER FABIO GROSSO HAD TUMBLED OVER LUCAS NEILL'S CHALLENGE. FORWARD TOTTI, WHO CAME ON AS A SUBSTITUTE BEFORE STRIKING THE DECISIVE FINAL KICK OF THE GAME, TOLD REPORTERS: "WE SUFFERED FOR LONG PERIODS OF THE MATCH BUT IN THE END IT WAS THE WHOLE TEAM THAT WON THIS MATCH BECAUSE AUSTRALIA WERE A STRONG SIDE. "NOW I THINK WE CAN GO A LONG WAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT." ITALIAN COACH MARCELLO LIPPI WAS OVERJOYED AFTER A WIN WHICH SETS UP A QUARTER-FINAL AGAINST SWITZERLAND OR UKRAINE. "I'M REALLY DELIGHTED. THESE LADS SHOWED GREAT HEART, GREAT CHARACTER AND ALSO GREAT QUALITY." HE HAD NO DOUBTS OVER THE PENALTY. "WHEN IN THE 92ND MINUTE, OUR DEFENDER HEADED INTO THE AREA AND WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR A NAILED-ON PENALTY, I THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FANTASTIC," LIPPI SAID. AUSTRALIA COACH GUUS HIDDINK WAS LESS CONVINCED. "OVERALL YOU CAN HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT THE PENALTY," HIDDINK TOLD REPORTERS. "WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE WERE SO CLOSE BUT I CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM. I THINK THE ONLY THING WE CAN BLAME OURSELVES FOR IS THAT WE DID NOT GET A GOAL."
