Australia 1 v Japan 1 (3-4 penalties)

20070721 Not good enough, forget the biased refereeing, forget the Grella red card, forget the lottery of the penalty shootout. Over 90 minutes, the Socceroos were the inferior team and Japan deserved to go through. Time to rebuild for the next World Cup qualifying tournament. Olyroos will provide the new stars for the team; names like Carney, Milligan, Djite will provide the backbone of the new look Socceroos, along with Cullina, Grella, Bresciano, Emerton and Kewell.