Australians not happy with Ref
Australia's players struggled to disguise their frustration at a series of refereeing decisions that went against them in Sunday's World Cup 2-0 Group F loss to Brazil.
Midfielder Brett Emerton was booked for dissent after a seemingly timid challenge on Roberto Carlos then striker Harry Kewell exchanged words with German referee Markus Merk after the fulltime whistle.
"It's frustrating when you go out there and play so well against the world champions and you come off losing when you think you should have come off with something," Kewell told reporters.
"But at the end of the day he refereed the game how he wanted and he did a good job. You can't complain because he's the referee on the day. It was a hard match to referee."
Several other players, including the captain Mark Viduka, also vented their exasperation as the referee awarded 25 fouls against them and just nine against Brazil.
"What can I say, the referee's always right even when he's not right," said defender Vince Grella
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