FULL TIME Italy 1-0 Australia. Australia are cruelly dumped out of the World Cup. Referee Luis Medina Cantalejo has questions to answer after awarding an extremely soft penalty in the dying moments. Guus Hiddink's charges have every right to feel hard done by. However, the Italians defended expertly after being reduced to 10 men after 50 minutes.
94 mins Goal Italy 1 Australia 0. Schwarzer guesses the right way but Totti sends it into the top right-hand corner.
92 mins Penalty Italy's Fabio Grosso falls over Lucas Neill by the touchline and the referee points to the penalty spot. A shocking decision.
90 mins Yellow card Gianluca Zambrotta is booked for time-wasting.
90 mins Three minutes of additional time.
89 mins Aloisi narrowly misses the ball while attempting a bicycle kick.
87 mins Yellow card Italy's Gattuso has his name taken.
86 mins Panic in the Australian box offers Iaquinta a chance to score but he shoots straight at Schwarzer.
84 mins Buffon claims the ball at the feet of Viduka. Italy are now looking tense. Australia must surely sense a historic win is there for the taking.
83 mins Bresciano cuts inside and unleashes a left-footed shot that rises over the bar.
81 mins Australian substitution John Aloisi for Sterjovski.
80 mins Cahill rises to win Bresciano's corner but his header inexplicably clears the bar.
79 mins Cahill wins Australia's second corner.
77 mins A weak shot from Bresciano limps into the grateful lap of Buffon. Italy are looking increasingly comfortable.
76 mins Perrotta's shot rebounds back off Blackburn Rovers' Lucas Neill.
73 mins Italian substitution Francesco Totti for Del Piero. Lippi has shown his full hand now and they still have a lot of work to do if they are to reach the quarter-finals.
71 mins Italy have taken the sting out of the game and their vast experience is starting to show.
65 mins Pirlo's free-kick almost caught Schwarzer napping but the Middlesbrough stopper recovered to tip the ball over for a corner.
63 mins Italy counter-attack but Gattuso's cross sails over the head of Del Piero.
60 mins Yellow card Australia's Luke Wilkshire is booked for a late tackle on Del Piero.
59 mins Viduka is penalised for handling the ball inside the Italian box. The pressure is beginning to mount on 10-man Italy.
58 mins A fearsome shot from Chipperfield is beaten out by Buffon.
54 mins Italian substiution Andrea Barzagli for Toni. It could be that Italian manager Marcello Lippi is happy to hold out for penalties - even at this early stage.
52 mins Italy reshuffle in the wake of the sending off. Midfielder Gennaro Gattuso appears to have dropped back to fill the gap left by Materazzi. Toni must soldier alone up front.
51 mins Bresciano sends the resulting free-kick well wide of the right post.
50 mins Red card Italian defender Marco Materazzi gets a straight red for his late challenege on Bresciano. It looks a harsh decision.
48 mins Yellow card Australia's Tim Cahill is booked for leading with his left elbow in an aerial challenge.
48 mins Iaquinta's low cross falls to Toni who ballons his shot over the bar.
45 mins Italian substitution. Vincenzo Iaquinta for Gilardino. An unusual switch given that Gilardino looked lively in the first half.
HALF TIME: Italy 0 Australia 0. The two teams have effectively cancelled each other out. However, Australia and their manager Guss Hiddink will surely be the happier as the teams make their way to the dressing rooms. The Azzurri have looked increasingly nervous as the Australians have grown in confidence.
45 mins One minute of additional time.
44 mins A telling cross from Luke Wilkshire is narrowly missed by Tim Cahill.
40 mins Toni feels the effects of a crunching tackle from former Rangers man, Craig Moore.
38 mins Perrotta makes a fantastic run down the right wing which is noticed by Gilardino. However, the cross flashes across goal with no Italian player even close to getting a touch.
33 mins Another Toni attempt. The Italians move the ball patiently from side to side and when the ball makes its way into the danger area the striker gets under his header and the ball clears the crossbar by a distance.
32 mins Toni finds space again in the box only for Chipperfield to get another important block in.
28 mins The resulting free-kick causes pandemonium in the Italian box. The ball eventually falls to Chipperfield, whose shot is parried by Buffon before the Juventus 'keeper gathers at the second attempt.
28 mins Yellow card Italy's Fabio Grosso is booked for a silly tackle on Mile Sterjovski.
27 mins Australia continue to frustrate the Italians.
23 mins Marco Bresciano's free-kick picks out Viduka but the Middlesbrough man's headed effort is straight at Buffon.
22 mins Yellow card Australia's Vince Grella is booked.
21 mins A fabulous ball into the box from Andrea Pirlo finds Toni in the box. The Fiorentina man turns and shoots but Schwarzer manages to get a leg to it and Gilardino's follow-up header drifts harmlessly wide.
19 mins The ball doesn't come down quickly enough for Gilardino but he gets his shot away and forces Mark Schwarzer into the tipping the ball over for a corner. The ball form the set piece is allowed travel across the box but comes to nothing.
15 mins The empty seats that were around the ground at the start of the game have now filled up.
10 mins A slick Italian move involving Del Piero and Simone Perrotta ends with Gilardino having his effort well blocked by Australian defender Scott Chipperfield.
5 mins Italy's Alberto Gilardino is allowed to dribble into the box but he dithers too long and Australia eventually snuff out the danger.
2 mins A great ball in from the left wing from Alessandro Del Piero is met by Luca Toni but the header goes just wide of the near post.
1 min Australia open brightly and Tim Cahill has a tame header inside the box that drops into the path of Gianluigi Buffon.
Italy: Buffon; Zambrotta, Materazzi, Cannavaro, Grosso; Perrotta, Pirlo, Gattuso; Del Piero, Toni, Alberto Gilardino.
Australia: Schwarzer; Bresciano, Neill, Moore, Chipperfield; Grella, Culina, Cahill, Sterjovski, Wilkshire; Viduka.
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).
