it's okay, I would do the same

>It was highly questionable for Totti to get sent off for
>diving in extra-time, but there was no robbery there...

Well, when you get a player sent off in extra-time when there should have been a penalty kick (now I remember)...this is called a robbery. Unless you're rooting for the other team of course...

>Vieri scored in the 18th minute and the Italians tried to
>sit on the 1-0 lead for the duration and the plan backfired.

That's how they do, and I agree it's sweet when it does backfire. But in that particular instance, they actually created a few more opportunities to bury the game (Vieri missed an open shot, if I remember right).