Cahill emotional after red card

Tim Cahill says his red card against Germany as the saddest moment of his career so far.

The Everton midfielder was shown a straight red in Australia’s 4-0 defeat to Germany in their opening game of the World Cup.

Cahill broke down in tears in the post-match media conference and was approached by German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, who told him he did not deserve the red card.

“I’m just sad. It’s probably one of the saddest moments of my footballing career to be in this position,” Cahill said.

“To hear Schweinsteiger say that, it’s very nice of him to say it wasn’t a red card. It just shows you how dreams can be made and crushed in the space of hours.

“It’s one of the lowest points of my career. But this is the beauty of football. One day you are a hero, the next day you are at the bottom.”

“My leg stayed bent all the way. Never once did I try to straighten it. What do you want me to say?” he said.

“To have the momentum as we did in the second half, to have Emo (Brett Emerton) on the right and (Richard) Garcia on the left and show some desire to close down, to try and make things work.

“I thought the tempo was good and we just started to pick up and put pressure on them, make it play quicker.

“A lot of credit goes to the German team and for us, it makes it worse. I feel that maybe that decision changed the game, even though we were 2-0 down, I felt the momentum was with us.”