Lucas Neill suggests there is no place for Australian supporters to boo the Australian national team.
The Socceroos skipper gestured strongly to some supporters and was caught using colourful language after he was jeered by a section of the Allianz Stadium crowd late in Tuesday night's 1-0 win over Costa Rica.
On Triple M radio today, Neill defended his actions, suggesting the minority of fan behaviour had a negative reaction on the Socceroos team.
"No, not at all," said Neill when asked if he regrets his part in the incident.
"I'm an Australian, playing in Australia for Australia, getting booed by an Australian.
"There's no place for that.
"I think it was a case of maybe a bit too much courage juice towards the end of the game.
"It was just isolated moments - every time I touched the ball, so I knew it was directed at me.
"But it's detrimental to the team.
"But let's just focus on the more positives, and that was we were one-nil up, we were having a fantastic game, we were winning the game, we were playing really well for Australia and Ange Postecoglou gets off to a great start.
"So that .01 per cent has just tarnished it slightly."
