Australia took the lead, suffered the draw, but managed to beat the United Arab Emirates and advanced to the final of the International Repechage for the World Cup
This Tuesday, the 7th, arab emirates and Australia faced each other, at the Al Rayyan Stadium, one of the stages of the Qatar World Cup, in a duel valid for the repechage of the Asian qualifiers for the world. After a weak first half, the teams played a busy second stage. irvine opened the scoring for the Australians, but Gaius tied for the Arabs. At the end, hrustic scored a beautiful goal and ensured the victory for the Australians.
RANKS:
ARAB EMIRATES: That; Aldhanhani, Alhammadi, Attas and Abbas; Abdulla Hamad and Salmeen; Gaius, Ramadan and Suhail; Mabkhout // AUSTRALIA: Ryan; Atkinson, Wright, Rowles and Behich; Mooy, Boyle, Irvine and Goodwin; Leckie and Hrustic.
CHANNEL – ATHLETISTIC:
THE GAME!
The two teams played a busy first half, but with few chances of goals created for both sides. The first shot on target came in the 19th minute of the ball rolling, when Suhail received and finished, but stopped in Ryan’s defense.
The Australians weren’t aiming so sharp and got to finish twice, but they didn’t hit the goal defended by Khalid Essa. The Arabs, in turn, were in danger again in the 35th minute, again with Suhail, but the Australia goalkeeper ensured that the ball did not go in. No goals at the end of the first half!
HALF TIME | All even at the break in Doha. #UAEvAUS #AsianQualifiers #AllForTheSocceroos pic.twitter.com/l2PigqfFx7
— Socceroos (@Socceroos) June 7, 2022
At the start of the second half, at seven minutes, in one of Australia’s only attacks, the first goal of the game came out! Boyle received the ball on the right side of the attack, made a good individual play and took it to the baseline. The winger risked a low cross and found Irvine inside the small area, who just needed to push it to the back of the goal and open the score: 1 to 0!
But four minutes later, the United Arab Emirates tied! The Australian defense tried to head away, but the Arabs managed to recover and possession was left with Suhail on the left side. The winger took it to the back and made a good cross to the area where, after a vacillation by the Australian defense, Caio took advantage and filled his foot to swell the net and tie the game. All the same!
And in the 39th minute, the Australian winning goal came out! After a corner kick, the Arab defense got away at first, but Hrustic was on the ball and hit a beautiful volley, without jumping, from the edge of the area and still had a deflection by Salmeen, who ended up killing the goalkeeper. and made the ball die inside the goal: 2 to 1!
With the victory, Australia qualified for the decision of the International Repechage, where they will face Peru, fifth place in the South American Qualifiers. The match is scheduled to take place on June 13, also in Qatar.
Source: sportbuzz
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