The giant-killing run of Australia at the World Cup ended at the feet of Lionel Messi and Argentina. But they earned the respect many in the world’s media.
Australia’s unlikely progress through the World Cup knockout stage, and their gritty performance against Argentina, was covered by the world’s football media.Jonathan Northcroft
All of a sudden, it was 2-1. Who knows what would have followed had Martínez not foiled Ajdin Hrustic? Australia fly home with honour. Argentina roll on, to Lusail on Friday, and a resonant quarter-final against the team they beat in the 1978 final, Holland.”“There was still time for one more echo from the past.
“Park the ute”, you might call these tactics. It drew derision from Argentina fans, given that their early efforts at attack tended to fizzle out into risk-averse back-passes to goalkeeper Matt Ryan. But these Australians seldom purport to be anything other than what they are. As manager Graham Arnold put it: “I know the players who will die for the team and die for each other.” Theirs is a resilience that has brought their anointment at home as a golden generation.
But if they walked off the pitch with heads spinning from their experience against the Europeans, they would have strode out of the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Al Rayyan with heads held high.““Harry Souttar’s previous start at club level involved marking a teenager called Rico Richards, in any empty ground in Kidderminster, for Stoke Under 21 v West Brom Under 21.
At 35 minutes Messi rubbed the lamp. He showed that he is the best in the world. And that he never “lets down” the team or his fans.
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