Australia defeat Cedars 5-0 in second World Cup qualifier with first international goals for Kusini Yengi and John Iredale
The Socceroos have booked their spot in the next phase of the Asian World Cup qualification after defeating Lebanon twice in a week.The Socceroos have booked their spot in the next phase of the Asian World Cup qualification after defeating Lebanon twice in a week.It was an evening in which Craig Goodwin reaffirmed his status as one of the Socceroos’ most important attacking outlets, with two goals and two “in spirit” assists in his side’s 5-0 win over.
Importantly, it was a win that meant the Socceroos officially booked their place in the next phase of Asian World Cup qualification with two games to spare. Four wins from four secured without a goal conceded across the 360 minutes of football, in front of a record-breaking crowd of 25,023 – the most ever for a football match in the nation’s capital.But there was also a cloud. There always is.
With a blood-red moon still rising, things started perfectly for Arnold when Goodwin was played into space down the left by Connor Metcalfe less than 120 seconds gone before delivering an inch-perfect ball into the run of Yengi at the top of the six-yard box to fire, on his second attempt, into the back of the net.That, however, didn’t augur an offensive explosion. Not yet. For much of the remainder of the opening stanza, the contest felt like something of a continuation of last Thursday.
“We should have been up three or four nil at half-time,” Arnold said. “This is stuff that I’ve been driving with the boys, raising our standards. It’s about taking those opportunities to kill teams off, not letting them stay in the game.” But the Socceroos found another breakthrough. And then another. And then some more. Lebanon coach Miodrag Radulović reflected post-game that two games in five days against a side with the quality ofBassel Jradi inadvertently turned the ball into his net in the 47th minute after Souttar had a headed effort from a Goodwin free kick saved, before Hrustic set up the man-of-the-moment a minute later.
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