The Australian men’s team will not compete at the Olympics after drawing another blank in their final group game of the qualifying tournament.
The Olyroos were held to a goalless draw by hosts Qatar in their final group match in the under-23 Asian Cup, which serves as the Olympic qualifying tournament, leaving them with two points and no goals from their three matches.
It would not have mattered if they had. For Australia to qualify, they not only needed to win but for Indonesia to lose. Instead, Indonesia thrashed Jordan 4-1. Having drawn 0-0 with Jordan and lost 1-0 to Indonesia, Tony Vidmar’s players faced Qatar at Al Rayyan’s Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Sunday hoping to break their goal-scoring duck and be given a lifeline from the other group game being played simultaneously.Credit:Vidmar made three changes from the loss to Indonesia with Rhys Youlley, Lachlan Brook, and Nicolas Milanovic returning to the starting XI.
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