socceroos continue good form

In australia, sport on 15 November 2009 tagged australia, bahrain, emerton, fifa, football, new zealand, oman, soccer, socceroos, south africa, wiltshire, world cup with no comments

the soc­ceroos have con­tin­ued their good run of form with an impor­ant 2–1 win against oman last night.

the aus­trali­ans traveled to oman on the back of a 1–0 vic­tory, but looked to be in trouble after an early red card and pen­alty. oman missed the pen­alty, but scored the rebound, giv­ing them the lead. the soc­ceroos were down to 10 men, but held off oman’s attacks. schwar­zer was in fine form, mak­ing good saves to deny oman a cru­cial second goal.

aus­tralia respon­ded with their own attacks, luke wilt­shire equal­ising with his first inter­na­tional goal just before half time.

both teams had chances in the second half. the soc­ceroos again wait­ing until late before claim­ing all three points. car­ney made a good run and a cross to emer­ton who tucked the ball away, seal­ing the win.

it was a solid per­form­ance for the soc­ceroos, espe­cially in defense, hold­ing out oman’s fast attack. aus­tralia now lead their asian qual­i­fier group and are on track to qual­ify for the asian cup.

in other news, new zea­l­and snuck past bahrain with a 1–0 win which was enough to seal their spot in the 2012 world cup. this will be new zealand’s second only appear­ance in the world cup and the first time when both aus­tralia and new zea­l­and have been able to fea­ture in the same world cup.

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