5-0! Asia's No. 4 kicked crazy, caused a tragedy, won all 4 games and conceded 0 goals, and ranked first in the group
A match in the second stage of the Asian Qualifiers for the World Cup is contested as Australia travels to Lebanon. Australia is ranked 4th in Asia and is very strong. Although Australia stopped in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, Australia won the first three group games of the Asian preliminaries, and they all kept clean sheets, firmly occupying the first place in the group. Australia won the first leg against Lebanon by two goals. Now that they meet again, Australia, which is playing away, has defeated their opponents again and completed the double kill!
Australia lined up 3142 formations in this game. Yanji and Duke are paired as two forwards. Goodwin, Metcalfe, Hrustic and Jones partnered in four midfielders. Jackson Irving is a single midfielder. Rawls, Burgess and Suta started the game at the back three. Matthew Ryan was the starting goalkeeper. Lebanon, on the other hand, lined up a more conservative 541 formation, with only one Omar Bijjar at the front.
Just two minutes into the game, Australia scored!Goodwin crossed from the left, Yanji outflanked the shot in front of the goal, the ball hit the post and bounced off, and he scored from the stoppage. Australia got off to a fantastic start. Australia played more calmly after the goal. Australia dominated possession and controlled the tempo of the game. After that, Australia had a chance to extend the score, but it was a pity that Metcalf wasted a one-on-one chance and his close-range shot was saved by the goalkeeper, which was incredible. At half-time, Australia led Lebanon 1-0. Australia had a whopping 70% possession in the first half, 10 shots on goal, 2 on target, and scored 1 goal. Lebanon, on the other hand, had only four shots on goal in the first half, and none of them were on target, and the quality of the shots was too poor.
In the second half, it was easy to play again. In the 47th minute, Australia scored again. Goodwin whipped in a free-kick from the right and the ball flew in front of goal, where Gilardi accidentally kicked it into his own net. This own goal made Lebanon even worse. Goodwin fired a shot from the edge of the box into the far corner. Lebanon has collapsed!
In the 58th minute, Lebanon made a substitution, with Darvic and Bitar coming on as substitutes. However, these substitutions did not help. In the 68th minute, Australia scored again!Yazbek sent a cross from the left, and Airdale flanked in front of the goal and easily kicked the ball into the goal. In the 81st minute, Goodwin scored another goal to complete the brace and completely kill the game. In the end, Australia caused a tragedy, sweeping Lebanon 5-0. Australia won all 4 games in the group stage and conceded 0 goals, ranking first in the group.