Discussion Football (Soccer) Thread

[Chef Ratts]

Thankfully a long way to go but Straya very disjointed so far

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Thankfully a long way to go but Straya very disjointed so far

Socceroos really do remind me of the Saints. Loyal fan base, golden era where we relied solely on one legendary forward

 

[Chef Ratts]

They said Australia has never beaten Japan in Japan

 

[George]

We turn to water whenever we play even a half decent side. Need a goal to stem the flow and hopefully snatch another. This group is going to be close and we need all the points we can get.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

We turn to water whenever we play even a half decent side. Need a goal to stem the flow and hopefully snatch another. This group is going to be close and we need all the points we can get.

Draw is enough I’m pretty sure. Not sure when the time is to throw caution to the wind and go full on attack is.

 

[George]

Draw is enough I’m pretty sure. Not sure when the time is to throw caution to the wind and go full on attack is.

Saudi Arabia have been the surprise of the group, they're level with us on points after 3 games and Japan is only a win behind us. Top 2 go straight through to the World Cup, the 3rd placed side goes into a knockout playoff round.

We've been in really good form all throughout these qualifiers. 11 straight wins is a record for us. Draw on this leg would be good but a win would put us in a really strong position with 6 qualifying games to go.

 

[Chef Ratts]

Gee Japan looking so much better through the midfield

 

[Chef Ratts]

Frickin post!

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Frickin post!

Was on target. Good save.

 

[George]

Off the post, bloody hell

 

[Chef Ratts]

Ok time to reset, relax. They looked pretty shaky early on. Still only one goal down so anything can happen!

 

[lewdogs]

Behich's defending for their goal was soooo bad. We must have a better left back around somewhere.

Defensively we look shocking but you just feel if we can pinch a goal it will change the whole complection of the game. We were close.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

PENALTY LETS GOOO

 

[George]

Penalty!

 

[George]

Going to be close

 

[George]

WOW

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

HRUSTIC might just be our best player right now along with Ryan.

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Also for course they took away out penalty. Didn’t need it

 

[George]

What an unbelievable goal from the set piece just outside the box from Hrustic.

Australia 1-1 Japan!

70 minutes gone

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

What an unbelievable goal from the set piece just outside the box from Hrustic.

Australia 1-1 Japan!

70 minutes gone

Sprayed all his corners then unleashes that beauty of a kick

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Nevermind Ryan is worth 10x the rest of the team combined. How did we not concede there

 

[Chef Ratts]

Well that's not so good

 

[George]

Oh my god...

 

[Ephemeral Hope]

Own goal… cheers Roos I’m crying now

 

[George]

Disappointing. First loss from 12 games. Japan only 3 points behind us now in 3rd place. Need to bounce back next game which is huge - v Saudi Arabia, November 11th.