Oceania Nations Cup -- Socceroos' XI v Vanuatu

[you_idiot]

http://www.socceraustralia.com.au/news/feature.sps?id=110401&type=4&from=home&string=2

Lineup's been leaked already, and there are as many as five players that will win their first caps.

excerpt from article
The starting eleven is (International appearances in brackets): Jason Petkovic (12), Fausto De Amicis (9), Patrick Kisnorbo (0), Mehmet Durakovic (59), Steve Horvat (28), Jade North (0), Milan Blagojevic (27), Tom Pondeljak (0), Scott Chipperfield (19), Damien Mori (45) and Ante Milicic (0). Subs: Dean Anastasiadis, Angelo Costanzo, Ante Juric, Robbie Middleby, Paul Trimboli, Bobby Despotovski and Joel Porter.

And a head-to-head feature (as brief as the history between the two countries is) can be found here: http://www.socceraustralia.com.au/news/feature.sps?id=110400&type=4&from=home&string=2

Cheers,
William

 

[Bomber Spirit]

0-0 after 40 minutes.

 

[Bomber Spirit]

65th minute - still 0-0

 

[Bomber Spirit]

Final score - Australia 2 Vanuatu 0. Mori & Despotovski were the goalscorers.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Geez...that is extremely ordinary. Not going to beat NZ with that sort of effort.

 

[BT]

Originally posted by GOALden Hawk
Geez...that is extremely ordinary. Not going to beat NZ with that sort of effort.

You said it GH!

I read an interview with New Zealand's Man City striker Christopher Killen the other day and he sounded confident. He has every reason to after this result.

 

[daicos4ever]

HAHA. We must be pretty poor. Looks like New Zealand will be at the Confed Cup....

 

[The Ewok]

Actually the last time this tournament was played in 2000 Australia only beat Vanuatu 1-0 with a dubious penalty 4 minutes into the game and the Australian team on that occassion was full of European based players and close to full strength

Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Shaun Murphy, Tony Popovic, Danny Tiatto, Stan Lazaridis, Paul Okon, Craig Foster (Aurelio Vidmar 65), Brett Emerton, David Zdrilic (Clayton Zane 55), Paul Agostino

Vanuatu isn't as hopeless as you may think

 

[BT]

Originally posted by The Ewok


Vanuatu isn't as hopeless as you may think

Yeah I know but I remember the glory days when we used to beat these teams 8-0!

They're easybeats on Road To World Cup 98 .

 

[Sydneyfan]

In the end it's probably a good result, we had to work for the win and will hopefully give us a kick up the bum to show us that these teams aren't as bad as they used to be and we're going to have to work to beat the Kiwis.

 

[hawkfan5]

Probably gonna have to play better than that to be the New Zealand side.. but never the less.. a win is a win.

 

[daicos4ever]

Originally posted by BT


They're easybeats on Road To World Cup 98 .

Ahh that brings back some memories. I've been looking for that game everywhere. I used to love winning the world cup with Soloman Islands and St Kitts & Nevis.....

 

[slyolddog]

Australia's Road To 1998

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After the first 6 months of Venables reign the World Cup began for Australia with this game. This match equalled the Oceania record with New Zealand beating Fiji in the 80's also by 13-0 but fell short of the 17-0 record set by Iran against the Maldives only a week before. This was a World Cup Qualifying match.

Played : June 11 1997 Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Australia 13 - Solomon Islands 0

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Robbie Slater (Ernie Tapai 73), Stan Lazaridis (Robert Hooker 73), Steve Horvat, Alex Tobin, Tony Vidmar, Craig Foster, Ned Zelic, Damian Mori, Aurelio Vidmar, John Aloisi
Goals : Mori 2, 15, 37, 55, 82, Aloisi 34, 54, 83, 88, 89, Foster 69, Tapai 80, Bosnich 90pk

Solomon Islands
Severino Aefi, Jimmy Manewai, Jeffrey Kwaomai, Timothy Inifiri, Saeni Daudau (sent off 53), Eddie Rukumana (Selson Molea 73), Noel Berry, Cliff Sasau, Colman Maniadola (Batram Suri 68), George Kiriau, Andrew Sala-Rockson (Augustine Peli 46)

Referee : Grimshaw (NZ)
Attendance : 3127

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After Australia's 13-0 win coach Venables made many changes to his side for the second game still trying to fine tune the team and help him sort out the top 11. This was a World Cup qualification match.

Played : June 13 1997 Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Australia 5 - Tahiti 0

Australia
Zeljko Kalac, Kevin Muscat, Matthew Bingley (Stan Lazaridis 70), Milan Ivanovic, Craig Moore, Robert Enes, Robert Hooker (Ernie Tapai 70), Ned Zelic, Graham Arnold, Aurelio Vidmar (Kris Trajanovski 46), Paul Trimboli
Goals : Vidmar 17, Trimboli 43, 45, Arnold 46, Bingley 66

Tahiti
Ricky Fassain (Jimmy Tahutini 17), Rex Faura, Jean Ludivion, Tetaio Auraa, Heimana Vaiho, Vetea Lai San, Eddie Etaeta, Olivier Dexter, Sylvain Boene, Harold Amaru (Steeve Fatupua 82), Marc Douepere (Jean-Lou Rousseau 63)
Referee : Brian Precious (NZ)
Attendance : 2869

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The Solomons had beaten Fiji 4-1 on the Sunday in an upset, the game played at Gabbie Stadium in front of 254 people. The win seemed to have given the Solomons confidence. Technically speaking this was Australias away match. This was a World Cup Qualifying match.

Played : June 17 1997 Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Australia 6 - Solomon Islands 2

Australia
Jason Petkovic, Alex Tobin, Milan Ivanovic, Ernie Tapai (Aurelio Vidmar 72), Stan Lazaridis, Robert Slater, Josip Skoko (Kevin Muscat 72), Damian Mori, Robert Enes (Kris Trajanovski 77), Tony Vidmar, Graham Arnold
Goals : Slater 16, Arnold 17, Kaierea 39og, Tapai 47, 51, A Vidmar 77pk

Solomon Islands
Severino Aefi (Peter Mautoa 49), Jimmy Kaierea, Saeni Daudau, Eddie Rukumana (sent off 77), Noel Berry (Colman Maniadola 82), Danny Wabo, Augustine Peli (Moses Toata 73), Batrim Suri, Robert Seni, Selson Molea, Sikele Buga
Goals : Peli 63, Suri 70

Referee : Brian Precious (NZ)
Attendance : 2122


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Australia, already qualified, played out this match disappointingly. Again this was, technically, their away match. Subsequently the other two sides played out a 1-1 draw on the 21st of June to formally end the Oceania Group A games. This was a World Cup qualification match.

Played : June 19 1997 Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Australia 2 - Tahiti 0

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Matthew Bingley (Kris Trajanovski 77), Craig Moore (Alex Tobin 46), Steve Horvat, Tony Popovic, Robert Hooker, Craig Foster, Ned Zelic, Aurelio Vidmar, John Aloisi, Damian Mori (Paul Trimboli 77)
Goals : Zelic 10, Trimboli 89

Tahiti
Jimmy Tahutini, Harold Amaru, Jean Ludivion, Heimana Paama, Sylvain Boeene, Rex Faaura (Steeve Fatupua 85), Eddy Etaeta, Calixte Tetuanui, Vetea Laisan, Jean Lou Rousseau, Tetaio Auraa (Maco Nena 72)

Referee : B Grimshaw
Attendance : 2918

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Despite New Zealand's 1-0 loss to PNG in Group B they prevailed over them and Fiji to once again set up a Trans-Tasman showdown. This was a World Cup qualification match.

Played : June 28 1997 Venue : North Harbour Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Australia 3 - New Zealand 0

New Zealand
Jason Batty, Danny Hay, Ivan Vicelich, Gavin Wilkinson, Mark Atkinson, Simon Elliott, Michael McGarry (Noah Hickey 61), Chris Jackson (sent off 67), Richard van Steeden (Tim Stevens 85), Vaughan Coveny, Wynton Rufer

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Milan Ivanovic, Craig Moore (Tony Vidmar 88), Alex Tobin, Ned Zelic, Robbie Slater, Stan Lazaridis, Craig Foster, Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold, John Aloisi
Goals : Aloisi 18, A Vidmar 42, Foster 66

Referee : Okada Masayoshi (Japan)
Attendance : 25000

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This game had been scheduled for the Sydney Football Stadium on July 5 but the pitch was so waterlogged that the match referee called the game off. This was a World Cup qualification match.

Played : July 6 1997 Venue : Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia

Australia 2 - New Zealand 0

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Milan Ivanovic, Alex Tobin, Craig Moore (Tony Vidmar 31), Craig Foster, Ned Zelic, Stan Lazaridis, Robbie Slater, Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold (Damian Mori 79), John Aloisi (Paul Trimboli 79)
Goals : Zelic 6, Arnold 54

New Zealand
Jason Batty, Mark Atkinson, Ivan Vicelich, Danny Hay, Gavin Wilkinson (Rodger Gray 84), Gareth Rowe, Richard van Steeden (Neil Harlock 80), Michael McGarry, Simon Elliott, Nick Viljoen, Tim Stevens (Noah Hickey 71)
Referee : Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
Attendance : 14045

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Having negotiated the winning of Oceania it was something of a wait to discover the identity of the final obstacle to Australia's re-appearance at a World Cup. After Japan won the qualifying match against Iran in Johor Bahru it was Iran the Aussies had to face. This was a World Cup qualifying match.

Played : November 22 1997 Venue : Azadi Stadium, Tehran, Iran

Iran 1 - Australia 1

Iran
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c), Naim Saadavi, Mohammad Khakpour, Mohammad Peyravani, Mehdi Pashazadeh (Farhad Madjidi 75), Mehdi Mahdavikia, Hamid Estili, Ali Reza Mansourian (Ebrahim Tahami 64), Reza Shahroudi, Khodadad Azizi, Ali Daei
Goals : Azizi 40

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Steve Horvat, Craig Moore, Alex Tobin (c), Tony Vidmar, Robbie Slater (Stan Lazaridis 58), Craig Foster, Ned Zelic, Aurelio Vidmar (Ernie Tapai 58), Harry Kewell (Graham Arnold 89), Mark Viduka
Goals : Kewell 19
Referee : Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)
Linesmen : Salvatore Marano, Pietro Kontnet (Italy)
Attendance : 128000
Coach : Terry Venables (Australia), Valdeir Vieira (Iran)


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The second leg of the qualifier was at home for Australia and with the 1-1 from the first leg Australia needed a win or a 0-0 draw to advance to the World Cup. During this game a spectator damaged the net and this required just over 5 minutes to fix. All events subsequent to this event at 48mins are recorded disregarding the interruption as no play was taking place. This was a World Cup qualifying match.

Played : November 29 1997 Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia

Australia 2 - Iran 2

Australia
Mark Bosnich, Craig Moore (Graham Arnold 78), Steve Horvat, Alex Tobin (c), Stan Lazaridis, Robbie Slater (Tony Vidmar 76), Ned Zelic, Aurelio Vidmar (Ernie Tapai 76), Craig Foster, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka
Goals : Kewell 32, A Vidmar 48

Iran
Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c), Naim Saadavi (Ebrahmi Tahami 70 (Ali Akbar Ostad Asadi 84)), Mohammad Khakpour, Mohammad Ali Peyravani, Mehdi Pashazadeh, Hamid Estili, Karim Bagheri, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Reza Shahroudi (Ali Reza Mansourian 52), Khodadad Azizi, Ali Daei
Goals : Bagheri 71, Azizi 75
Referee : Sandor Puhl (Hungary)
Attendance : 85022
Coach : Terry Venables (Australia), Valdeir Vieira (Iran)

 

[The Ewok]

New Zealand made a mess of PNG 9-1 and Tahiti beat Solomon Islands 3-2 in today's games

Australia play the might of New Caledonia tomorrow night

 

[BT]

Originally posted by daicos4ever


Ahh that brings back some memories. I've been looking for that game everywhere. I used to love winning the world cup with Soloman Islands and St Kitts & Nevis.....

I could sell you a copy...

PM me if interested.