Socceroos World Cup Qualifiers Third Round - Australia V Oman/Japan

[giggler99]

Some as the other thread one thread for both qualifiers this month. The big match is on Tuesday away against Japan, a win and we have one foot to Qatar already!

World Cup Qualifiers Round 3 Group B Game Three

Australia V Oman

Where:
Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar

When:
Thursday, 8 October 2021 5:30am AEDT 5:00am CSDT 2:30am WST

TV Broadcast:
Channel 10, Ten Plus, Paramount Plus (Check local Guides)

World Cup Qualifiers Round 3 Group B Game Four

Japan V Australia

Where:
Saitama Stadium, Saitama, Japan

When:
Tuesday, 12 October 2021 9:14pm AEDT 8:44pm CSDT 6:14pm WST

TV Broadcast:
Channel 10, Ten Plus, Paramount Plus (Check local Guides)

Socceroos Squad:​

Name	Club, Country	‘A’ Caps (Goals)	Junior Club (Member Federation/Country)
Daniel ARZANI	Lommel SK, Belgium	6 (1)	Mascot Vipers Futsal Club (Football NSW)
Aziz BEHICH	Giresunspor, Turkey	43 (2)	Meadow Park SC (Football Victoria)
Martin BOYLE	Hibernian FC, Scotland	8 (4)	Lewis United FC/Montrose FC (Scotland)
Milos DEGENEK	Red Star Belgrade, Serbia	31 (1)	Blacktown City FC (Football NSW)
Kenneth DOUGALL	Blackpool FC, England	3 (0)	Samford Rangers FC (Football Queensland)
Mitchell DUKE	Fagiano Okayama, Japan	11 (5)	Liverpool Rangers SC (Football NSW)
Callum ELDER	Hull City AFC, England	1 (0)	Manly United FC (Football NSW)
Denis GENREAU	Toulouse FC, France	1 (0)	Brighton SC (Football Victoria)
Rhyan GRANT	Sydney FC, Australia	16 (1)	Canowindra Juniors/Bathurst 75 (Football NSW)
Ajdin HRUSTIC	Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany	9 (1)	Heatherton United SC (Football Victoria)
Jackson IRVINE	FC St. Pauli, Germany	39 (6)	Ringwood City SC (Football Victoria)
Chris IKONOMIDIS	Melbourne Victory, Australia	14 (2)	Cronulla RSL Stingrays FC (Football NSW)
James JEGGO	Aris Thessaloniki, Greece	7 (0)	Green Gully SC (Football Victoria)
Fran KARACIC	Brescia Calcio, Italy	3 (1)	NK Lokomotiva (Croatia)
Awer MABIL	FC Midtjylland, Denmark	19 (5)	Saint Augustines SC (Football South Australia)
Ryan MCGOWAN	Kuwait SC, Kuwait	21 (0)	Para Hills Knights SC (Football South Australia)
Riley MCGREE	Birmingham City FC, England	5 (0)	Gawler Eagles FC (Football South Australia)
Aaron MOOY	Shanghai Port FC, China PR	45 (6)	Carlingford Redbacks FC (Football NSW)
Tom ROGIC	Celtic FC, Scotland	49 (9)	Tuggeranong United FC (Capital Football)
Mathew RYAN (Gk)	Real Sociedad, Spain	63 (0)	Blacktown City FC (Football NSW)
Trent SAINSBURY	KV Kortrijk, Belgium	52 (3)	Armadale SC (Football West)
Harry SOUTTAR	Stoke City FC, England	7 (6)	Brechin City Boys Club (Scotland)
Adam TAGGART	Cerezo Osaka, Japan	14 (6)	ECU Joondalup SC (Football West)
Lawrence THOMAS (Gk)	SønderjyskE Fodbold, Denmark	1 (0)	Winston Hills Bears FC (Football NSW)
Danny VUKOVIC (Gk)	NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands	4 (0)	St Clair United SC (Football NSW)

Group B Standings:

 

[corbies]

Oman knocked over Japan in Japan on MD1 so we certainly can't be taking them lightly. If we play like we did against Vietnam they will beat us.

 

[Zidane98]

Degenek out after positive covid test.

 

[AJ_2000]

If we can rack up 4 points from these games, we'll be in a solid position. No easy games, and Oman in the middle east won't be a walk in the park.

It's a huge match week for Japan, away to Saudi Arabia then home to us. A bad week could have them on the verge of exit.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Nice start through Mobil, pretty open game.

The 8 for Oman is a player.

Japan on the brink of losing to the Saudis, will make next week huge for them. And Vietnam come from 2 goals down to Nick a point against China.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

China score in 95th minute

 

[Great8]

Japan lose again, fantastic!
Big chance to get some space on them

 

[GOALden Hawk]

And Oman equalize. Damn.

 

[Skeppersap]

so many crap turnovers....

Rogic is a turnover merchant these days.

 

[Skeppersap]

also, for all the talk of Souttar, I can't recall him being dangerous.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Oman are impressive- fast, direct. Grant is struggling and already on a yellow, would take him off.

 

[wadistance]

Strong second half. Take it to the bank.


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[GOALden Hawk]

Yeah good win in the end. 11 in a row is a fair achievement, given no home games in that. Boyle very good.

Japan game is massive now, even a point keeps us 6 clear of them. A win and they are in massive strife. If we lose on the other hand group will be wide open.

 

[juss]

These are great results. Can't wait to watch against Japan at a good TV time for us. Game will be another great test of where we are.even a draw would be a fine result though.

 

[AJ_2000]

Spot on. Great start to the campaign, even better with Japan losing twice, plus the other teams in the group taking points off each other creating a big gap of 6 points from the top 2 with the rest.

Japan away next week, followed by Saudi at home, China away in November. Let's keep rolling!

 

[corbies]

so many crap turnovers....

Rogic is a turnover merchant these days.

I reckon he always has been. He hasn't played many good games for the Socceroos in a long time.

I thought Arnolds changes in the 2nd half were good. Got Rogic off as he kept turning the ball over, got Grant off when he was clearly struggling to contain the run in behind his flank (probably his first poor game for Australia). You could hear him screaming at Hrustic to change tactics at the 80th minute mark from pressing to getting back into defensive shape early. Got Jeggo on for Irvine to do just that.

 

[juss]

Spot on. Great start to the campaign, even better with Japan losing twice, plus the other teams in the group taking points off each other creating a big gap of 6 points from the top 2 with the rest.

Japan away next week, followed by Saudi at home, China away in November. Let's keep rolling!

Although I'd love to have some genuine home games in AU, playing a lot in the Middle East has to be an advantage for us for the actual World Cup getting experience in the conditions.

 

[Zidane98]

If we can get a draw against Japan we're almost qualified.


Can't we play November games in Brisbane or Adelaide?

 

[corbies]

If we can get a draw against Japan we're almost qualified.


Can't we play November games in Brisbane or Adelaide?

Brisbane and Adelaide are barely letting people in from other states let alone overseas. NSW is the only state at the moment even negotiating with the FFA to let them fly in and stay in a bubble but not have to do 14 days quarantine.

 

[corbies]

Although I'd love to have some genuine home games in AU, playing a lot in the Middle East has to be an advantage for us for the actual World Cup getting experience in the conditions.

I reckon playing in Qatar is even helping us in terms of the surface. Some of the multi purpose grounds in Australia can hurt our playing style.

 

[Zidane98]

Brisbane and Adelaide are barely letting people in from other states let alone overseas. NSW is the only state at the moment even negotiating with the FFA to let them fly in and stay in a bubble but not have to do 14 days quarantine.

Christmas Island a possibility?

 

[giggler99]

Match Highlights from the Socceroos website

Watch Highlights: Socceroos overcome Oman in record-breaking victory

Australia has become the first nation to register 11-straight wins in a single FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign after defeating Oman 3-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Friday morning (AEDT). Catch all of the highlights now, via the player above. Goals from Awer Mabil...

www.socceroos.com.au

 

[TheGreatBarryB]

s**t missed the game, great result though, thought it was real danger game

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Hrustic is looking a regular for a long time to come. Be interesting to see what changes he makes for Tuesday - I would play Karacic over Grant, but not sure Mooy will start?

 

[AJ_2000]

I reckon playing in Qatar is even helping us in terms of the surface. Some of the multi purpose grounds in Australia can hurt our playing style.

Any ground in Melbourne or Sydney would be pretty fresh right now