Match Report

Australia's Tom Rogic pulls the strings in dominant Socceroos win against Kuwait

In his first match as full-time Socceroos coach, Graham Arnold got the statement win he wanted as Australia brushed aside Kuwait 4-0.

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1. 12' Own Goal by Khalid Mohamed Ibrahim, Kuwait. Kuwait 0, Australia 1.
2. 21' Goal! Kuwait 0, Australia 2. Apostolos Giannou (Australia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
3. 45' Substitution, Kuwait. Faisal Zayed replaces Yaqoub Al Tararwa.
4. 45' Substitution, Kuwait. Mashari Al Azmi replaces Sultan Al Enezi.
5. 61' Trent Sainsbury (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
6. 62' Substitution, Kuwait. Mohamed Khalid replaces Khalid Mohamed Ibrahim.
7. 65' Substitution, Australia. Tomi Juric replaces Apostolos Giannou.
8. 65' Substitution, Australia. Daniel Arzani replaces Robbie Kruse.
9. 67' Substitution, Kuwait. Omar Al Hubaiter replaces Fahad Al Enezi.
10. 71' Substitution, Kuwait. Ahmed Al Dhafiri replaces Abdullah Mawi.
11. 73' Substitution, Australia. Awer Mabil replaces Mathew Leckie.
12. 76' Substitution, Australia. Thomas Deng replaces Josh Risdon.
13. 76' Substitution, Australia. Mustafa Amini replaces Jackson Irvine.
14. 82' Substitution, Kuwait. Mohammad Frieh replaces Amer Al Fadhel.
15. 82' Goal! Kuwait 0, Australia 3. Tomas Rogic (Australia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Massimo Luongo.
16. 83' Substitution, Australia. Alex Gersbach replaces Aziz Behich.
17. 88' Goal! Kuwait 0, Australia 4. Awer Mabil (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomi Juric.