FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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Match Report

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Kusini Yengi stars as Socceroos beat Palestine 5-0

Kusini Yengi scored twice as the Socceroos claimed an emphatic win over Palestine in Tuesday's World Cup qualifiers.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 2-0

Lineups

AUS · 4-4-2

  1. 18Joe GauciG
  2. 21Cameron BurgessCD-L
  3. 13Alessandro CircatiCD-R
  4. 16Aziz BehichLB
  5. 2Gethin JonesRB
  6. 17Keanu BaccusCM-L
  7. 22Jackson IrvineCM-R
  8. 7Mathew LeckieLM
  9. 6Martin BoyleRM
  10. 11Kusini YengiCF-L
  11. 9Adam TaggartCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 5Jordan BosSUB
  2. 1Paul IzzoSUB
  3. 4Apostolos StamatelopoulosSUB
  4. 3Ryan StrainSUB
  5. 10Ajdin HrusticSUB
  6. 15Daniel ArzaniSUB
  7. 19Harry SouttarSUB
  8. 14Cameron DevlinSUB
  9. 23Joshua NisbetSUB
  10. 8Connor MetcalfeSUB
  11. 20Nestory IrankundaSUB
  12. 12Lawrence ThomasSUB

PLE · 5-4-1

  1. 22Rami HamadehG
  2. 15Michael TermaniniCD
  3. 5Mohammed SalehCD-L
  4. 4Yaser HamedCD-R
  5. 12Camilo SaldañaLB
  6. 17Mousa FarawiRB
  7. 3Mohammed RashidCM-L
  8. 20Ameed MahajnaCM-R
  9. 18Jonathan CantillanaLM
  10. 21Islam BatranRM
  11. 13Omar FarajF

Substitutes

  1. 8Moustafa ZeidanSUB
  2. 16Mahdi AssiSUB
  3. 1Baraa KharoubSUB
  4. 14Samer JondiSUB
  5. 11Oday DabbaghSUB
  6. 9Tamer SeyamSUB
  7. 7Musab BattatSUB
  8. 10Ameed SawaftaSUB
  9. 2Mohammed KhalilSUB
  10. 23Mohammed DarwishSUB
  11. 19Ali RabeiSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Australia 1, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 26' Goal! Australia 2, Palestine 0. Adam Taggart (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Boyle.
  3. 40' Amid Mahajna (Palestine) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 41' Goal! Australia 3, Palestine 0. Kusini Yengi (Australia) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Martin Boyle with a through ball.
  5. 48' Keanu Baccus (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Goal! Australia 4, Palestine 0. Martin Boyle (Australia) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adam Taggart.
  7. 59' Substitution, Palestine. Oday Dabbagh replaces Omar Faraj.
  8. 59' Substitution, Palestine. Ameed Sawafta replaces Mohammed Rashid.
  9. 64' Substitution, Australia. Connor Metcalfe replaces Keanu Baccus.
  10. 64' Substitution, Australia. Apostolos Stamatelopoulos replaces Adam Taggart because of an injury.
  11. 66' Substitution, Palestine. Moustafa Zeidan replaces Jonathan Cantillana.
  12. 66' Substitution, Palestine. Muhamad Darwish replaces Amid Mahajna.
  13. 67' Connor Metcalfe (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 70' Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Martin Boyle.
  15. 75' Jackson Irvine (Australia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 82' Substitution, Palestine. Samer Jondi replaces Islam Batran.
  17. 82' Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Kusini Yengi.
  18. 83' Substitution, Australia. Cameron Devlin replaces Mathew Leckie.
  19. 87' Goal! Australia 5, Palestine 0. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.

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