FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, October 10, 2024
China WDLLL 1
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Australia WWWLD 3
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CHN101
AUS123
Adelaide Oval · 46,219 att.

Match Report

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Popovic's Socceroos sink China to revive World Cup hope

New coach Tony Popovic has steered the Socceroos to a 3-1 victory against China to revitalise hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AUS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 18Joe GauciG
  2. 19Harry SouttarCD
  3. 4Kye RowlesCD-L
  4. 2Thomas DengCD-R
  5. 22Jackson IrvineCM-L
  6. 13Aiden O'NeillCM-R
  7. 16Aziz BehichLM
  8. 3Lewis MillerRM
  9. 15Mitchell DukeF
  10. 11Nestory IrankundaCF-L
  11. 23Craig GoodwinCF-R

CHN · 4-4-2

  1. 14Wang DaleiG
  2. 16Jiang ShenglongCD-L
  3. 2Jiang GuangtaiCD-R
  4. 4Li LeiLB
  5. 13Hu HetaoRB
  6. 8Li YuanyiCM-L
  7. 6Wang ShangyuanCM-R
  8. 10Wei ShihaoLM
  9. 20Xie WennengRM
  10. 9Zhang YuningCF-L
  11. 17FernandinhoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 20' Xie Wenneng (China) Goal at 20'
  2. 36' Li Lei (China) Yellow Card at 36'
  3. 45'+2' Lewis Miller (Australia) Goal at 47'
  4. 45' Behram Abduweli (China) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Jason Geria (Australia) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Riley McGree (Australia) Substitution at 45'
  7. 53' Craig Goodwin (Australia) Goal at 53'
  8. 66' Wang Shangyuan (China) Yellow Card at 66'
  9. 68' Jin Cheng (China) Substitution at 68'
  10. 68' Liangming Lin (China) Substitution at 68'
  11. 75' Jordan Bos (Australia) Substitution at 75'
  12. 77' Liu Yang (China) Substitution at 77'
  13. 83' Nishan Velupillay (Australia) Substitution at 83'
  14. 90'+2' Nishan Velupillay (Australia) Goal at 92'
  15. 90'+4' Ajdin Hrustic (Australia) Substitution at 94'

WCQ - AFC News

All news
ESPN Mikhail De Guzman and Pam Puri What Philippines learned from two ASEAN campaigns Philippines have shown enough promise over the past two tournaments. They now need to show progress. ESPN Joey Lynch, Gabriel Tan, Stuart Randall AFC to introduce Nations League in shake-up of World Cup, Asian Cup qualification The Asian Football Confederation is set to introduce a Nations League competition, which will affect the qualification process for the World Cup and Asian Cup. ESPN Joey Lynch Garriock: Football Australia 'in favour' of AFC Nations League concept Football Australia has given an early thumbs-up to the AFC's proposed Nations League concept, with director Heather Garriock describing it as a 'great concept' to strengthen Asia's position in world football. ESPN Gabriel Tan Ilhan Fandi pleased with start to life at Lion City Sailors, eyeing more under Mark Jackson Three games in and now reunited with a former coach, Ilhan Fandi is satisfied with how life is going at the Sailors.