FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Tuesday, March 25, 2025
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China LWWLL 0
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Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium · 70,588 att.

Match Report

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Irvine leads Socceroos to qualifying win over China

Australia's quest to secure automatic World Cup qualification is set to go down to the wire, despite the Socceroos earning a 2-0 away win over China.

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Head to Head

AUS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CHN · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 14Wang DaleiG
  2. 16Jiang ShenglongCD-L
  3. 2Han PengfeiCD-R
  4. 18Huang ZhengyuDM
  5. 4Li LeiLB
  6. 8Yang ZexiangRB
  7. 19Cao YongjingAM
  8. 20Xie WennengLM
  9. 7Xu HaoyangRM
  10. 10Wei ShihaoCF-L
  11. 9Zhang YuningCF-R

AUS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Mathew RyanG
  2. 2Milos DegenekCD
  3. 21Cameron BurgessCD-L
  4. 8Jason GeriaCD-R
  5. 17Ryan TeagueCM-L
  6. 22Jackson IrvineCM-R
  7. 16Aziz BehichLM
  8. 3Lewis MillerRM
  9. 11Brandon BorrelloF
  10. 7Nishan VelupillayCF-L
  11. 6Martin BoyleCF-R

Timeline

  1. 13' Xie Wenneng (China) Yellow Card at 13'
  2. 16' Jackson Irvine (Australia) Goal at 16'
  3. 29' Nishan Velupillay (Australia) Goal at 29'
  4. 34' Behram Abduweli (China) Substitution at 34'
  5. 45' Serginho (China) Substitution at 45'
  6. 66' Wang Yudong (China) Substitution at 66'
  7. 67' Wang Haijian (China) Substitution at 67'
  8. 77' Fran Karacic (Australia) Substitution at 77'
  9. 77' Aiden O'Neill (Australia) Substitution at 77'
  10. 82' Mitchell Duke (Australia) Substitution at 82'
  11. 82' Anthony Cáceres (Australia) Substitution at 82'
  12. 87' Wang Ziming (China) Substitution at 87'
  13. 90'+2' Daniel Arzani (Australia) Substitution at 92'

WCQ - AFC News

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