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    Australia v Saudi Arabia: World Cup 2022 qualifier – live! | Football

    James MartinBy James MartinMarch 29, 2022No Comments9 Mins Read
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    3.49pm EDT

    15:49

    87 min Al Buraikin has been carried off on a stretcher but hops straight off it when it reaches the touchline. Youngster Saud Abdulhamid takes his place.





    3.45pm EDT

    15:45

    83 min A deft through ball from Tilio has Al-Owais off his line in a moment of spark from Australia. But they are soon chasing again on the counter as Al-Dawsari pushes into the box in search of a second goal to put this fixture to bed. He does not manage it, but the crowd love it anywhere. This stadium must be full. Genreau takes his leave for Mitchel Duke who, at 31, is decidedly not one of the “kids” Arnold was talking about playing tonight.





    3.40pm EDT

    15:40

    79 min A Saudi ball in behind from Abdulaziz Al-Bishi eevades Stensness, who is turned in the area. The ever-present Al-Dawsari whips around in front of goal and takes a shot that would be a sure thing but for Mat Ryan. That is regulation from Ryan but it is also reflex, and the No 1 once against saves Australia’s blushes.

    Updated
    at 3.43pm EDT





    3.36pm EDT

    15:36

    76 min D’Agostino gets a cross in but Tambakti is alert to it and the centre-back ensures the danger is averted. Hrustic takes the subsequent corner, which he floats towards the back post. Al-Owais, leaps above the throng of bodies, sticks out a glove and punches it away.





    3.33pm EDT

    15:33

    72 min Australia plays down the right and Atkinson scoots in chase towards the byline. The ball is kept in but Boyle has fouled Al-Shahrani, just in time for Marco Tilio to make his entrance in place of Mabil, who has had a couple of bright moments but been otherwise relatively quiet.





    3.27pm EDT

    15:27

    Goal! Saudi Arabia 1-0 Australia

    65 min Al-Dawsari takes the spot kick and he does not miss. The ball is along the ground and tucks inside the right post. Ryan dives left. That’s that.





    3.23pm EDT

    15:23

    62 min Turns out he is OK. But Australia are not, because Saudi have a penalty! Jimmy Jeggo, in as he skipped, clipped the ankles of Sami Al-Najei and the referee was quick to call it. VAR has a quick look but it will stand, and fair enough.





    3.21pm EDT

    15:21

    60 min Al-Owais looks to have pulled something on his way down from said leap and play is stopped as he is tended to. Another three-minute break ensues.





    3.19pm EDT

    15:19

    57 min A lovely Saudi through ball has Saudi on the move down the left flank and it almost ends in a goal. They are opening up those wide channels with ease now. Up the other end, Mabil sends a fizzer of a shot at Al-Owais’s goal. The former has beaten Tambakti to cut inside and his flight on the ball forces the goalkeeper to leap and tip it over the bar.





    3.13pm EDT

    15:13

    53 min D’Agostino for mine is deserving of this opportunity. A tough selection call, because keeping Fornaroli on may have helped discern how he fits in the set-up leading into the first playoff against the UAE in June. But D’Agostino is in form and can perhaps help in transition against this Saudi defence. Boyle dives into a challenge and catches Al-Shahrani on his way through.





    3.09pm EDT

    15:09

    49 min On the note of forwards, they are missing a few, with Jamie Maclaren and Mat Leckie off getting married and avoiding another yellow card respectively. Saudi have a corner which amounts to little. They recycle. Al-Faraj takes a heavy touch but manages to hold onto the ball but possession is soon back with the Socceroos anyway.





    3.06pm EDT

    15:06

    46 min So, we all know what the main talking point will be post-match, regardless of what happens in the second half. But another might be around whether Fornaroli, hailed as the answer to Australia’s attacking woes, is indeed the answer. Arnold may be wondering this too because he has replaced him with Nicholas D’Agostino. What can the Melbourne Victory forward do?





    2.53pm EDT

    14:53

    Half-time! Saudi Arabia 0-0 Australia

    45+4 min Well that was an interesting first 45. Australia should be a goal up but, apart from that disallowed goal, cannot land a shot on target. The Saudis are playing like a side who have already qualified.

    Updated
    at 3.07pm EDT





    2.49pm EDT

    14:49

    46 min There are four minutes of added time, which is also a little mystifying given the VAR decision alone took longer than this. On the field, Mohammed Al-Breik is toying with Aziz Behich. Atkinson is fighting his own battle against Mohamed Kanno, who can move.

    Updated
    at 2.51pm EDT





    2.46pm EDT

    14:46

    43 min Needless to say there will be a few minutes of stoppage-time added to this half. I have an updated report that the VAR actually took close to five minutes to make that decision.

    Here is a closer look at it:

    10 Football
    (@10FootballAU)

    What do we think @Socceroos fans, onside or offside?#KSAvAUS is live now on 10 pic.twitter.com/EPW9Xjous8


    March 29, 2022





    2.43pm EDT

    14:43

    40 mins This is patience on display here as Saudi build from the back and Firas Al-Buraikan threatens in the box. Possession is turned over and oh! The Socceroos might be onto something here! A defence-splitting pass releases Boyle at the halfway line and it was never in doubt. Terrible defending from the home side, but there is question around whether he was offside at the point of that initial pass.

    The VAR is taking a while, suggesting this might be one of those bee’s dick offside calls. They are splitting pixels in the cave and it has now been almost four minutes. The crowd are getting restless. The coaches are getting frustrated. Boyle is laighing and high-fiving an opponent. But he will not be awarded his sixth international goal.

    Updated
    at 2.46pm EDT





    2.34pm EDT

    14:34

    32 min Australia have five shots, none on target, and one-third of possession, which sums up this half quite well so far in a way stats do not always. Saudi are content and comfortable to let their visitors play. Fornaroli is down under a challenge but dust himself off.





    2.30pm EDT

    14:30

    28 min Ajdin Hrustic, who was so good against Japan last week, has a free kick. It lofts up beautifully and is heading towards the top-left corner, but lands on the roof. Mabil opens up another channel, this time from left to right in the centre of the park and Boyle is onto it. Yet again an Australian attack ends with a shot which rolls marginally wide of the back post.





    2.26pm EDT

    14:26

    24 min Genreau darts down the left flank, an audacious move from his (slightly defensive) midfield role. Australia have been decent going forward. They are creating. They are not finishing, but the foundations are there to get something out of this game. They just need to tighten up around the midfield.

    The Saudi coach, Hervé Renard, is offering his players some unorthodox gesticulations from his technical area.





    2.22pm EDT

    14:22

    20 min Atkinson does not have the easiest debut on his hands. The pace is a step up but not only that he is facing the likes of Al-Dawsari with Al-Shahrani. This pair love an overlap.

    Hrustic is released by Mat Ryan, and before you can blink Boyle is in the box and Fornaroli alert to the action, anticipating the next move. The next move does not eventuate.





    2.18pm EDT

    14:18

    17 mins Thus far the Saudis are still retaining possession and suffocating Australia. Al-Faraj is doing his best work with the least room. Boyle, meanwhile, is on a mazy run which, in the end, amounts to nothing.





    2.15pm EDT

    14:15

    13 min ALMOST goal. And it is the first real contribution from Atkinson, who opens up the field nicely. Boyle shows off with a cute backheel and a ball across the face of goal is very nearly converted by Awer Mabil but he does not quite have a handle on it.





    2.12pm EDT

    14:12

    10 min Hrustic finds Mabil and Behich is charging forward but the ball is out of play off a Saudi defender. Their two central defenders – Hassan Tambakti and Abdullah Madu – played no part at all in their last match.

    Salman Al-Faraj, the captain of both this team and Al-Hilal, looks to make moves but is dealt with by Sainsbury.

    Updated
    at 2.15pm EDT





    2.09pm EDT

    14:09

    We are away!

    5 min Saudi Arabia have all the early possession as they string passes together and drive forward. Australia clean up a bit here though the passes are not being completed at this point. A Martin Boyle long ball is cleaned up by Mohammed Al-Owais.

    Updated
    at 2.16pm EDT





    2.02pm EDT

    14:02

    Here is how the teams line up. A couple of changes for Australia with Bruno Fornaroli making his first start for his new country and right-back Nathaniel Atkinson his overall debut. The latter has enjoyed an impressive few years with Melbourne City and recently joined Hearts.

    Rhyan Grant and Joel King step out Denis Genreau has his second cap alongside James Jeggo and Gianni Stensness, who played in midfield against, drops back to the centre of defence.

    AFC
    (@theafcdotcom)

    Starting lineups for @SaudiNT vs @Socceroos! Kick-off is in one hour! #WCQ2018 #RoadToRussia #KSAvAUS pic.twitter.com/s2lTmg6brw


    October 6, 2016





    1.55pm EDT

    13:55

    Preamble

    Emma Kemp

    Emma Kemp

    “We are where we were four years ago.” Graham Arnold said today from Jeddah. What he means is that Australia’s Qatar 2022 fate is now in the hands of the dreaded playoffs, just as it was in the bid to qualify for Russia 2018. He means Asia and then South America.

    Why? Well, we have missed out on automatic qualification. Last week’s 2-0 home loss to Japan ensured that. It also ensured more questions about Arnold’s future as head coach and more pre- post mortems of the Socceroos’ failure to qualify altogether, which has not even yet happened (though we do love a drama).

    Today’s tie is against Saudi Arabia. It is a dead rubber. Australia will finish third in their group, and Japan and Saudi first and second, and that will not change regardless of the result. But Arnold offered another wise nugget today: he does not believe in dead rubbers.

    “Especially when you put on a national team shirt,” he said. “I said to the boys, ‘I’ve used 45 players over the last 17 games and we will add to that tonight’. I would rather look at the positives. The positives are that we are creating depth. Today it’s a clean sheet of paper.”

    This blog, though, will not be a clean sheet of paper. So let’s fill it!





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