The Road to Russia 2018- World Cup Qualifiers [R]

Discussion in 'Australia' started by el-capitano, Apr 14, 2015.

  1. almango

    almango Member+

    Sydney FC
    Australia
    Nov 29, 2004
    Bulli, Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Very old. I was 12 when the South Korea game was on. Watched the playoff with Iran to get us to the Korea game on tv. We won the first leg 3-0 and were 2-0 down at half time in the second leg but managed to hang on for the 3-2 win. They didn't have away goals in those days so after a 0-0 draw with Korea in Sydney and a 2-2 draw (we were actually 2-0 down at one stage but came back) we had to go to a 3rd game which we won. Had to wait another 32 years to qualify again. One thing you learn at my age is things go in cycles, enjoy the good times but don't get too upset when you don't succeed. I'll be disappointed if we don't beat Honduras, but will get over it reasonably quickly.
     
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  2. thewitness

    thewitness Member

    Melbourne Victory, Derby County
    Australia
    Jul 10, 2013
    Club:
    Derby County FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Squad for the upcoming Honduras games announced. No real changes from the last squad other than the injured Brad Smith.
    https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/ange-postecoglou-names-preliminary-30-player-squad-honduras-hurdle
     
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  3. thewitness

    thewitness Member

    Melbourne Victory, Derby County
    Australia
    Jul 10, 2013
    Club:
    Derby County FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
  4. AIL1998

    AIL1998 Member+

    May 27, 2012
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good luck Australia and hope to see you in Russia.
     
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  5. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-...-can-beat-honduras-without-tim-cahill/9137788
     
  6. RickChelsea

    RickChelsea Member

    Sep 28, 2008
    sidknee
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Mozambique
    well apart from our finishing we pretty much dominated that match

    bodes well for the home leg
     
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  7. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Yeah I was always going to be happy with a 0-0 draw. Definitely was frustrating to see the amount of opportunities we missed.

    Nothing I haven’t seen before with this team, though.
     
  8. theFOOTBALLlover

    FC Porto, SC Freamunde & Fraser Park FC
    Jan 17, 2015
    Sydney
    Not scoring away from home could prove fatal.
     
  9. Iranian Monitor

    Iranian Monitor Member+

    Aug 18, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    Iran
    Good job against Honduras. Hope to see Australia beat them at home.

    I was around 8 in 1973 and that game, where Australia beat Iran 3:0, made me literally sick! I didn't get to watch the return game in Tehran as we went on vacation, but all the same: it must have been frustrating for Iranian fans to erase 2 of the 3 goals in the first half and not be able to finish the job.

    Iran and Australia, incidentally, have played 6 World Cup qualifiers even if they have not met since 1997. Iran has won 3 of those (twice, home and away, for the 1978 World Cup qualifiers along with the 2:0 win you mentioned). We have had 2 draws, both in the 1998 qualifiers, including the memorable 2:2 match in Melbourne in 1997, which booked Iran's ticket to France 98. Our only loss was the 3:0 in the 1974 qualifiers which also happens to be the first ever game I recall watching.
     
  10. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    If we get a score draw here at home, we don't deserve to be at the World Cup.
     
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  11. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Goddammit Australia, Honduras, Peru, and New Zealand... you guys made me stay up all night to see ZERO goals!

    Grrrrr.... but hey at least it wasn't for a lack of trying on Aussies part. A good result, and I reckon you'll be able to take care of them at home.
     
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  12. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    That’s what you get for voluntarily watching a New Zealand game :p
     
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  13. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah their football team puts me to sheep...
     
  14. thewitness

    thewitness Member

    Melbourne Victory, Derby County
    Australia
    Jul 10, 2013
    Club:
    Derby County FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Honduras showed very little on the weekend, but Australia's ability to leak goals at any moment worries me when any scored draw means we're out (coupled with the Socceroos terrible finishing).
    In Australia's last 4 games they have had 65 shots for a total of 5 goals.

    Just hoping to keep our strong home record intake. Now 47 wins, 9 draws and 1 loss in World Cup qualifiers played at home since May 1981. Though a draw is basically a lose at this stage.
     
  15. AKITOD

    AKITOD Member+

    Apr 5, 2007
    Hobart, Aust
    Club:
    JEF United Ichihara
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    Watching the game now. Good luck guys!

    Boy, the left back Behich is rubbish....don't know if he's done a single positive thing with the ball or without so far haha.

    Mooy looking awesome.
     
  16. almango

    almango Member+

    Sydney FC
    Australia
    Nov 29, 2004
    Bulli, Australia
    Club:
    Sydney FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Honduras are crap but our inability to put them away doesn’t say much for us.
     
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  17. RickChelsea

    RickChelsea Member

    Sep 28, 2008
    sidknee
    Club:
    Chelsea FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Mozambique
    not a fan of behich myself and he stunk it up today but ironically he was our best player in the first leg
     
  18. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Fear the beard! :)
     
  19. glennaldo_sf

    glennaldo_sf Member+

    Houston Dynamo, Penang FC, Al Duhail
    United States
    Nov 25, 2004
    Doha, Qatar
    Club:
    FL Fart Vang Hedmark
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Congrats Australia - but was your koalafication ever really in doubt?
     
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  20. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    [​IMG]
     
  21. La Trucha

    La Trucha Moderator
    Staff Member

    Nov 16, 2009
    42 Wallaby Way, Sydney
    Club:
    Melbourne Victory
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    Oh come on, his pun was koala tea!! :ROFLMAO:
     
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  22. el-capitano

    el-capitano Moderator
    Staff Member

    Aug 30, 2005
    Sydney
    Club:
    Liverpool FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Australia
    [​IMG]

    :p
     
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  23. AIL1998

    AIL1998 Member+

    May 27, 2012
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    #174 AIL1998, Nov 22, 2017
    Last edited: Nov 22, 2017
    Congrats Australia and wish you the best of luck in Russia. Australia is my second favorite team in this WC.
     

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