Australia does not resign and asks for passage

Australia does not resign and asks for passage

A solitary goal from Mitch Duke gives the Socceroos their first victory in Qatar and leaves Tunisia on the canvas

MADRID, 26 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Australian team, with a header from Mitch Duke, beat Tunisia this Saturday (0-1) in the second day of Group D of the World Cup in Qatar, a result that allows the 'Socceroos' to stay alive in the tournament and that forces the Africans to surprise France on the last day to dream of the eighth.

The goal for the Oceanic team after 23 minutes surprised Kalel Kadri's men, who were slow to respond to the blow and were unable to neutralize it in an intense final stretch. Now, the 'Águilas de Carthago', bottom of the group, are holding on to give the bell to Didier Deschamps' men.

After a few minutes of exchanges at the Al Yanub Stadium, Australia, overwhelmed in its debut by France (4-1), gradually took control of the clash and brought danger to the Aymen Dahmen area, a siege that had a prize before the match. half an hour.

In the 23rd minute, Craig Goodwin - his team's goalscorer against the French - put a cross from the left into the heart of the area and attacker Mitch Duke, rising above the Tunisian defense, executed a perfect header to send the ball into the back of the net. tights and overtake the 'Socceroos'.

The goal initially upset the 'Águilas de Carthago', who even so reacted in the last minutes of the first half and were able to equalize the contest on two occasions by Dräger and Msakni who did not find a goal.

After the restart, Kalel Kadri's men continued to try and even called for a penalty in a jumbled play inside the area in the first minutes that went unnoticed by the referee, before Mathew Ryan had to put out a providential hand to avoid greater danger from a cross from Msakni.

The occasions followed one another, but Australia managed to completely annul a Tunisia that did press in the final stretch, especially with hanging balls, but could not avoid their first defeat in Qatar -after the draw in their debut against Denmark (0- 0)-.

--RESULT: TUNISIA, 0 - AUSTRALIA, 1 (0-1, at halftime).

TÚNEZ: Dahmen; Drager (Sassi, min. 46), Talbi, Meriah, Bronn (Kechrida, min. 73), Abdi; Skhiri, Laïdouni (Khazri, min. 67), Sliti; Msakni and Jebali (Khenissi, min. 73).

AUSTRALIA: Ryan; Rowles, Souttar, Behich, Karadzic (Degenek, min. 75); Mooy, McGree (Hrustic, min. 64), Irvine; Goodwin (Mabil, min.85), Leckie (Baccus, min.85) and Duke (MacLaren, min.64).

0-1, min.23: Mitch Duke.

--REFEREE: Daniel Siebert (ALE). He admonished Laïdouni (min.26), Abdi (min.64) and Sassi (min.93) for Tunisia.

--STADIUM: Al Yanub.