By Syndicated Issue
Jun 7, 2022 | 3: 16 PM
By Michael Church
(Reuters) – Australia will remove on Peru subsequent week for a utter at November’s World Cup finals after beating the United Arab Emirates 2-1 on Tuesday in Asia’s closing eliminator for Qatar 2022.
Defender Ali Salmeen deflected Ajdin Hrustic’s volley past Khaled Issa with six minutes final at Al Rayyan’s Ahmad bin Ali Stadium to care for alive Australia’s hopes of qualifying for a fifth consecutive World Cup finals.
Jackson Irvine had assign Graham Arnold’s aspect in entrance with a shut-vary strike within the 53rd minute nonetheless Caio Canedo levelled four minutes later with an emphatic enact into the roof of Mathew Ryan’s procure.
The Australians increased the stress all the design thru the 2nd half and it at closing paid off when Hrustic volleyed Aaron Mooy’s nook in the direction of arrangement and the deflection off Salmeen proved decisive.
The Socceroos will meet Peru within the identical venue subsequent Monday within the first of two intercontinental playoffs to safe out the final spots on the finals, with Recent Zealand taking half in Costa Rica within the closing eliminator 24 hours later.
(Reporting by Michael Church in Hong Kong, Improving by Toby Davis)
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