Socceroos: Local Media a little confused!
Win Wednesday and we're going to South Africa!
Japan went to the top of the group last night which according to local Canberra media is bad news for Australia...but because of that result we could actually qualify for the World Cup on Wednesday.....
so der..how is it a bad result!!!
Some people have no idea! It's great news for Australia. Australia, obviously didn't play last night, but the result pushes the third place team further behind Australia...especially if the Aussies beat Uzbekistan on Wednesday. And of course the top two qualify direct with the third place team going into further play-offs.
We win and Bahrain draw later on Wed night and Australia go to the World Cup.
So last night Japan needed to beat or draw with Bahrain Japan won 1-0
and Uzbekistan needed to beat Qatar and they did 4-0..which again was the perfect scenario for Australia.
Now to Wednesday and the best position Australia could be in after Wednesday is:
1 April, Bahrain draw with Qatar
1 April, Australia beat Uzbekistan
We would have qualified for the World Cup or with a win to us and a win to either Bahrain or Qatar then Aussies would need just 1 point from 3 games:)
Ladder Ends up after Wednesday if results go as above.:
Team--------- pts Sunday Games pld and Pts after Wednesday Max pts possible.
Australia-----...10...........5............13
Japan----------..11...........5............11
Bahrain--------...4...........6.............5..or (7)..........11 (13)
Qatar----------...4...........6.............5..................11
Uzbek---------....4...........6.............4..................11
Worse case scenario if Australia win on Wednesday, Aussies need a point from 3 games to be certain of qualification:) although if we win on Wednesday it will be enough in my view.
2 comments:
Yes, it's amazing how the Canberra Times (who are apparently a news source), can completely miss the significance of last night's results. Of course, we can't officially qualify on Weds (the Qatar v Bahrain match, which we need a draw in, is not played until Thursday), but a win will see us 'all but' there barring a total and utter disaster in the remaining fixtures.
Anyway, can't wait for Wedsnesday. I've made the trip from Glasgow so I can be there for this one, so Pim better release the shackles. 4-0 to Oz!!
Last night I took some photos of the training session at ANZ Stadium. I have uploaded them to my website: http://brendenwood.com.au/index.php/2009/03/unauthorized-world-cup-soccer-photos/
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