The Australian national football team, the Socceroos, beat Bangladesh 7-0 in their first World Cup qualifier. The Socceroos, in particular Jamie Maclaren, who scored a hat trick during the game, were responsible for the victory.
At AAMI Park, in front of 20,876 people, Australia handily crushed the world’s No. 183 squad under the supervision of head coach Graham Arnold, who was making his historic 59th “A international” appearance. Graham Arnold was celebrating his 59th anniversary as an “international” coach.
It took until the fourth minute of play for Harry Souttar to score the game’s first goal, and it took Brandon Borrello another twenty minutes to add a second goal to the scoreboard.
Mitch Duke scored two goals in a short amount of time to earn a brace in the 37th and 40th minutes, while Maclaren scored three goals for Melbourne City after coming off the bench. Maclaren’s goals came in the 48th, 70th, and 84th minutes. Mitch Duke’s goals came in the 37th and 40th minutes.
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Due to Martin Boyle’s knee injury, Arnold decided to start Craig Goodwin and Borrello on the flanks. In addition, Duke was given the opportunity to play in the starting position up top.
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Australia was able to score their first goal when Bangladesh hauled down Craig Goodwin, and they finished up outshooting Bangladesh 29 to 1.
After Goodwin had been successful in winning the free kick, he attempted to tempt Souttar into making a save by shooting the ball with his left foot toward him.
After climbing to the top corner and scoring, the 198-centimetre defender earned his tenth goal for his country with relative ease.
The outstanding Connor Metcalfe rushed forward to meet Lewis Miller’s beautiful dink and connect with Miller for Australia’s second goal. The goal was scored by Metcalfe and Miller. Metcalfe’s link with Miller ultimately resulted in the scoring of the goal.
After a challenge had been finished, Metcalfe skillfully passed the ball to Borrello, who capitalized on the opportunity by scoring.
When Metcalfe dinked the ball to Duke, who then headed for the finish line, Australia was able to break through Bangladesh’s resistance for the third time.
After three minutes, Duke was able to score on the rebound after a tremendous shot by Borrello that curled around the post. However, Borrello’s shot did hit the post.
The Socceroos have not been able to score as many goals in the first half of a competition since their victory against Taiwan in December 2012, when they led 4-0 at the break and scored five goals. Since then, they have not been able to score as many goals in the first half of a contest.
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During the halftime break, Aziz Behich, Massimo Luongo, and Maclaren replaced Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, and Duke, while Jordan Bos moved to the flank position. Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, and Duke were replaced.
Not too much longer after that, Bos set up Maclaren for Australia’s sixth goal, which he then scored with the help of his assist.
Due to Maclaren’s position on the field, the video assistant referee was unable to confirm his potential violation of the offside rule.
Australia struck again, but Maclaren had no trouble converting the rebound after the defender stopped Luongo’s initial shot.
A striker for the Australian national team named Kusini Yengi made his debut for his country in the seventieth and second minutes of play.
By tapping away Miller’s excellently placed cross, Maclaren finished off his second career hat trick at the international level, bringing his total to four goals.
After Aiden O’Neill was hauled down in the 90th minute, the referee awarded a penalty kick to the Socceroos. Luongo produced a spectacular save on the penalty kick that the Socceroos were awarded. As a direct consequence of this, Australia was only able to score seven goals.
This match was played to commemorate the accomplishment of the Socceroos becoming the first team from Australia to qualify for the World Cup. It had been fifty years since that milestone, and the event was conducted in honour of that accomplishment.
In addition, it had been precisely eighteen years since Australia beat Uruguay in a penalty shootout to earn a spot in the World Cup in 2006. That victory came in 2006. 2006 was the year that the contest was played.
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