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Socceroos book World Cup berth after shootout drama from freeamfva's blog

That’s it from me this morning. Thank you for following all the action from Australia’s World Cup qualifying play-off against Peru. What a moment it was, worth waking up early for after a long weekend. To recap, Australia has qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar after winning a penalty shootout over South America’s fifth-ranked team.To get more news about Bdlive, you can visit bdlive.vn official website.

It’s the Socceroos’ fifth successive World Cup qualification and seals their passage to Group D, alongside France, Tunisia and Denmark.

Stay tuned for all the follow-up and analysis from the Socceroos’ gripping victory. Thank you and have a great day.Report: Australia is heading to Qatar for their fifth successive World Cup finals appearance after coach Graham Arnold’s penalty shootout gamble succeeded in dramatic style when substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne dived to his right to save Alex Valera’s spot-kick to send the Socceroos to Qatar 2022.
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Australia had the best of the 90 minutes of normal time; neither side could make the breakthrough in the extra 30 minutes of extra time ensuring the dramatic denouement that would bring joy for one nation, heartbreak for another.

Arnold stunned fans in the stadium and all those watching at home when, with a few minutes left in extra time, he took off goalkeeper and captain Mat Ryan and replaced him with Redmayne, who he believed would be more effective in the penalty shootout. Read more.Graham Arnold’s decision to bring goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne on as a last-minute substitution for the penalty shoot-out was months in the planning. To the surprise of just about everyone watching, Redmayne replaced La Liga and former EPL goalkeeper Mat Ryan in the last minute of time and made the crucial save that got Australia to the World Cup, blocking Alex Valera’s penalty.

Redmayne has a superb record in saving penalties in the A-League, helping Sydney FC to a 2019 grand final triumph in the shoot-out against Perth Glory. Speaking after the match, he revealed it was one of the reasons he was brought into the camp as a back-up goalkeeper.

“This idea was floated pre-selection that this might eventuate in these kind of circumstances. In the two or three weeks we have been here, I kind of had this in the back of my mind,” he said.Bailey Wright gets the bigger picture. The Sunderland defender only played his first minutes of the campaign against UAE last week but started at centre-back against Peru tonight.

While his teammates were jumping up and down in celebration, Wright was more philosophical. Immediately, he pointed towards what qualification does for the country’s national psyche and for the growth of the game as well.There’s a sense of déjà vu for the Socceroos’ 2022 World Cup group in being pitted against two of their group opponents from 2018, and having to beat another one of last World Cup’s opponents to get there.

Australia will be in Group D of the 2022 World Cup, alongside Denmark, France and Tunisia. It’s eerily similar to their 2018 World Cup group of France, Denmark and Peru.

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