TUNISIA VS AUSTRALIA
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Al Jazeera, After an inspiring draw against Denmark, Tunisia is looking to reach the World Cup knockout stages for the first time:
Saturday’s game is the third meeting between Tunisia and Australia, with both sides having won one of the previous two. Australia beat the Carthage Eagles 3-0 in a 1997 friendly, but it was a reversal of fortunes for the latter at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup where they beat Australia 2-0.
After a goalless draw in their opening fixture against Denmark, semi-finalists at the last European Championships, Tunisia have secured their second clean sheet out of a total of 16 World Cup matches.
They are competing in the finals of the World Cup for the sixth time in their history, and they are looking to reach the knockout round of the competition for the first time…
In their opening game, the Socceroos were at the receiving end of a 4-1 drubbing by Les Blues, and if they lose again on Saturday, they will have crashed out of the World Cup at the group stages for a record third time after 1974 and 2014.
Australia, who have lost 11 of their 17 games at the World Cup and have failed to win in their last seven outings on this stage – their longest winless streak in the competition…
Shalimar
I don’t get how failing to get out of the group stage 3 times in 50 years is a record. Compared to what? Half the countries fail every 4 years. There have to be quite a few good enough to get in regularly but not advance.
phdesmond
(from the Guardian)
Full-time: Tunisia 0-1 Australia.
Australia win their first World Cup game since beating Serbia 2-1 at the 2010 World Cup. They have since gone 7 games without a World Cup win.
Viva BrisVegas
Soccer is the number three football code in Australia.
So they punch above their weight compared with countries where it is a religion.
Amir Khalid
@Viva BrisVegas:
After Aussie rules and rugby league, right?
Mai Naem mobile
@Amir Khalid: the way my Australian cousins go on I have to believe cricket is in the top two.
TS
@Amir Khalid:
It’s something of a state issue
Victoria, SA & WA are big with Aussie rules – 9 of the 18 AFL teams come from Victoria
NSW, Qld are the rugby league states – 10 of the 17 teams are based in NSW, 4 in Queensland
Most states play both – and they all play soccer as well.
Viva BrisVegas
@Amir Khalid:
Correct.
The population of the two Rugby League states is about 52% of the total population, but AFL is probably slightly more popular overall.
The situation of soccer is such that they changed the national competition from a winter sport to a summer sport so as not to have to compete with the big two.
Omnes Omnibus
@Viva BrisVegas: League, not Union?
Viva BrisVegas
@Omnes Omnibus:
Union is number 4.