Seniors
World Cup Qualifiers
Results
Our most important game was the first, as Honduras was a freebie and Hungary a challenge. But to progress we needed to beat Peru and we played well using a short passing tactic, but our dominance wasn’t reflected on the scoreboard.
| Match Facts |
PE |
AU |
| Goals |
2 |
3 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
0 |
3 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
0 |
2 |
| Shots |
4 |
20 |
| Possession |
48% |
52% |
Both Boyde Minne goals were cancelled out, so it was up to Remy Bundy in the 65th minute to score the winning goal and give us the points advantage over Peru. We had more combined shots from our midfielders and supporting striker Tyler Boyd than Minne and Bundy.
Up next was our toughest game of the group. Hungary are a better team than us, yet Bryce Fazey in goals played the game of his life.
Stopping Hungary from scoring the winning goal, despite hungary having twice as many shots on goal.
| Match Facts |
AU |
HU |
| Goals |
1 |
1 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
3 |
1 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
0 |
0 |
| Shots |
9 |
17 |
| Possession |
50% |
50% |
Tyler Boyd scored in the 10th minute, then through heroic defence and a big slice of luck we held the lead until the 80th minute, which was enough to get us a draw and guarantee a spot at the World Cup.
The match against Honduras was party time. We amassed 34 shots on goal to their 5, Tyler Boyd bagged a double from only 2 shots and Bundy scored a 30-minute hat-trick coming on as a sub in the 60th minute.
| Match Facts |
HN |
AU |
| Goals |
0 |
8 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
0 |
4 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
0 |
| Shots |
5 |
34 |
| Possession |
52% |
48% |
Our Scorers
2015 World Cup
Group 8
Results
Against Ireland the boys just didn’t show up to play, they weren’t terrible and the short passing tactic was sound. But the overall performance wasn’t there and we got beaten across the park. If we were to go through we now needed to win against both India and Portugal.
| Match Facts |
IE |
AU |
| Goals |
3 |
1 |
| Injuries |
0 |
1 |
| Yellow cards |
1 |
1 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
2 |
3 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
0 |
| Shots |
17 |
11 |
| Possession |
55% |
45% |
Next up was India, we switched to wings and were the better side, having the better of play across the park, yet Boyde Minne went down with an injury early on and Bundy couldn’t score either, while we watched India take their chances to put us out of the tournament.
India Stats
Total |
|
3 |
12 |
10 |
102 |
65% |
68 |
37% |
13 |
27 |
Australia Stats
| Total |
|
1 |
17 |
14 |
115 |
77% |
45 |
47% |
8 |
35 |
As you can see this just wasn’t our game either, the difference between this and first game was we were the better team yet still lost.
| Match Facts |
IN |
AU |
| Goals |
3 |
1 |
| Injuries |
0 |
1 |
| Yellow cards |
2 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
2 |
3 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
3 |
| Shots |
10 |
14 |
| Possession |
48% |
52% |
So knowing we were eliminated, the pressure was off and the boys rocked up to the game with no expectations. Perhaps that helped, I don’t know, but whatever happened the bad luck evaporated. Our keeper Bryce Fazey had a day to remember as he stopped all but one shots on goal.
This allowed Boyd and Kilmister to take their chances, stealing us a win and our first points of the competition in a game we shouldn’t have won.
| 20 |
T. Boyd |
St |
1 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
50% |
3 |
67% |
0 |
2 |
| Match Facts |
AU |
PT |
| Goals |
2 |
1 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
2 |
4 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
2 |
| Shots |
10 |
20 |
| Possession |
47% |
53% |
Our Scorers
U/21’s
2015 Confederations Cup
Group Phase
Results
It wasn’t a great start to the campaign as the elected NC was too busy to scout and organise enough friendlies until a week before the start of the tournament. As such in our early group games we are still figuring out our best line up. But the with the top 4 teams progressing we could afford to lose a couple and still progress.
Because of NC inexperience the first game was played with an invalid default tactic. As such we got nothing out of it and having only played 3 friendlies before the tournament started were a long way behind in understanding how the team played together.
| Match Facts |
PE |
AU |
| Goals |
4 |
0 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
1 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
4 |
1 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
0 |
0 |
| Shots |
22 |
3 |
| Possession |
54% |
46% |
In the second game we gave Anvisco the chance to play his preferred lineup, they didn’t do too badly and the match was even across the park. We were unlucky to concede an own goal early in the first half, but no one could break through in open play until the 96th minute when Manuelo Escuti scored for Chile giving them a 2-0 win.
| Match Facts |
AU |
CL |
| Goals |
0 |
2 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
1 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
5 |
2 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
0 |
1 |
| Shots |
9 |
8 |
| Possession |
47% |
53% |
Against MZ Country we benefitted from them receiving a straight red card in the 37th minute and won the match 3-1. Without the red card we may have lost, as the stats were even despite being 2-1 at that point and playing 11 against 10 men for the rest of the match.
We’ve got Alberto Mcjenkins to thank for winning the game, which helped us further define our starters and sub combinations.
| Match Facts |
AU |
DC |
| Goals |
3 |
1 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
1 |
| Free kicks |
4 |
0 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
1 |
| Shots |
9 |
11 |
| Possession |
52% |
48% |
Next up was Singapore, with a settled backline our goalkeeper Myles Hands played his best game of the tournament keeping a clean sheet.
Allowing Alberto McJenkins to score 2 goals and Ellis Haeberle 1 goals as shots on goal were even for both sides, despite us have 61% possession.
| Match Facts |
SG |
AU |
| Goals |
0 |
3 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
1 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
4 |
2 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
2 |
2 |
| Shots |
11 |
11 |
| Possession |
39% |
61% |
Against Lebanon we decided to change things up, giving our 10AP winger and AP midfielders a chance to show what they could do. They impressed us, but we kept in mind that our opponents were the weakest we’d faced in the group, still the wing tactic worked and gave us options for a hybrid tactic in the final stages.
Subs
| Match Facts |
AU |
LB |
| Goals |
6 |
0 |
| Injuries |
1 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
4 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
7 |
1 |
| Penalty kicks |
1 |
0 |
| Corners |
1 |
0 |
| Shots |
21 |
3 |
| Possession |
59% |
41% |
Final Stages
The Last 16
Unfortunately, we drew Argentina as our first knockout opponent. A daunting task, yet we prepared well began the match with wings, it was a tough first half as we were outplayed, yet the defence held up and we entered the sheds at 1-0 down thanks to our keeper and defenders.
The second half was much better as we matched Argentina to level the scores with a 59th minute Lowrey Lingwoodock goal, only to watch them immediately score a goal to take the lead back.
Our best period of play came when we used our subs to change the midfield and switch from wings to short passing for the last 20 minutes of the game. We controlled the play and had a few chances to level the scores without finding the back of the net, before Biggs Kepert conceded an own goal from a corner. An unfortunate way to concede our last goal for the tournament, but we had played our best game despite losing 3-1 and being outplayed for the first two thirds of the match. Alberto Mcjenkins was our best player for the tournament, with Myles Hands in goal close behind him.
| Match Facts |
AU |
AR |
| Goals |
1 |
3 |
| Injuries |
0 |
0 |
| Yellow cards |
0 |
0 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |
| Free kicks |
6 |
1 |
| Penalty kicks |
0 |
0 |
| Corners |
0 |
2 |
| Shots |
5 |
18 |
| Possession |
43% |
57% |
Our Scorers
Written by Scruttino
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