Socceroos vs Oman: Live scores, blog
Columnist By Davidde Corran, 11 Nov 2011 Davidde Corran is a Roar Guru
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Oman V Australia SULTAN QABOOS SPORTS COMPLEX, MUSCAT, 12 NOVEMBER 2011 |
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| Oman | Match Completed | Australia |
| 1 | FINAL SCORE | 0 |
| 1 | HALF TIME SCORE | 0 |
| 7 | SHOTS | 10 |
| 3 | SHOTS ON GOAL | 2 |
| 11 | FOULS | 13 |
| 5 | CORNERS | 5 |
| 2 | OFFSIDES | 5 |
| 48 | POSSESSION | 52 |
The Socceroos have the opportunity to seal top spot in Group D with victory against Oman tonight. Join us for comprehensive live score updates and commentary from 1.00am AEDT at the Sultan Qaboos Sport Complex in Muscat.
As Australia’s name was pulled from the glass bowl confirming they’d been drawn along side Saudi Arabia, Oman and Thailand in the second stage of 2014 World Cup qualifying, coach Holger Osieck let out a long deep breath before muttering “Ok, it’s doable.”
After having won their opening three qualifiers, Australia are now on the verge of completing the “doable” at the earliest possible opportunity. A win in Muscat against Oman tonight will confirm Australia’s place in the next stage of qualifying with two games to spare.
Yet the prospect of securing passage into the next stage isn’t the only intriguing element from this fixture.
Will Oseick start in form goal scorer Josh Kennedy instead of the returning Harry Kewell or maybe even a combination of the two?
Does the absence of Tim Cahill mean Brett Holman will play in behind the main striker in a position he’s more accustomed to?
How will the progression of the next generation of Socceroos like Michael Zullo and Matthew Spiranovic go on foreign soil?
On top of all that you’ve also got a desperate group of Omani players who are keen to ensure their World Cup dream isn’t snuffed out on home soil.
When the two teams met in Sydney earlier this year the Australians came out with a comfortable 3-0 win.
However with his job on the line, Oman coach Paul Le Guen, who was originally in line to succeed Pim Verbeek as Socceroos boss before the position eventually went to Holger Osieck, will be plotting to reverse his sides fortunes.
Will the Socceroos make it four wins out of four and advance to the next phase of qualifying? Or can Paul Le Guen spring a surprise?
Join us from 1.00am AEDT for all the action live from Muscat, and post your thoughts on the action below.
Live Score Updates
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18' GOAL - Amad Ali Al Hosni (Oman)
19' YELLOW CARD - Lucas Neill (Australia)
44' YELLOW CARD - Abdulaziz Al Miqbali (Oman)
75' YELLOW CARD - Ismail Sulaiman Al Ajmi (Oman)
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6:33pm
ItsCalledFootball said | 6:33pm | Report comment
9 points from our first 3 games in this group needing just one point from our last 3 games.
Now its 1 point from our last 2 games. If we lose against the Thais on Tues and need to win our last game against Saudi Arabia, will make it very interesting.
Japan and Uzbekistan already safely through to the next round.
2:53am
Davidde Corran said | 2:53am | Report comment
This was a very poor and disappointing performance from the Socceroos but not necessarily a worrying one by itself. Either way you can expect a lot of analysis over the coming days here on The Roar. Thanks for joining me.
2:59am
Ian Whitchurch said | 2:59am | Report comment
*claps a good home effort by Oman*
Looks like they were well organised and wanted it more.
2:52am
Davidde Corran said | 2:52am | Report comment
FULL TIME – Oman 1 Australia 0
Desperate long balls chatacterise the final moments of the game as the final whistle blows and Australia lose their third game under Holger Oseick and will have to wait to secure the final point they need to progress through to the next round of qualifying.
For Oman this is a huge victory that keeps their Brazil 2014 aspirations alive.
2:48am
Davidde Corran said | 2:48am | Report comment
Robbie Kruse cuts in from the left hand side but his shot is poor and flies closer to the corner flag than the goal. The clock is ticking away and once again an Omani player is on the floor…
2:46am
Davidde Corran said | 2:46am | Report comment
We’re now into five minutes of additional time and Oman are slowing things right down and Australia are getting frustrated.
2:46am
Thomas said | 2:46am | Report comment
This Australian team isnt going to threaten any top sides, they way they are playing. Its a one dimensional game plan lately. Either take it wide and look to find a header for Kennedy, or pump it in from midfield and look to find a header for Kennedy. It feels like they just play a tad too slowly to have other options. This is Oman. They’ve organised themselves really well and they’re a better than decent side, but they arent exactly heavyweights, or even light heavyweights. All the possession we’ve had and hardly a clear cut chance to speak of.
2:45am
Davidde Corran said | 2:45am | Report comment
The ball fell fortuitously to Josh Kennedy but the Omani defence fell back into position immediately and snuffed out the opportunity. They defended excellently today.
2:46am
Ian Whitchurch said | 2:46am | Report comment
Looks like they want it more
2:40am
Thomas said | 2:40am | Report comment
Im sorry, but our midfield is being outplayed yet again. The fluidity just isnt there, and the speed of our game just isnt quite where it should be. The slow transition from midfield makes our best players look ineffective, because defences have way too much time to crowd them while they wait for our midfield to play little games of triangles. Jedinak in particular just isnt international class. I like Jedinak, but he gives away far too much ball. He can be good at times, and Im not forgetting his scoring potential, but lets be honest here eh? His passing can be penetrating some of the time, but more often than not he has a poor touch and makes lazy passes that give away position. We can only afford one player like that- a guy whose touch is “off” sometimes and whose passing is “loose” sometimes- and that’s Brett Holman. Brett can have his errors in every game, but he’s such a tireless worker you have to just take the bad with the good he also reliably provides. But poor old Jedinak- sorry- out of his depth and hurting us.
Dont we have any better midfielders?? Really?
2:34am
Davidde Corran said | 2:34am | Report comment
15 minutes to go and Australia are still 1-0 down and look set to lose their 100% record in their World Cup qualifying campaign.
2:31am
Davidde Corran said | 2:31am | Report comment
A worrying sign for Socceroos fans as Rhys Williams comes off with a leg injury (not sure where exactly but the stats say it’s probably be an ankle!) for Brett Emerton. Poor Williams was sent off last time he played in Muscat and now his game ends early again after suffering an injury.
2:28am
Davidde Corran said | 2:28am | Report comment
Interestingly Al Hadri, who’s given Australia trouble all night with his delivery from set pieces has been substituted. Ismail Al Ajim is his replacement.
2:26am
Davidde Corran said | 2:26am | Report comment
A phenomenal opportunity to equalise flashes by Holman. WIlkshire gets into the penalty area and his driven shot goes past Al Habsi, Holman and eventually the far post. It was the best opportunity the Socceroos have had so far.
2:21am
Davidde Corran said | 2:21am | Report comment
Play is starting to stretch a little bit with the Socceroos attempting to keep the tempo high as they look for a way into the game and both teams showing a willingness to counter quickly. Luke WIlkshire has a nothing shout for a penalty kick waved away before Oman waste a decent opportunity from a corner kick.
2:17am
Ash said | 2:17am | Report comment
Oman are serial divers, serial time waster’s as well!! Over it.
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2:47am
Ian Whitchurch said | 2:47am | Report comment
They are also tied for shots on goal and corners, and close enough to 50/50 possession. Oh yeah, and one up on the scoreboard.
2:11am
Davidde Corran said | 2:11am | Report comment
Now Valeri tries a deep cross searching for Kennedy who gets his head onto it but he’s off-balance and it flies harmlessly over the crossbar. Soon after Rhys Williams sends in a half-volley form the corner of the penalty area which forces a finger tip save from Al Habsi.
2:10am
Davidde Corran said | 2:10am | Report comment
After a positive start for Australia it’s Oman with the first chance. Al Hadri gets himself into an excellent position but his driven shot goes well wide.
Straight after Kewell is substituted with Robbie Kruse coming on.
2:01am
Davidde Corran said | 2:01am | Report comment
The second half kicks off in Muscat with no personnel changes from either side. Though Kewell deos appear to have been shifted to the left with Holman in behind Kennedy.
1:59am
Davidde Corran said | 1:59am | Report comment
As we wait for the 2nd half to commence North Korea have lost in Uzbekistan and are out of contention for the next stage of qualifying. Uzbekistan and Japan are through to the next round.
1:49am
Ash said | 1:49am | Report comment
Is Amy one else’s Foxtel coverage being a real pain in the b*t?
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1:57am
Davidde Corran said | 1:57am | Report comment
Yeah the problem is with the host broadcaster in Oman. This one is definitely not Fox’s fault. Frustrating though.
1:46am
Davidde Corran said | 1:46am | Report comment
The referee gives an extra minute of additional time and cruely makes us go through all 60 seconds of it. Half-time and a very disappointing Socceroos team are 1-0 in Muscat against Oman.
The Omani’s have hit the woodwork while Holman had a goal ruled out for offside.
1:42am
Davidde Corran said | 1:42am | Report comment
Al Hadri has another pop from a set-piece and it skims off Schwarzer’s outstretched arm and hits the upright. Oman are looking by far the more impressive team so far – though that’s not really saying much based on the first 40 minutes of this game.
1:35am
Davidde Corran said | 1:35am | Report comment
Eid Al Farsi fouls Wilkshire right on the corner of the penalty area. Incidentally Wilkshire was copped in the ankle which is a combination of the two most common forms of injuries in international mens football – ankle and contact injuries. Like I said things are going pretty slow in Muscat.
Anyway, the Dynamo Moscow player dusts himself off to put in the free kick which is headed over by Spiranovic. Again.
1:29am
Davidde Corran said | 1:29am | Report comment
Wilkshire now reverting to his other trick – sliding in two footed. In his defence Mubarak who he collided with did almost the exact same thing and he ends up with a yellow card too. Wilkshire seems to have got off though.
Kewell’s low drive from the resulting free kick rolls harmlessly wide.
1:29am
Ian Whitchurch said | 1:29am | Report comment
Do Oman want this more ?
1:26am
Davidde Corran said | 1:26am | Report comment
Tired of dinging in crosses from deep positions, WIlkshire decides to take a long range shot. It floats well over the Omani goal – imagine Wilkshire crossing deep towards the goal instead of Josh Kennedy’s head and you’ve got a fair idea what it looked like.
1:20am
Davidde Corran said | 1:20am | Report comment
Al Hadri now has a crack from a direct free kick and forces a strong save from Schwarzer who was fully outstretched to his left. The result corner kick comes to nothing though. Oman have their tails up.
1:18am
Davidde Corran said | 1:18am | Report comment
GOAL – Amad Al Hosni gets in behind the Australian defence to latch on to a through ball and, in acres of space, finishes expertly beyond Mark Schwarzer. Definite questions over the space left between Neill and Spiranovic and lack of pressure in midfield from Australia. 1-0 to Oman.
1:16am
Davidde Corran said | 1:16am | Report comment
Another set piece and another header goes wayward. This time from Matthew Spiranovic. This is a massive game for the Urawa Reds defender who is jousting with Sasa Ognenovski for the place of Lucas Neill’s centre back partner.
1:14am
Davidde Corran said | 1:14am | Report comment
Mile Jedinak gets his head onto a Luke WIlkshire corner but it goes fairly harmlessly wide. Thia has been a rather timid affair so far.
1:11am
Davidde Corran said | 1:11am | Report comment
First half chance of the game finally comes after 10 minutes as Brett Holman cuts in on the edge of the box but his shot is deflected and fairly easily caught by Al Habsi.
1:08am
Davidde Corran said | 1:08am | Report comment
A shocking crowd of only a few thousand despite the organisers offering free entry for all.
Incidentally Lucas Neill is running a competition to win his shirt from tonight’s game. Check out his twitter feed @LucasNeill to enter.
1:04am
Davidde Corran said | 1:04am | Report comment
The game is yet to have found its rhythm but already Matt McKay is getting forward and adding width to the Socceroos play as he overlaps Kewell. Unfortunately for him the first cross he put in was a stinker and flew well over. Hopefully nobody from Rangers were watching!
1:00am
Davidde Corran said | 1:00am | Report comment
And we’re off! In 90 minutes Australia could be through to the next stage of World Cup Qualifying and Oman on their way out.
12:55am
Davidde Corran said | 12:55am | Report comment
As the national anthems are played here is the Oman starting XI: Habsi, Al-Farsi, Al-Owaisi, Darwish, Al-Sheiba, Al, Al-Farsi, Al Hadhri, Harddan, Al-Sadi, Doorbeen
12:51am
Strayan said | 12:51am | Report comment
come on straya!!!
hmm interesting selections by holger
12:50am
Davidde Corran said | 12:50am | Report comment
Holger Osieck to Fox Sports on his starting XI for today, “I saw it in training, it worked.”
12:01am
Davidde Corran said | 12:01am | Report comment
Welcome to the Roar’s live blog coverage of Oman v Australia. The Socceroos starting XI has been named and it’s very, very interesting: Schwarzer, Williams, Neill, Spiranovic, McKay, Valeri, Jedinak, Wilkshere, Kewell, Kennedy, Holman
So McKay will most likely start at left back with Kewell at left midfield and Holman playing in behind Kennedy. Brett Emerton is on the bench. Will knives already be sharpening if this experiment fails?
12:12am
The Cattery said | 12:12am | Report comment
It’s not a huge experiment – we know Holman does better immediately behind the target man, and Harry on the left is hardly radical.
12:35am
Davidde Corran said | 12:35am | Report comment
According to Fox Sports Kewell will actually play behind Kennedy with Holman starting out wide on the left. Will these be fixed positions or roles that will interchange throughout the game?
11:45pm
Alfred Chan said | 11:45pm | Report comment
I don’t see any point in starting Harry Kewell. Kennedy’s form in this team is good enough to ‘not fix what isn’t broken’.
11:39pm
The Cattery said | 11:39pm | Report comment
Is this game like in the next hour or so??? oh man, I’m tired…
8:30pm
Midfielder said | 8:30pm | Report comment
Lets hope we continue to play well….
6:01pm
pete4 said | 6:01pm | Report comment
Interesting to see the how Socceroos line-up for this one. Go the Roos!
4:54pm
Michael said | 4:54pm | Report comment
Socceroos will win. Oman were terrible last match.
8:40pm
B52 said | 8:40pm | Report comment
cant be good al the time,, cant be terrible all the time … you win some and you loose some
Asutralia joined asia for a free ride to the world cup finals,,, but it was not as free as they thought,,,, Japan is 10 times better team although am not a jap