Australia 3
Qatar 0
@ Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Crowd: 50,969
Date: 2008-02-06

Despite most of the side arriving just days before the match kicked off, Australia looked like a well-bonded and cohesive unit as they took Qatar apart in the first half to get their World Cup Qualification campaign off to a bright start. I must admit to being apprehensive about the match, especially with the mixed form of the training squad (most of whom were not included in the final squad) but Verbeek’s men looked excellent last night, with the opposition having no answer for most of the first half.

As an additional boost for the Socceroos, Iraq and China drew 1-1 in the other Group 1 fixture, so Australia jump straight to the top of the group ahead of the away match to China on March 26th.

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 13:01 and is filed under Football, Sports.