SA Footy

Draw has been completed for the next qualification rounds, most interest will obviously be for Asia and European zones so ive just done them.

Asia
Group A : China, Jordan, Iraq, Singapore
Group B : Sth Korea, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon
Group C : Japan Uzbekistan, Syria, Nth Korea
Group D : Australia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Thailand
Group E : Iran, Qatar, Bahrain, Indonesia

Top 2 from each group go through to next round
Matches to take place between 2nd September 2011 and 27th Feb 2012

Europe
Group A : Croatia, Serbia, Belgium, Scotland, FYR Macedonia, Wales
Group B : Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Malta
Group C : Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Austria, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan
Group D : Netherlands, Turkey, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Andorra
Group E : Norway, Slovenia, Switzerland, Albania, Cyprus, Iceland
Group F : Portugal, Russia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg
Group G : Greece, Slovakia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Latvia, Liechtenstein
Group H : England, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, San Marino
Group I : Spain, France, Belarus, Georgia, Finland

Group winners qualify for Brazil, 8 best runners-up into playoffs

Aussies should romp that group, couple a testing games away to Saudis and Oman but should crush them all at home.
No surprise that England once again drawn in the softest group, Group I is a toss up between Spain and France and Group A has the interesting clashes between the 3 former Yugoslavia states. Croatia v Serbia especially will be very heated

Jim05 wrote:Aussies should romp that group, couple a testing games away to Saudis and Oman but should crush them all at home.
No surprise that England once again drawn in the softest group, Group I is a toss up between Spain and France and Group A has the interesting clashes between the 3 former Yugoslavia states. Croatia v Serbia especially will be very heated

U reckon those 2 games might need to be played in neutral territory, they don't like each at all

Group C perhaps the hardest in Asia with Japan, Uzbeks and Nth Korea?

Pag wrote:Group C perhaps the hardest in Asia with Japan, Uzbeks and Nth Korea?

Yeah fairly tough but i reckon Group E is hardest. Perennial powerhouse Iran plus Bahrain and Qatar. With a future wc being held there and the never ending money id expect both to push Iran. Qatar not a pushover anymore and Bahrain is usually around the mark. Can see a few upsets in most groups

Australia trail Thailand 1-0 at the half
DISGRACEFUL

Josh Kennedy taps in the equaliser.
1-1 in 58th

Cahill has a goal disallowed, pretty ordinary decision

Cahill has another goal disallowed, the keeper dropped it and it appeared the ball crossed the line

1-1 and we take off Cahill and Emmerton

Brosque puts the Aussies 2-1 up. 85th minute

Full Time
Australia 2-1 Thailand
Very poor performance by Australia

We got out of jail there!

Quality goal by the Thais, poor turnover but they set the goal up nicely and it was a great finish.

Asia Group Matches
Australia 2-1 Thailand
China 2-1 Singapore
S.Korea 6-0 Lebanon
Bahrain 0-0 Qatar
Iran 3-0 Indonesia
UAE 2-3 Kuwait
Japan 1-0 N.Korea
Oman 0-0 Saudi Arabia
Iraq 0-2 Jordan
Tajikstan 0-1 Uzbekistan

Tough midweek trip to Saudi Arabia coming up for the Aussies. Temperature currently is 42-44 degrees at this time of year so it will be a real energy sapping game. Hopefully we play far better than against the Thais, will be very happy if we can come through with a point, all 3 points will go along way towards qualification

Saudi Arabia 1-3 Australia
Great win for Australia, played them off the park. Kennedy with a good double.
Oman in next game at home, win that and we are as good as through to next round

Thailand thrash Oman 3-0 so the Aussies have a decent gap on top

Asia Group Matches
N.Korea 1-0 Tajikstan
Lebanon 3-1 UAE
Thailand 3-0 Oman
Indonesia 0-2 Bahrain
Uzbekistan 1-1 Japan
Jordan 2-1 China
Qatar 1-1 Iran
Singapore 0-2 Iraq
Kuwait 1-1 S.Korea
Saudi Arabia 1-3 Australia

Great result for the Thais, they played well against the Aussies so not a big surprise that they won I guess but that is a spanking.

Aussies should cruise from here, they should smash the Saudis in Australia and Oman should be a walk in the park.

RoosterMarty wrote:Great result for the Thais, they played well against the Aussies so not a big surprise that they won I guess but that is a spanking.

Aussies should cruise from here, they should smash the Saudis in Australia and Oman should be a walk in the park.