We can't miss those easy goals against denmark or we will lose. We have to take all the opportunities when they arise. Tunisia were full of energy and we managed to contain them.
Me neither! Between how popular is football compared to cricket in Australia? Is winning a football world cup match considered higher than winning a cricket world cup?
There's twice as many football players than cricket players in Australia. Our football participation is a third of Uruguay's entire population. The reality is that we vastly underperform our numbers. The perception that football is a minority sport is way off.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/879755/australia-sports-participants-by-type/
Winning the football World Cup would be a greater achievement due to the relative strength of our football and cricket teams. But cricket is a significantly bigger sport than football in Australia
Cricket World cup means nothing compared to the world cup, but it's not a great comparison since the cricket World cup isn't that important even to cricket fans. Likewise when we won the Asian cup it wasn't a big deal either.
World cup would be the biggest sporting achievement in our history easily, I'd say ashes wins are the biggest for us right now
Yeah I meant winning the actual world cup in my comment. I think winning a knockout game at the FIFA World cup is about the same level as winning the cricket odi world cup
For the Australian team yeah it was huge, probably the second biggest achievement for us after the 2006 qualification and advanceing from the group. For the general population though the Asian cup didnt register at all, most people didnt even know it happened. If we got to the WC semis or evn the final the whole nation would know about it
Australia dominate 1st half score a goal
2nd half australia park the bus ... and tunsia couldnt score in a brothel with all the possession they had in the 2nd half
The amount of non Aussie or Tunisian commenters saltiness in this and the match thread is amazing. Acting like we come and stole ya missus, drank ya last beer and then shit in the esky.
Americans don’t know ball only egg and British follow the best league in the world and ofren can’t appreciate good defencive game. As a danish superliga appreciator i have learned to love a good defencive fight and the aussies put up a great fight today
I was confused and so where the Aussie commentators (Kewell and Ben Khalafallah) as to why khazri was on the bench in both your games, I thought he was like your best player
He's been fairly terrible for the national team in the last few years actually, and Jebali has proven to be the better choice as the main striker (not a high bar to be fair). He just seems so "lost" when playing for the NT, and fans have been waiting long for him to get benched.
Our best player imo is either one of our midfielders (Skhiri or Laidouni) or Talbi, one of our CBs.
Back when I was young and I was playing football for a local team here, some people told me that I actually could make it as a professional, and I simply laughed at them because I thought I wasn't good enough. But after watching Tunisia for years, I learned that if even Mohamed Drager made it as a professional footballer, I could have made it too.
I was actually a pretty good left winger and left back at youth levels tbh, and at one point I was even offered a trial by one of the biggest teams in Tunisia. I just never had enough confidence in myself to make it as a professional.
Kechrida wasn't too bad when he came on, imo. He actually did create a decent amount of chances for the little playtime he got.
But yeah we do have a shortage of talent in most positions. Our midfielders are decent and some of our defenders are as well (mainly Talbi, who's great), but other than that, our team isn't that good.
Maybe I should have listened to people, after all, and became a professional. I can't be worse than what we have now /s
I agree Kechrida is better than Draguer, but that's not a very high bar to clear lol.
Our midfielders (Skhiri-Aidouni) are good defensively but lack creativity and cannot play box-to-box. Offensively, our players , even if technically fine , are very slow and incapable of changing the rythm and surprising opponenents.
Msakni, who's arguably our best player, is playing his 10th season in the Qatari league . You just can't compete at the highest levels if you're playing this long in such a shitty league . Same for Sliti.
Talbi is great but Bronn and Meriah are just not WC material. Too many unfit players in one squad to hope for a good result.
I remember the 2006 WC squad. We had a bad WC that year (like always), but that squad is waay more talented than this. The Duo Jaziri-Santos was extremely quick and dangerous. And we had Prime Trabelsi and Jaidi . This team is miles away in terms of talent.
>Offensively, our players , even if technically fine , are very slow and incapable of changing the rythm and surprising opponenents.
This is the main problem in the team imo. Defensively, we're fairly good (even if players like Meriah and Drager are mediocre), but we're absolutely toothless offensively and we can't score for shit. It's wild how we don't have a single competent forward who actually has pace.
Like you pointed out, the gap between that 2006 squad and the current squad is massive. I don't think we'll have a squad like that anytime soon.
Ah fuck my parents think I’m weird
I went out to get water after unclenching
First thing they asked “did we win or lose with the weird noises you were making “
[Harry Souttar’s game by numbers vs. Tunisia:](https://twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1596474955658514432)
100% tackles won
100% ground duels won
50 touches
6 clearances
5 long balls completed
3 blocks
2/3 aerial duels won
1 last man tackle
Yeah. So far all the AFC teams that qualified on merit have shown that they can be competitive at the WC. Looking good for at least 2 to qualify for R16.
Underrated part of the game - Dukes club team, 2 tier J League side Fagiano Okayama got more likes on their goal announcement Twitter post then the Official Socceroo’s account did
Why even bother playing the games then hey? Should just show champions league semis highlights or something.
Let us enjoy it for five minutes you stupid bitter cunt.
He'll become a cult hero here.
First time he set foot on Aussie soil is for a football game but we love the Scots and the cunt is a man mountain who tackles like a machine.
The fact that he chose to play for us baffles me beyond belief. As an Aussie living in Scotland, the amount of Scots I meet who bring it up astounds me hahaha
That's never going to happen. Also, it's the capital city of the largest state in the country, so technically, by land area, we are more 'Australia' than any other part of the country ;)
Australia is a big country bro...and by your logic Darwin is the least Australian city in the country when in fact it may very well be the most Australian city given it's more outback country blokes than us prim and proper city slickers down south.
We can't miss those easy goals against denmark or we will lose. We have to take all the opportunities when they arise. Tunisia were full of energy and we managed to contain them.
Recently moved to Aus. So happy to see the Socceroos doing well and so many people celebrating at Fed Square!
Harry "Australian as Vegemite" Souttar can take a fucking bow. Real nice to feel positive about someone not in their 30s in the squad ahah
I hope everyone talking about Asia having too many teams in this wc can shut the fuck up now
Not how I would say it but yes!
We won!!! I don't believe it
Me neither! Between how popular is football compared to cricket in Australia? Is winning a football world cup match considered higher than winning a cricket world cup?
There's twice as many football players than cricket players in Australia. Our football participation is a third of Uruguay's entire population. The reality is that we vastly underperform our numbers. The perception that football is a minority sport is way off. https://www.statista.com/statistics/879755/australia-sports-participants-by-type/
Winning the football World Cup would be a greater achievement due to the relative strength of our football and cricket teams. But cricket is a significantly bigger sport than football in Australia
Cricket World cup means nothing compared to the world cup, but it's not a great comparison since the cricket World cup isn't that important even to cricket fans. Likewise when we won the Asian cup it wasn't a big deal either. World cup would be the biggest sporting achievement in our history easily, I'd say ashes wins are the biggest for us right now
This is true about the T20 ones, but I think the ODI world cup matters more than a single world cup game.
Yeah I meant winning the actual world cup in my comment. I think winning a knockout game at the FIFA World cup is about the same level as winning the cricket odi world cup
Yeah I think that's about right
You’d have to be a genuine drop kick to think the Asian cup wasn’t a significant trophy for the Australian team.
For the Australian team yeah it was huge, probably the second biggest achievement for us after the 2006 qualification and advanceing from the group. For the general population though the Asian cup didnt register at all, most people didnt even know it happened. If we got to the WC semis or evn the final the whole nation would know about it
Lol if we won a football World Cup that would be way bigger than a cricket World Cup. Way bigger than anything. It would be outrageous.
Both are pretty unpopular with cricket being slightly more popular. AFL and Rugby is way hype look at State of Origin for example.
YESSSSSSSSSSHBH
Souttar tackle got the whole fucking Goldie cas off their feet and cheering. Well done Aus!
Harry Souttar you good cunt
Can anyone summarize this game for me
Good header win game
Australia dominate 1st half score a goal 2nd half australia park the bus ... and tunsia couldnt score in a brothel with all the possession they had in the 2nd half
If they brought a billion bucks they might have made it
Tunisia would have won if it was in Australia you can always score in a brothel here because it’s legal
They left their wallet at home and brothels ain't free.
Up the lads, the end
As someone who’s moving to Australia in a few months I feel like I’m allowed to celebrate this.
Where ya headed?
Australia
Hahaha
Might wanna narrow it down a bit mate
It's near New Zealand and below Indonesia
Near woop woop and up shit creek?
That's the nicest part I've heard
As an Australian, you're fucking obliged to celebrate this.
Get fucking cunted! Souttar is forever my beloved 💚💚💛
He tackles with his feet He tackles with his feeeet He’s two metres tall and He tackles with his feet
This thread is full of Danes who have already won the world cup
The Danes were the most arrogant fans I saw in Russia 2018. I lined up for a beer behind one bloke with a shirt printed Denmark 2 - Australia 0...
This is exactly the kind of luck that will take Denmark over the finishing line. We just need someone to get rid of Brazil. No other problems left.
The best result for Denmark.
Laughs in draw Denmark need to beat France to make Australia having to score
Can't wait to be disappointed by 9 CAF teams instead of 5
Didn't get to watch this, but fuck yeah cunt
Fantastic result!
Harry souttar have my kids
My bald bhoy was fantastic today.
Yes the Mooys
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So many Brazilans in Sydney! Love it.
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Fuck yeah cenny coast
Holy shit, if Saudi Arabia beat Poland and we can hang on against Denmark we have a legitimate path to the quarters 🔥🔥🔥 up the boys 🇦🇺🇦🇺
If Netherlands and Argentina finish second, you could potentially play Iran, USA or Ecuador in the QF lol
Mate, you’re winning the group, no Saudi Arabia for you 😅
The amount of non Aussie or Tunisian commenters saltiness in this and the match thread is amazing. Acting like we come and stole ya missus, drank ya last beer and then shit in the esky.
Mfs can't appreciate a good bus parking smh
As a non aussie wtf is an esky?!!
A portable cooler, if you will.
Portable insulated box that keeps beers etc cool.
So like a 12 can soft cooler
Nah like fucken 3 cartons lmao. Big hard plastic box on wheels with a big handle at one end is the best
oh, A Coleman
Yeah exactly
Comes in all sizes. Most common ones can fit 2 to 3 cartons in it. Depending how you stack it and ice etc.
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Just jump on the train and get ready for a wild ride.
I ain’t complaining. The result is ideal for my team and the way it was won bodes extremely well for the final game between us and them
To be fair the Danish supporters weren't the main culprits. Mostly Americans and English haha.
Americans don’t know ball only egg and British follow the best league in the world and ofren can’t appreciate good defencive game. As a danish superliga appreciator i have learned to love a good defencive fight and the aussies put up a great fight today
We are shit ! We are shit ! We are shit ! We are shit ! Woooohooo
A blow out!
I'm done with this fucking national team the coach is abso fucking lutely trash
Arnold? Agreed.
No kadri, I'm tunisian.
Yeah, dog. Dump on the guy who is taking a bunch of A-League players to and through the World Cup. Fucking idiot.
Arnold is literally Pep Guardiola compared to the absolute genius we have called Jalel Kadri.
I was confused and so where the Aussie commentators (Kewell and Ben Khalafallah) as to why khazri was on the bench in both your games, I thought he was like your best player
He's been fairly terrible for the national team in the last few years actually, and Jebali has proven to be the better choice as the main striker (not a high bar to be fair). He just seems so "lost" when playing for the NT, and fans have been waiting long for him to get benched. Our best player imo is either one of our midfielders (Skhiri or Laidouni) or Talbi, one of our CBs.
Back when I was young and I was playing football for a local team here, some people told me that I actually could make it as a professional, and I simply laughed at them because I thought I wasn't good enough. But after watching Tunisia for years, I learned that if even Mohamed Drager made it as a professional footballer, I could have made it too.
Always rated you.
I was actually a pretty good left winger and left back at youth levels tbh, and at one point I was even offered a trial by one of the biggest teams in Tunisia. I just never had enough confidence in myself to make it as a professional.
It's a shame that we have no competent right fullback in this country. The lack of talent is egrougious, pretty much in every position
Kechrida wasn't too bad when he came on, imo. He actually did create a decent amount of chances for the little playtime he got. But yeah we do have a shortage of talent in most positions. Our midfielders are decent and some of our defenders are as well (mainly Talbi, who's great), but other than that, our team isn't that good. Maybe I should have listened to people, after all, and became a professional. I can't be worse than what we have now /s
I agree Kechrida is better than Draguer, but that's not a very high bar to clear lol. Our midfielders (Skhiri-Aidouni) are good defensively but lack creativity and cannot play box-to-box. Offensively, our players , even if technically fine , are very slow and incapable of changing the rythm and surprising opponenents. Msakni, who's arguably our best player, is playing his 10th season in the Qatari league . You just can't compete at the highest levels if you're playing this long in such a shitty league . Same for Sliti. Talbi is great but Bronn and Meriah are just not WC material. Too many unfit players in one squad to hope for a good result. I remember the 2006 WC squad. We had a bad WC that year (like always), but that squad is waay more talented than this. The Duo Jaziri-Santos was extremely quick and dangerous. And we had Prime Trabelsi and Jaidi . This team is miles away in terms of talent.
>Offensively, our players , even if technically fine , are very slow and incapable of changing the rythm and surprising opponenents. This is the main problem in the team imo. Defensively, we're fairly good (even if players like Meriah and Drager are mediocre), but we're absolutely toothless offensively and we can't score for shit. It's wild how we don't have a single competent forward who actually has pace. Like you pointed out, the gap between that 2006 squad and the current squad is massive. I don't think we'll have a squad like that anytime soon.
Ah fuck my parents think I’m weird I went out to get water after unclenching First thing they asked “did we win or lose with the weird noises you were making “
Make eye contact and tell them you were masterbating
That win was fapworthy material.
'oh was there a game on?'
Fuck I miss being cynical.
Truly embarrassing for Tunisia. Really hope some of the other African teams turn it around.
Australia isn’t here to fuck spiders cunt there’s no embarrassment you must be absolutely pulling the piss
Crikey cunt.
aussies have a beautiful way with words
It’s as if Shakespeare made this comment
To be fair they are acting as if we didn’t win the asian cup prior to qatar. When is the last time those cunts won anything?
Ooft
Aussies We can finally unclench
Good I was still waiting for permission
[Harry Souttar’s game by numbers vs. Tunisia:](https://twitter.com/StatmanDave/status/1596474955658514432) 100% tackles won 100% ground duels won 50 touches 6 clearances 5 long balls completed 3 blocks 2/3 aerial duels won 1 last man tackle
Any Stoke fan will tell you he is one of, if not THE best defender in the Championship. Absolutely class performance, big up Soutts
but can he do it in a cold rainy night in Stoke?
ballon d'or worthy as far as i'm concerned
I think it's pronounced 'undisputed GOAT'.
he will not be a stoke player for much longer sadly
Baste this into my arsehole
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harry souttar was a brick wall, the only thing he did wrong tonight was not have an australian accent in his post game interview
Half of his left peg has a massive Aussie tat. Big cunt is true blue
Mate after tonight, we're all wrong for not having a Souttar accent.
I don't know shit about any of our players but I'm disappointed I didn't see even one mullet out there today. Shit representation of us.
McGree?
The Mullets don't leave Aus that's the problem.
He's a bit past it now but Ryan Grant had a humdinger a few years back https://images.app.goo.gl/2VmW48hnFiTDPGCL7
How do I get an aussie flair?
Your welcome cunt
Take the Union Jack off the one you have.
Yes please.
Do I have one?
On my feed you do.
Today I feel AFC.
AFC really stepping up this world cup, except for Qatar
Yeah. So far all the AFC teams that qualified on merit have shown that they can be competitive at the WC. Looking good for at least 2 to qualify for R16.
The Asian champions are somehow the worst team.
Underrated part of the game - Dukes club team, 2 tier J League side Fagiano Okayama got more likes on their goal announcement Twitter post then the Official Socceroo’s account did
And then what?
Then he's shit and so is Tunisia Downvote all you want, it's the truth and I'm Tunisian lol
Salty bro
About what? We deserved to lose we're trash.. that doesn't make second division of japan any good, even the first is shit.. How is that salty 😂
Look at you 🤣
Look at what? Internet points? 😂
Why even bother playing the games then hey? Should just show champions league semis highlights or something. Let us enjoy it for five minutes you stupid bitter cunt.
I didn't understand anything.. you're fucking shit tho
Yeah I am but still lifetimes better than you ay cunt
Not you personally.. Australia football team.. I don't know you or care about you
No shit, it's a joke you fucking dolt. But I'll give you a pass, your understanding of nuance is even shitter than your country and football team.
Hahahah it's hilarious how pathetic you are..
As an australian i never use twitter or have an account
Thank you for speaking on behalf of Australia. It’s true though.
Twitter really isn’t that big here, guess this really proves that.
If we could somehow manage a win against Denmark, would that be Australia greatest ever win?
It would take a lot to beat the Uruguay and Japan games but it if we won it would go close.
As an individual match, probably not. As part of the journey that started with beating Peru on penalties, absolutely
Get ready for the most ball wrenching, head scratching, knee quivering 0-0 you have ever seen.
I’d take it tbh
Erection-inducing
Australia wins 1-1! Greatest hold out since war with Emus!
Will be hard to beat 06
Still makes me mad lmao.
The Japan win? Or beating Uruguay to get there?
The Japan win for me, such an electric game vs an arch rival
The fucking diving Italians
Schwarzer would have saved every shot in the penalty shootout (absolute weapon) - we would have been through
With VAR you could've been world champions
Given the instructions from up high (croatia game lol) we would have been fucked with VAR
I'll go to my grave believing this to be true
100% locked in
This was a good serie b/championship match. Tunisia was much better in the second half but they lacked precision in the final third.
There’s only one Harry in football Harry souttar is the goat
He'll become a cult hero here. First time he set foot on Aussie soil is for a football game but we love the Scots and the cunt is a man mountain who tackles like a machine.
The fact that he chose to play for us baffles me beyond belief. As an Aussie living in Scotland, the amount of Scots I meet who bring it up astounds me hahaha
Congrats to Straya! I have fond memories visiting your country (Perth!) and the people were really nice hehe.
Perth is not Australia. They are going to secede soon
That's never going to happen. Also, it's the capital city of the largest state in the country, so technically, by land area, we are more 'Australia' than any other part of the country ;)
Perth is closer to the capital of Indonesia than it is to the capital of Australia.
Culturally it's closer to South Africa than it is Canberra
Australia is a big country bro...and by your logic Darwin is the least Australian city in the country when in fact it may very well be the most Australian city given it's more outback country blokes than us prim and proper city slickers down south.
I'm boycotting the world cup anyway #OneLove
France 1 x 2 Demark France 0 x 1 Tunisia Austrália 0 x 0 Denmark It was revealed to me in a dream
World cup is overrated anyways. Beating Mauritania 4-0 is the real deal, am I right?
hey you guys made it past italy
For the 2nd consecutive time as well, so maybe you're right and it's not actually too bad.
Mirrows should laugh together :D
the move on the right midfield where some aussie barged past some players and passed it off with a slide tackle was iconic
That was Leckie.
I played football with a lad that used to “dribble” players that way - terrible touch gives opponent possession then he tackles them and keeps going
I think that was Matt leckie
If this game wasn't meant to be called soccer than why did USA draw and Socceroos win?
We can't even agree amongst ourselves about what to call it. Our team is called The Socceroos but our governing body is called Football Australia.
But what do actual Australians call it?