Australia vs. Oman [AFC Asian Cup 2015] - Date, Time, & Live Updates

[Armani]

Australia gave The Netherlands a very tough this world cup and almost beat them. It says enough.

[GoIran]

Sorry I meant if we top the groupe we avoid Japan but we face Australi in semifainal before Final. They seem to be stronger than Iapan and Korea.

Japan beat Australia in November. I watched the full game on youtube last month for scouting and the scoreline could have been 4-1 or so for Japan.

[Persian Panther]

4:0 with more to come

[Team Melli Fan]

dat curvature from leckie doe. this australian team is what you do your homework off of. if they keep playing like this, they'll storm through the tourney

[Persian Panther]

Iran can beat Australia by the time we get to the semis , we need more game time .

[Pedram88]

Did anyone notice that the fourth goal was set up and crossed and scored all the same way has the fourth goal against Kuwait hahah even same player who crossed it

[persianfire]

It just shows how Korea sucks nowadays and we should face them in SF.

[Persian Panther]

And they are a relatively young team

[peiman92]

Japan beat Australia in November. I watched the full game on youtube last month for scouting and the scoreline could have been 4-1 or so for Japan.

That game was played in japan, australia is not a good away team. This time it will be a lot different should they meet!

[euphory]

they scored again and had 2 more corner opportunities which the goalkeeper defended well. but overall australia has been playing a much better game then the used to.. they play a nice attractive game but if they face a team with good physical strength all of the sudden it might be much harder for them.

[minirum]

Oman, I think they went into this with a plan to park the bus and they were clueless when they conceded

[persianfire]

We should stop overrating Australia. They are getting better but overall Arab teams declined a lot. Every top Asian side except Korea should destroy them by 3-4 goals easily. Iran could have beat Bahrain 3-0 or 4-0 too.

Fact: Arab teams vs non-Arab teams so far - 0 wins 0 draws 7 defeats. They really suck.

Australia 4-1 Kuwait
South Korea 1-0 Oman
China 1-0 Saudi Arabia
Iran 2-0 Bahrain
Japan 4-0 Palestine
South Korea 1-0 Kuwait
Australia 4-0 Oman

[Persian Panther]

Kuwait out, Oman out, Palestine out, Qatar to be kicked out by Iran followed by the Saudies

This is great

[Persian Panther]

Full time 4:0 ....

[Bi-honar]

Australia definitely played a GREAT game, but let's face it boys Oman didn't do anything.

They were dazed and confused since the 1st goal, running around the field like chickens with their heads cut-off. It was the same thing with Kuwait. If you're technically inferior, you got to make up for it in other areas, whether it's fitness, physical strength, tactically or even just with lots of HEART.

That's why I was very impressed with Bahrain, because what they lacked in skill or experience, they made up for it with heart, intensity and hard physical play against TM. That's also why a team like New Zealand managed 3 ties in WC2010 with only three or four professional players.

On that note, I think both Kuwait and Oman made Australia look much better than they are by giving them lots of space and letting them control everything about the game. It would be interesting to see how Australia would fair against more disciplined or physical opposition. I guess we'll find out in a few days when they play S. Korea.

They definitely want to finish on top of the group because they want to avoid Japan in the semis, although I think they will have their hands full against TM. This tournament is definitely between Iran, Japan and Australia. I'm completely dropping S. Korea out of the race after this 2nd game and two dismal wins against minnows - they just don't have the firepower.