Jogaram pelas eliminatórias da Copa da Ásia 2011, na cidade de Muscat-QAT, no Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, para um público de 12.000 pessoas, as seleções de Omã (79º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Austrália (24º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
08-07-2007 - Austrália 1x1 Omã (Copa da Ásia)
14-10-2009 - Austrália 1x0 Omã (Eliminatórias Copa da Ásia)
O quarteto de arbitragem foi assim definido:
Árbitro: SUN BAOJIE (CHINA P. Click to continue reading...

Algumas estatísticas das eliminatórias da Copa do Mundo:
Continente Africano.
Já fizeram gols no Continente africano, pelas eliminatórias da copa, 268 jogadores, e os 5 maiores artilheiros do continente africano são:
1º - Moumoni DAGANO - Burkina Faso - 11 gols
2º - Frederic KANOUTE - Mali - 8 gols
3º - Samuel ETOO - Camarões - 8 gols
4º - Razak OMOTOYOSSI - Benin - 7 gols
5º - Didier DROGBA - Costa do Marfim - 6 gols
Maior número de cartões:
1º - Mohammed KALLON - Serra Leoa - 4 cartões amarelos
2º - Stephane SESSEGON - Benin - 4 cartões amarelos
3º - Yazid MANSOURI - Argélia - 4 cartões amarelos
4º - Saidou PANANDETIGUIRI - Burkina Faso - 4 cartões amarelos
5º - Alaeldin YOUSIF - Sadão - 4 cartões amarelos
Continente Europeu
Já fizeram 384 jogadores, gols nas Eliminatórias da Europa. Click to continue reading...

And so, once again, it was a case of Tim Cahill to the rescue.
The Socceroo performance wasn't quite as bad as their last outing against Oman, but there were long periods of the game where Australia were dreadfully uninspired. And, let us remember, Oman were denied what looked like a plain penalty a few minutes from the close. Click to continue reading...

The premise of Channel 7's new sci-fi series might not lie in the realms of fantasy after all. Last night, watching the Australia v. Netherlands game, I had a vivid premonition of how Pim Verbeek's side will approach games against superior (or even peer) opposition in South Africa next year.
Plenty of shuffling the ball across the back four. Click to continue reading...

Although the majority of the plaudits after last night's Gold Coast v. Sydney encounter will naturally go to Shane Smeltz, there was another Gold Coast player whose reputation will have been considerably enhanced. I refer to Zenon Caravella.
It's a pleasure to see such a positive, resourceful player back in the A-League, and Miron Bleiberg deserves credit for his canny recruitment of the former Sydney Olympic and New Zealand Knights midfielder. Click to continue reading...

Harry Kewell, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire and Danny Invincibile have withdrawn from the Socceroos squad for Saturday's international friendly against the Korea Republic in Seoul. Australian coach Pim Verbeek explained the changes. "Harry played 30 minutes for Galatasaray last night and scored a goal when he came on as a substitute, but . Click to continue reading...

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Thomond Park hosted Ireland and the Socceroos last night in a game that Ireland should have taken in their stride. Cahill got the Aussies in front after 38 mins. Giovanni Trapattoni had obviously given a good pre match speech because Ireland did give it all they had , but with so many premiership players on the pitch it was definitely a night of "Could have done better".

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