After 19 video games and practically 30 hours of soccer qualifiers, it comes all the way down to this for the Socceroos and their World Cup hopes.
One sport, winner takes all, in opposition to Peru for the prospect to fill one of many final two spots obtainable on the finals in Qatar.
Graham Arnold’s males eradicated the United Arab Emirates final week within the Asian (AFC) qualifying playoff with a 2-1 victory in Qatar to present themselves a shot on the finals after lacking out on automated qualification.
Peru completed fifth within the South American (CONMEBOL) qualification, lacking out on an automated spot within the finals.
Australia has certified for the final 4 World Cups — in 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018. Can they make it 5 in a row?
Learn on for all the main points about this match that may determine the Socceroos’ World Cup destiny.
The place will the match be performed?
The venue for the important playoff is the Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium, in any other case referred to as the Al-Rayyan Stadium, exterior the Qatari capital, Doha.
The multi-purpose stadium seats 50,000 and has been redeveloped as one of many eight venues for this 12 months’s World Cup.
Whereas earlier World Cup playoffs have been performed on a two-leg, home-and-away foundation — such because the Socceroos vs Honduras in 2017 — the playoffs for the 2022 World Cup are being held as standalone matches at impartial venues.
What time is the Socceroos’ sport?
The sport begins at 9pm on Monday native time in Doha, which is 4am AEST on Tuesday (in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Hobart).
In case you are in Adelaide, Alice Springs or Darwin, the sport begins at 3:30am ACST.
In case you are in Perth, the sport begins at 2am AWST.
In case you are on Lord Howe Island, you’re on Lord Howe Island time and the sport begins at 4:30am.
How do I watch the sport?
You may watch the Socceroos vs Peru sport reside on free-to-air tv on Channel 10.
Protection begins at 3:30am AEST on the east coast and Tasmania, 3:00am ACST in South Australia and the Northern Territory and 1:30am AWST within the west.
The sport may also be streamed reside on 10 Play, or in case you have a subscription it may be streamed on Paramount+.
You may also sustain with the motion through the ABC’s reside weblog with Samantha Lewis, which can kick off at 3:30am AEST on www.abc.web.au/sport.
How have the Socceroos gone in earlier World Cup playoffs?
This would be the tenth time the Socceroos have been in a playoff for a spot in the World Cup.
Australia’s document in these video games is three wins, six losses.
This would be the fourth time the Socceroos have confronted a South American nation within the decisive tie.
In 1993, the Socceroos misplaced 2-1 on mixture to Diego Maradona and Argentina in a two-leg playoff.
Eight years later, the Australians once more fell on the remaining hurdle, dropping to Uruguay 3-1 on mixture, due to a 3-0 away loss within the second leg.
After all, in 2005, the Socceroos ended their look forward to a World Cup spot, beating Uruguay in a penalty shootout in Sydney after a two-leg playoff, due to THAT spot-kick from John Aloisi.
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