Australia making it through to the last 16 at a World Cup for only the second time in their history is an unbelievable achievement. Of course they have ended up being the great underdog story of Qatar 2022.
Of course the stunning underdog story at Qatar 2022 has ended up being Australia. Of course it is.This, though, is a stunning achievement for an Australian team that, with all due respect, should have got absolutely nowhere near the last 16. Australia’s men have only ever achieved that once before, and the 2006 squad that had its hearts broken deep into stoppage time by eventual champions Italy was an entirely different beast. That was the team of Kewell and Viduka, of Cahill and Schwarzer.
was no disgrace. But their opening goal in that game still felt entirely like a nice moment to take home with them and nothing more. There was little sign that this was a team about to win two World Cup games in five days, matching the total from their entire previous history at the tournament. , but it’s right and proper that it wasn’t enough to send them through. It would have been a great story in its own right but would have owed too much to the quirk of the fixture list. Whoever played France last was likely to have the advantage Tunisia did, however spectacular their exploitation of that advantage.
This is a team that beat France home and away in the Nations League and whatever you think of the Nations League those are significant wins.
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