Adjin Hrusticwith a goal in the 83rd minute, summoned Australia with Peru on Tuesday to fight for the penultimate place in the Qatar 2022 World Cup after beating the United Arab Emirates 1-2 at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Rayyan.
Australia already caresses being in the World Cup. In fact, you already know what it’s like to play in one of their stadiums. And, furthermore, with the majority of the public against it. Almost all the fans who came to see the match were with the United Arab Emirates. However, they left disappointed after the victory of the ocean side.
It was given to him by a man who, at the moment, is living a dream season. If just two weeks ago he lifted the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt after beating Rangers, now he emerged as the hero of his team after scoring a decisive goal when the match against the United Arab Emirates seemed destined for extra time.
United Arab Emirates: Khalid Eisa; Al Attas, Alhammadi, Abbas, Aldhahani; Salmeen (Hassan, m. 88), Hamad (Abdoulrahman, m. 88), Ramadan (Nader, m. 75); Suhail, Mabkhout (Saleh, m. 75) y Canedo (Taglibue, m. 88)
Australia: Ryan; Atkinson, Wright, Rowles, Behich; Irvine, Hrustic (Degenek, m. 91); Boyle, Leckie (Mabil, m. 91), Goodwin (Maclaren, m. 72); y Mooy
Goals: 0-1, m. 53: Irvine; 1-1, m. 57: Canedo; 1-2, m. 84: Hrustic
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan). He showed yellow cards to Mabkhout for the United Arab Emirates and Hrustic for Australia.
Incidents: match corresponding to the play-off qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup played at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium in Rayán (Qatar) before nearly 25,000 spectators
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Hrustic appeared in the 83rd minute to hit a volley from outside the area that bounced off a rival defender and entered the goal defended by Khalid Eisa. With a touch of luck, his ball was enough to give victory to Australia, which next Monday, in Doha, will face Peru again, just like four years ago. So, the winner was the South American team, which took the prize and traveled to Russia 2018.
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Hrustic’s goal put an end to the uncertainty. United Arab Emirates played at a high level. His football has given a growth spurt and during many sections of the game he clearly dominated the game. And, above all, Suhail stood out, who at 19 years old proved to have much more quality than his teammates.
His were almost all the occasions of danger. Electric from both wings, he annoyed Australia excessively, who could not prevent assisted in Canedo’s goalwho served the United Arab Emirates to counter Irvine’s goal in the 53rd minute.
Nevertheless, Hrustic appeared to avoid surprise. His volley was enough for Australia to, for the moment, stay on the edge of the World Cup. You just need one more step to cross over to the side of success. Peru will try to prevent it.