Australia exit World Cup on a disappointing note after losing 0-2 to Peru
Peru scored their first World Cup goal in 36 years and then pumped in another one for good measure to send Australia home early.
Andre Carrillo scored from a stunning volley before captain Paolo Guerrero grabbed a second to show the Asian team the door in the tournament.
Guerrero set up Carrillo’s 18th-minute wonder goal from the edge of the box with a delightful cross, then scored from a deflection five minutes after the interval to send Peru's red-and-white army of fans into ecstasy at the Fisht Stadium.
Although already eliminated, the Peruvians head home on a high note, having grabbed their first World Cup win since their 4-1 defeat of Iran at the 1978 finals in Argentina.
Denied a place at the global showpiece for 36 years, the result left Peru third in Group C with three points, while the Socceroos head home with just one, but more than a few regrets.
Australia had needed to beat Peru and for France to defeat Denmark so the result was largely academic for the Socceroos.
But Bert van Marwijk's side would have felt it was deja vu, as they surged forward in numbers but lacked the polish to conjure a score.
Captain Mile Jedinak blazed over the bar in the fifth minute while winger Mathew Leckie was denied in the goalmouth by a scrambling defence in the 36th.
Carillo’s goal was the Andean nation’s first in a World Cup since Guillermo La Rosa scored in a 5-1 defeat by Poland at the 1982 finals in Spain.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia. It has 47 member countries, mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent, but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkey – which are instead members of UEFA. Three other states located geographically along the western fringe of Asia – Cyprus, Armenia and Israel – are also UEFA members. On the other hand, Australia, formerly in the OFC, joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.(From Wiki)
So from 2006 Australia become a part of Asian Football Confederation.
Possibly, the people responsible for writing the QL Sports need to have a look at the map of the world. In today's world with a computer and a website Google in hand, it just takes a second to confirm which country is located in which continent and where in the world.
The above post states, "Andre Carrillo scored from a stunning volley before captain Paolo Guerrero grabbed a second to show the Asian team the door in the tournament." Which of the teams between Australia and Peru is located in ASIA? I had taken geography lessons some decades back and with an ever fast-changing world, possibly the information I have has become somewhat outdated. Could someone guide me?
Is this the first time this has happened at QL? Recently, while reporting on the World Cup, QL Sports thought Australia was an Asian country when the subject line in their post stated: France beat Asian powerhouses Australia, Denmark and Croatia win, Argentina tied