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Australia beat Curaçao

1 – 5

FT · Tue, Mar 31

Match Details

Melbourne Rectangular Stadium (Melbourne) · 16,764 fans

Highlights

Big gun cameos seal Socceroos' World Cup send-off win

Scintillating cameos from Nestory Irankunda, Jordy Bos and Riley McGree have delivered a 5-1 win over Curacao to send the Socceroos off to the World Cup on a powerful winning note.

Recap via ESPN

1:17 Awer Mabil opens the scoring for Australia against Curacao

1:03 Curacao equalise just after halftime through Martha

1:15 Back-to-back goals give Socceroos commanding lead

1:40 Brace and boogie: Irankunda steals the show against Curacao

Clips play on ESPN

Commentary

·Match ends, Australia 5, Curaçao 1.
90'+1'Second Half ends, Australia 5, Curaçao 1.
90'Fourth official has announced 0 minutes of added time.
90'Foul by Paul Okon (Australia).
90'Ar'Jany Martha (Curaçao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
89'Attempt missed. Sontje Hansen (Curaçao) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
88'Gervane Kastaneer (Curaçao) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
88'Foul by Paul Okon (Australia).
87'Delay over. They are ready to continue.
86'Delay in match because of an injury Nestory Irankunda (Australia).
85'Sontje Hansen (Curaçao) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
85'Foul by Alex Robertson (Australia).

Line Score

	1	2	T
CUW	0	1	1
AUS	1	4	5

Match Leaders

Curaçao

AM Ar'jany Martha · 1Goals
LB Leandro Bacuna · 1Total Shots
Eloy Room · 1Saves
Juriën Gaari · 79Accurate Passes

Australia

NI Nestory Irankunda · 2Goals
AO Aiden O'Neill · 3Total Shots
AC Alessandro Circati · 40Accurate Passes

Key Events

84'Goal! Australia 5, Curaçao 1. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nishan Velupillay with a through ball.

82'Substitution, Curaçao. Sontje Hansen replaces Leandro Bacuna.

82'Substitution, Curaçao. Trevor Doornbusch replaces Eloy Room.

81'Substitution, Australia. Alex Robertson replaces Aiden O'Neill.

81'Substitution, Australia. Milos Degenek replaces Alessandro Circati.

80'Goal! Australia 4, Curaçao 1. Nestory Irankunda (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Bos.

73'Substitution, Curaçao. Kevin Felida replaces Juninho Bacuna.

71'Goal! Australia 3, Curaçao 1. Jordan Bos (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.

67'Goal! Australia 2, Curaçao 1. Alessandro Circati (Australia) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Riley McGree with a cross following a set piece situation.

67'Substitution, Australia. Cameron Burgess replaces Kye Rowles.

67'Substitution, Australia. Nestory Irankunda replaces Deni Juric.

67'Substitution, Australia. Riley McGree replaces Awer Mabil.

66'Substitution, Australia. Jordan Bos replaces Aziz Behich.

64'Substitution, Curaçao. Joshua Brenet replaces Sherel Floranus.

63'Substitution, Curaçao. Tyrese Noslin replaces Shurandy Sambo.

50'Goal! Australia 1, Curaçao 1. Ar'Jany Martha (Curaçao) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gervane Kastaneer with a headed pass.

45'Substitution, Curaçao. Jearl Margaritha replaces Brandley Kuwas.

45'Substitution, Curaçao. Gervane Kastaneer replaces Jeremy Antonisse.

45'Substitution, Curaçao. Godfried Roemeratoe replaces Livano Comenencia.

45'Substitution, Curaçao. Ar'Jany Martha replaces Tahith Chong.

45'Substitution, Australia. Paul Okon replaces Connor Metcalfe.

45'Substitution, Australia. Jason Geria replaces Lucas Herrington.

45'Substitution, Australia. Nishan Velupillay replaces Ajdin Hrustic because of an injury.

23'Goal! Australia 1, Curaçao 0. Awer Mabil (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.