Australia
left it late but beat Iraq 1-0 to become the second country to qualify
for the 2014 World Cup finals in front of 80,000 rain-soaked but
euphoric fans at Sydney's Olympic Stadium on Tuesday.
Six minutes after coming on as a substitute for Tim
Cahill, Kennedy rose alone in the centre of the penalty box to head Mark
Bresciano's cross past the despairing dive of Iraq goalkeeper Noor
Sabri and into the net.
The stadium erupted and Kennedy was mobbed by his team mates as they
celebrated the goal that looked like it would secure the win they needed
to seal second place in Asian qualifying Group B and the ticket to
Brazil that went with it. The Australians, frustrated for much of the evening by their own lack
of penetration as much as the Iraqis, will now make their third
successive trip to football’s showpiece tournament and a fourth in total
after 1974, 2006 and 2010.
Source : Eurosports
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