Australia leave it late

Mark Bresciano’s 93rd minute goal gave the Australian’s a 1-0 win over Bahrain overnight.

Australia now have won three games and top the group after three games played.

The Bahrain defense failed to stop Bresciano running onto the ball and scoring. The Aussie midfielder steadied himself and sent the ball high into the net.

“We didn’t play well although we tried our best to improve our game in the second half,” said Verbeek, who will take his side to Japan in February for their next World Cup qualifier.

“The players didn’t give what was expected of them and that gave Bahrain the opportunity to control the game.”

“Bahrain created a lot of chances and they nearly scored from those chances. They played well and have played well so far in the qualifiers but have been unlucky.”

“We must improve our performance in our next matches especially as we will play against Japan in our next match.”

“I talked to the players and they know that they didn’t perform well and we will try our best to improve.”

Bahrain are at the bottom of Group One with just one point from three games.

“The game was important for us and we put on a great performance as we wanted to get the three points,” the Czech coach said.

“We had seven clear chances in front of the Australian goal but we couldn’t score.”

“Our players showed fighting spirit and Australia scored from the only mistake that we made in the game. We always make such mistakes against big teams and consequently lose these matches.”

Japan won 3-0 over Qatar and claim their second win in the final round of the Asian World Cup qualifiers at the Al Sadd stadium on Wednesday night.

Japan’s win leaves them in second place in Group One, two points behind leaders Australia, while Qatar remain third five points off the pace.

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