What a game Australia vs Iraq was. Australia came into the match needing to win the match to qualify for the World Cup. It was meant to be an easy task for Australia. Australia dominated but didn't make use of their opportunities. Suddenly there was 10 mins left of the game and Holger Oseick (manager) made a very controversial decision in taking off Australia's Golden Boy TImmy Cahill and putting on the unknown Josh Kennedy. He also took off the goal threat Robbie Kruse.
I honestly thought it was the stupidest mistake Oseick could do because Cahill is such an aerial threat and Kruse is a goal scorer. But 3 mins later when everything was looking tense and Australia's chances of qualifying for the World Cup looked slim, Bresciano put in a nice cross from just outside the penalty box and the unknown Josh Kennedy heads it into the back off the net. He becomes zero to hero just like that. A saviour is born.
Australia win 1-0 and book their place in the World Cup. It was overall a scrappy, less entertaining match but the last 10mins were the most intense and heart-throbbing for any Australian Socceroos Supporter. If Kennedy didn't score then Oseick would have copped a lot of criticism for the substitutions he made and would have lost his job in the process. It turned out to be a masterstroke of a plan.
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