Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kazan: Socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak had one message for his teammates following their 2-1 loss to France at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia on Saturday - to keep on producing what they had against the 1998 champions in their remaining matches.
Jedinak, who scored Australia’s goal from the penalty spot, was picked in midfield alongside Aaron Mooy and the duo produced a stellar defensive display together with the centre-back pairing of Trent Sainsbury and Mark Milligan.
But despite limiting France’s chances and frustrating one of the favourites for the title in Russia 2018, Australia fell to an 81st minute Paul Pogba effort which deflected off Aziz Behich into the goalmouth.
Jedinak, who had come off a gruelling club season with Aston Villa who he so nearly helped win promotion to the English Premier League, reiterated the message he shared with teammates during a post-game huddle on the pitch.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kazan: Aziz Behich says it was only a couple of “unlucky” goals which denied Australia a deserved result against France in their 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Group C match on Saturday.
The Socceroos matched the highly-fancied French for long periods in Kazan but went down 2-1 to an Antoine Griezmann penalty and an 81st-minute deflected strike by Paul Pogba, either side of Mile Jedinak's goal.
“There’s still mixed emotions. We’re Obviously disappointed because I think we deserved more,” Behich said.
“The performance we put in was different class against a tough opponent. I thought we deserved more but there was a lot of positives to take from this game.
“We should be proud of what we put in. We’ve still got two games to build on this performance. Our focus has already switched to the next game.”
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kazan: Australia battled hard and defended well but were eventually beaten 2-1 by France through a spot-kick and a deflected shot.
Several weeks of preparations were over, and it was time for Bert van Marwijk's Australia side to demonstrate their worth as they opened their 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign against France. A resilient defensive display was on show but two second-half strikes were enough for Les Blues to walk away with the three points.
Having scored three goals in as many matches in their last FIFA World Cup, the Socceroos opened their account courtesy of a Mile Jedinak penalty kick, but more attacking impetus will be required if they are to advance to the next round.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kazan: Australia produced a gutsy performance but it was not enough as they went down 2-1 to France in Group C of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia on Saturday.
Antoine Griezmann scored from the first VAR-assisted penalty awarded in the history of the FIFA World Cup as title hopefuls France battled to a 2-1 win in Kazan.
Griezmann, expected to make a huge impact on Russia 2018 after topping the Euro 2016 scorers with six goals, was left frustrated by a solid Socceroos defensive display in a tight first half.