Australia defeated Qatar 9-1 at the Asian U20 tournament

Before the last series of Group B, Australia only had three points due to a 0-1 loss to Vietnam and a 3-2 victory over Iran. They have to beat Qatar to get to the quarterfinals. The situation became more difficult for coach Trevor Morgan's army when they conceded a second minute.

But then, Australia strongly resisted, with attacks from both sides. They only took 10 minutes to equalize 1-1. Defender Alghareeb on the runway to help defend an own goal after a cross by Chris Donnell. Donnell himself then put his name on the scoreboard with a close-in kick in the 21st minute, making it 2-1.

The situation changed as quickly as it broke the spirit of Qatar - the team had no points after two matches, can only continue if they beat Australia and pray for Vietnam to overcome Iran in the match at the same time.

They then let the opponent comfortably control the game, creating a lot of space and having many options to threaten Amir Hassan's goal.

Australia held the ball 55.4%, launched 19 shots, of which 18 were on goal and collected a total of nine goals. The next seven goals of the kangaroo team were scored by Rodrigues, with a brace from Bernardo, Yull, Popovic, Goodwin and Badolato.

At the end of the group stage, Australia shared six points like Vietnam and Iran. When considering the head-to-head record between the three teams, Iran is at the top when the goal difference is +1, Australia is 0 and Vietnam is -1. Australia and Iran won tickets to the quarterfinals, while Vietnam was eliminated despite winning the first two matches.