Australia from bottom of expectations to surprise qualification

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Yesterday, the Australian national team booked a ticket to the final price for the second time in its history, and in a way that surprised everyone, as it was at the bottom of expectations, given the transitional stage it was going through, in which great stars were absent.

The scorer of the qualifying goal, at the expense of Denmark 1-0, was striker Matthew Leckie, at Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah in the third and final round of Group D competitions.

Melbourne City striker scored the only goal of the match in the 60th minute.

Australia raised its score to six points in second place, behind world champion France, which was a guarantor of its qualification before its fall yesterday, with a goal against Tunisia, which finished third with four points, compared to one point for Denmark.

Australia plays in the final price against the leaders of Group C, while France plays with the second of this group.

The Danes' intention was clear from the start, and they threatened goalkeeper Matthew Ryan on more than one occasion, whether it was through Matthias Jensen or Andreas Skov Olsen and Joachim Maihle, but without success, so that the goalless tie remained the master of the situation until the end of the first half.

Australia started the second half with a shot by Jackson Irvine that just over Kasper Schmeichel's goal (48), then the 2015 Asian Champions succeeded in shaking the Danish net from a counter-attack and a pass from Riley McGarry to Leakey, who manipulated Joachim Mayhle left and right before hitting the ground left corner of Schmeichel's goal. (60), and then kept it until the final whistle and qualifying.

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