Australia qualified this Monday for the sixth time to the Soccer World Cup, by beating Peru 5-4 in a penalty shootout, in the play off Intercontinental Qualifiers for Qatar.
In Al-Rayyan, and after 120 minutes without goals, the goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne, entered in the 119 ‘, was the hero by stopping Alex Valera’s penalty, qualifying the football playersthat repeat the presences of 1974, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018.
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The Australians have the best classification in a World Cup in 14th place in 1974, in which they fell in the first stage, while in 2006 they reached the round of 16, a stage in which they lost a coma to Italy (0-1), closing in 16th place.
In the final stage, the Australian team will stay in group D, along with the current world champions France, Denmark and Tunisia, with their debut scheduled for November 22, against the French.
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Andrew Redmayne is the hero as the Socceroos defeated Peru 5-4 on penalties in Doha.
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Despite belonging to Oceania, Australia is the sixth team from the Asian zone to qualify, joining Saudi Arabia, South Korea, a team led by Portugal’s Paulo Bento, Iran, Japan and hosts Qatar.
The largest contingent belongs to Europe, with 13 teams, among them Portugal, which makes its eighth and sixth consecutive participation, in addition to Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, France, England, Wales, the Netherlands, Poland, Serbia and Switzerland.
In the final phase, there are also five teams from Africa (Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia), four from South America (Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and Uruguay) and three from CONCACAF (Canada, United States and Mexico).
The 32nd and last wave will be for the winners of play off intercontinental match between Costa Rica, 4th in CONCACAF, and New Zealand, champion of Oceania, who meet this Tuesday in Doha.
The 2022 World Cup takes place in Qatar from November 21 to December 18.
Source: Observadora
