Here. We. Go.
After a memorable victory over the United Arab Emirates, Australia is now 90 minutes away from the FIFA World Cup!
Peru opposes the Socceroos’ fifth consecutive appearance in the tournament in an intercontinental play-off that will begin at 4 a.m. AEST on Tuesday, June 14th.
Here’s everything you need to know about watching or listening to the game, whether you’re planning to watch it from home or go out with your Socceroos teammates!
Looking from home?
Australians can watch the action live on Channel 10 or play the action on both 10 Play and Paramount +.
If you’re home, you can also join our official online watch party!
We will also have some special guests to accompany us along the way, so make sure you are ready to make noise, dressed in your green and gold and encourage the Socceroos to the classification.
Click here to go to the official Facebook party of the clock party and click “go” to set up a reminder to jump in!
You can join the party from 3:30 am via the following ZOOM link:
The Socceroos invite you to a Zoom Watch party. Time: June 14, 2022 3:30 AM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
Join the Zoom Meeting
Are you going to the stadium?
If you are in the Middle East or plan to travel to Qatar for the match, tickets can be purchased at tickets.qfa.qa.
Dress up in Green & Gold and show your support for the Doha boys!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ATTENDANTS: Football Australia has prepared flags and banners to be displayed around sections 124/125 and 132/133. We are encouraging all Australian fans to come together and gather our support in a single section of the stadium. Although tickets are allocated to the bays, FIFA has reported that fans can move to where their Australian teammates congregate.
Feel like listening to the radio?
SEN Radio will broadcast Australia against Peru and New Zealand against Costa Rica this week! Listen to or using the SEN application.
In Melbourne and want to see it with other Socceroos fans?
Federation Square is the place to be!
The iconic location will hold an event to project the action to its large outdoor screen. Click here for more details.
While you’re here, read our preview of the match:
It all comes down to that.
The Socceroos are just one victory away from qualifying for their fifth consecutive World Cup with a single intercontinental play-off against Peru on Tuesday morning at 4am (AEST) approaching as the last obstacle.
After beating the United Arab Emirates 2-1 in a tense Asian qualifying play-off on Wednesday morning, the Socceroos are just one victory away from qualifying for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar ™.
Jackson Irvine put Graham Arnold ahead in the UAE with a short shot in the 53rd minute before Caio Canedo equalized four minutes later. Ajdin Hrustic then had a third chance at scoring, but a last ditch challenge made sure that he didnt.
The match against Peru takes place at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, the same place where Australia defeated the United Arab Emirates.
The Peruvians enter the match after having only one warm-up match for the “do-or-die” play-off, a 1-0 victory over Australia’s New Zealand neighbors 1-0 in Barcelona.
The Socceroos’ 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar qualifier started this year in September 2019 with a 3-0 win over Kuwait in Kuwait City, and after 19 games, 13 wins and 45 goals , has been reduced to this play. against Peru.
Peru, meanwhile, qualified for the intercontinental playoffs after finishing fifth in the South American CONMEBOL conference, but finished above Colombia, Chile and Paraguay.
They have only lost one of their last nine men’s internationals (6V, 2D) and have won the last two in the rebound; the last time they won more in a row was a five-match stretch from November 2017 to June 2018.
Australia will face Peru in men’s international football for the second time after succumbing to a 2-0 defeat in their only previous meeting during the group stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The Socceroos have also not won in their last seven men’s internationals against CONMEBOL’s opposition (2 draws, 5 draws); his last victory in a match like this was against Paraguay in October 2010.
As for the players to watch, Luis Advincula and Carlos Zambrano play their club’s football with the Argentine giant Boca Juniors, while Alexander Callens, Luis Abram and Marcos López are in the top divisions of the United States and Mexico.
His midfield also includes Yoshimar Yotún, who has been selected 118 times by his nation, but with the size of Paolo Guerrero and Jefferson Farfan who have made the transition of the Peruvian team, it is likely that Gianluca Lapadula of Benevento leads the line.
On the other hand, the Socceroos will expect Martin Boyle, Hrustic and Irvine to take advantage of their impressive form in recent times.
Irvine has been directly involved in more goals in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup than any other Australian player (4 goals, 5 assists), while Boyle has made 37 entries since the start of the third round, the second more player in the tournament. at that time.
Boyle has been in sensational shape lately.
It should also be noted that Hurricane’s three goals against Australia in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup have come in the last 24 minutes of play from outside the area.
It remains to be seen whether Adam Taggart or Trent Sainsbury will be able to prove their fitness before the crash.
Australia will have to be on top to play through an experienced Peruvian team, but the Socceroos have played a lot of football in the Middle East due to COVID, so the neutral spot should suit them.
Beat Peru and a fifth consecutive FIFA World Cup awaits you, as Australia joins Group D along with France, Denmark and Tunisia.
Elsewhere in the FIFA World Cup qualifier, New Zealand will face Costa Rica in the next intercontinental play-off to determine their place in the final 24 hours after the Socceroos and Peru face each other.
World Ranking
Australia: 35 Peru: 25
What they said
Graham Arnold, head coach of the Socceroos
“The old Aussie DNA was back on the wall. We liked that! We liked being the underprivileged. We liked people saying we had no chance or that we couldn’t achieve anything. That’s how it used to be. being in Australia … that’s what I’ve been driving these guys in. Sometimes you don’t play well but you can still win by fighting, running and chasing and being aggressive.And that can also be a success.
“He was probably 50% happy with our team against the United Arab Emirates. I think there are still a lot of improvements … that’s what we need. We need them all to play better games against Peru.”
Ricardo Gareca, coach of Peru
“We are going to prepare for everything. We know Australia is a strong and persistent team, but I can’t say if they’ve been stronger since our last World Cup meeting. “
What about the Socceroos?
If the Socceroos defeat Peru, they will secure a place in Group D with France, Denmark and Tunisia at this year’s FIFA World Cup, which will be held between November 21 and December 18.