subject: Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Australia Goes Home With Their Dignity After 2-1 Win Over Serbia [print this page] Gianni Truvianni's "South Africa 2010", Australia Goes Home With Their Dignity After 2-1 Win Over Serbia
Australia won their first game today against Serbia by 2-1 in a match which unfortunately for the Aussies does not see them through to the next round yet it can be said that they, like Scotland in 78; will leave the tournament with their heads held high. Australia in fact being deserved winners over Serbia in a match in which their first goal would come thanks to a Cahill header. It being Cahill, who was back in the Australian line up after having been shown the red card against Germany in their 4-0 opening game defeat.
Australia however then inspired went on to score another goal when Holman scored his second of the tournament and the Aussie's second of the match to give them a 2-0 lead. At that point it could have been Australia, who qualified if they had only scored another goal or if Ghana had scored two to defeat Germany or if Germany had scored two more against Ghana yet it was not to be. Australia would even concede one just two minutes before the end of regulation time when Marko Pantelic scored off an error by Australian goalkeeper, Mark Schwarzer. This goal making the score 2-1 which took away any chances Australia might have had while Serbia was also left out of the tournament as well. As for Australia, they can at least say they won their last game though perhaps should have done better against both Ghana and Germany while Serbia can claim to have beaten Germany though perhaps that penalty they gave away in their first match to Ghana came back to haunt them.
In conclusion, I would say that it was a good game and though both teams were eliminated they can both claim to have played well in at least some of their games.
