Socceroos set incredible World Cup record

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The Socceroos person acceptable a World Cup record, go the archetypal ever state to triumph 11 consecutive qualifiers successful a azygous campaign.

Australia defeated Oman 3-1 successful Doha this greeting to determination to the apical of their radical aft 3 of 10 scheduled matches. The apical 2 nations successful the radical volition suffice for adjacent year's World Cup successful Qatar.

The Socceroos took the aboriginal pb with a Awer Mabil extremity successful the 9th minute, lone to spot that pb vanish erstwhile Oman levelled 20 minutes later.

When Martin Boyle scored conscionable aft the half-time interruption the Australians had the vantage again, with Mitch Duke putting the effect beyond uncertainty with an 89th infinitesimal goal.

"Oman threw a batch astatine us," said manager Graham Arnold.

"We were a spot erratic, but erstwhile we got the boys successful astatine half-time and calmed them down, we focused much connected keeping the shot and moving them sideways."

The Socceroos adjacent lucifer is against Japan connected Tuesday. Japan has been disappointing truthful far, winning conscionable 1 of its 3 matches, including a 1-0 nonaccomplishment to Saudi Arabia this morning.

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