Vikram Goyal's Weblog

I am watching the Australia Vs. Uruguay World Cup qualifier live from Montevideo and I must say that I am quite disappointed with the Australian performance. 4 years on from the infamous qualifier for the last world cup, and I was hoping for a much improved showing, even a winning one. The score now is 1-0 in favor of Uruguay and about 10 minutes are left and Australia look at sixes and sevens against the naturally gifted Uruguayans.

What has the Australian Football association done in the last 4 years? Haven't they learned anything? The team looks out of touch, their is no cohesiveness, there is rank bad passing and they never looked like scoring a goal. The only positive that I can see, is that they haven't conceded as many goals as last time, when by memory, they lost by 3-0.

4 years on and nothing has changed. If this performance is anything to go by, you won't be singing 'Waltzing Matilda' at the next years World Cup either. It's a pity as all soccer needs to succeed in Australia, is a good performance by the national team.

Update: Post match, the players, the experts in the studio and the interviewers are just happy that Australia conceded only one goal as opposed to more. Hmm... Australia won't get to the World Cup with that attitude. 4 years in the making and they are happy to come away with "just one goal"? Yes, it's better than 3-0 but hey, Australia didn't score. Conceding less goals doesn't win matches. Scoring goals does.