So a fairly open, occasionally end-to-end game finishes 1-1, and probably finishes both teams chances of progression to the next round, too. They’ll both leave the pitch with fair claim to have emerged with full points, but deep down it will be Cameroon who will be disappointed they didn’t wrap this up.
Australia turned up today a little more solid than they did the Germany fixture, though there are still some fairly glaring holes in their setup. They were indeed neat in possession and probing on the flanks, but they were cut open fairly easily with balls over the top and into the channels - a legacy of three in the last line, not four, presumably.
Still, they pushed for victory and you better believe that Postecoglou plays to win. While the point is something to be reasonably happy with, Australia didn’t drop back at any stage to defend that result. It makes one wonder, paradoxically, how capable they will be of doing that when that scenario inevitably arrives in WC qualification.
Cameroon will have expected more from the match here - they shows signs of vibrancy and spark in attack, but it was all too sporadic. Their sit-back-and-counter approach was largely effective, though they’ll be disappointed not to have wrapped this up in the game’s final quarter.
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