Football: Late winners spare Aussie, Japan blushes

Australia were just four minutes from a humiliating home draw with Thailand before Alex Brosque’s late strike.


Afp September 02, 2011

SINGAPORE: Asian big guns Australia and Japan left it perilously late before snatching vital winners in World Cup qualifying. Australia were just four minutes from a humiliating home draw with Thailand before Alex Brosque’s late strike, while Japan also had to wait until the dying minutes of the game to overcome fierce rivals North Korea.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 3rd, 2011.

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