If a picture is worth a thousand words, it is half a dissertation on a cagey; physical game in the offing.
In what seems the last play-off match for qualification to Russia 2018, for the [b]CONCACAF/AFC zone, Australia battled Honduras for the qualification slot.[/b]

They was fireworks at the Sydney Harbour Bridge as this encounter will determine who qualifies as the first leg ended goalless. The match was intense, tension–soaked, physical and goal-packed.

The Australians were the better side from the blast of the whistle as they launched attacks from all sides. It was game that would definitely end in a penalty shootout if both sides fail to pull a win at normal regulation time.

Australia were working a familiar pattern with Aziz Behich and Tommy Rogic combining down the left, mounting pressure on the visitors early in the game. Aaron Mooy got three corners in quick succession to try rip apart a watertight Honduras defence.

[b]Mile Jedinak[/b] takes a free-kick with the wall unable to stop the strike.
His blasted effort is probably heading wide, but gets giant slice luck as the ball ricochets off substitute Henry Figueroa to leave the goal keeper helpless.


Tim Cahill leaves the outcome in the hands of his team-mates as he is replaced with Tomi Juric.
Mile Jedinak jogs back into his own half, thumping his fist against his chest. Coach Ange Postecoglou has his aloft on the bench. Honduras goal keeper Donis Escober got a hand to the ball but it’s certainly goal number two for the ‘Socceros’.

It’s glaring the North Americans are going down the drain, but struggles to come back into the game with substitutes Mario Martinez and Eddie Hernandez to try and pull the impossible out of the fire.

86 minutes has been played so far and its 3 – 0 with few minutes to end the show down. There are tears on faces on the Honduras bench as the late goal from Costa Rica in their last game deprived them a direct qualification for Russia 2018.
Three minutes was added and Maynor Figueroa bundles in from a corner, but its little too late for Honduras.


SOURCE: http://www.dabbsports.com/2017/11/australia-trumps-honduras-3-1-qualifies.html