To add to the drama, Cahill had a goal disallowed as Poll had already blown for full time and as Simunic complained, the referee handed him his third yellow of the match and an overdue red card. The tabs on top of page let you see complete results of World Cup 2006, fixtures and league stats informing of trends for the whole competition. Australia had had more of the play and more shots at goal throughout the game, and finally the pressure paid off, with Tim Cahill slotting one through to draw level with Japan at the 84th minute. Australia were level through Craig Moore's penalty after Stjepan Tomas handled a cross, but Croatia hit back through Nico Kovac's bobbling drive. But he was helpless to prevent the Australia equaliser as Kewell, who looked to be in an offside position, turned home John Aloisi's flick from Marco Bresciano's in-swinging cross.

Croatia-Australia was only the fourth match in the history of the World Cup with three red cards.

Mark Viduka's mistimed lunge on Nico Kovac on the edge of the area brought about the free-kick and Srna sweetly dispatched Croatia's first goal of the tournament. Help: Find all of the World Cup 2006 season's results, World Cup 2006 and World Cup 2006 table. Get European soccer, South American, North American soccer scores & Asian and Oceanian soccer, African football leagues scores and World - World Cup 2006 soccer results - all at Soccer24.com. Darijo Srna's precise free-kick gave Croatia an early lead. Results Competitions Clubs More World Cup 2006 ... and the Liverpool winger managed to finish the full 90 minutes in a memorable match for Australia in the World Cup … Football Federation Australia had been accepted into the Asian Football Confederation effective from 1 January and played their first fixture as an Asian member on 22 February when they travelled to Manama and defeated Bahrain 3-1 in an 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification match.

Help: Soccer results at Soccer 24 offer soccer results, providing also goal scorers, soccer halftime results, red cards, goals and other soccer results information from World - World Cup 2006. Australia's draw sets up a second-round clash with Group E winners Italy as Japan failed to overhaul group winners Brazil. Help: Soccer results at Soccer 24 offer soccer results, providing also goal scorers, soccer halftime results, red cards, goals and other soccer results information from World - World Cup 2006. The score remained at 1-0 until less than 10 minutes to go in the match.

In 1998 and 2002 he reached the semi-finals with the Netherlands and South Korea. Australia progress from the group stages of a World Cup for the first time, while coach Guus Hiddink has successfully negotiated the first round group phase for the third time. Only seven trainers have reached the same milestone, with Helmut Schon and Bora Milutinovic the record holders, having progressed on four occasions. Dario Simic received his fourth and fifth career yellow cards at the World Cup, equalling the record held by Lothar Matthaus, Eddie Pope and Cafu. And Viduka almost made up for his error when he burst through on goal, but he was left fuming when Josip Simunic appeared to have wrestled the Middlesbrough striker to the ground. Emerton will be suspended for Australia's second round match against Italy. Kewell and Tim Cahill both went close with long-range efforts as the Socceroos camped inside the Croatian half. Australia progress from the group stages of a World Cup for the first time, while coach Guus Hiddink has successfully negotiated the first round group phase for the third time. Get European soccer, South American, North American soccer scores & Asian and Oceanian soccer, African football leagues scores and World - World Cup 2006 soccer results - all at Soccer24.com. Darijo Srna's opening goal was Croatia's first in four World Cup matches, since Milan Rapaic's winner against Italy on 8 June 2002 in a group phase match. Dado Prso wasted a decent chance to put Croatia back ahead but blasted over a close-range effort, and it was the Aussies who would have been the most satisfied going in level at the break. In 1998 and 2002 he reached the semi-finals with the Netherlands and South Korea. Newcastle defender Moore stepped up to coolly slot home the resulting spot-kick. Monday, 26 May 2014. 2006 was a historic year for the Men's National Team for a number of reasons. With Australia streaming forward for the vital equaliser the game became stretched and Kewell took advantage of some space, forcing an instinctive reflex save from Stipe Pletikosa. All cricket scores, fixtures and results here. And the replacement keeper's first touch was to pick the ball out of the net after Srna's bending set piece caught him out. Monday, 26 May 2014. Tomas rose to deal with an in-swinging cross and his outstretched arm just clipped the ball which was cleverly spotted by English referee Graham Poll. 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ - Matches - Italy - Australia . Kewell celebrates his crucial equaliser for Australia, Nico Kovac reacts to Croatia's exit from the World Cup, Graham Poll sends off Josip Simunic after the full-time whistle, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. And moments later the keeper bravely threw himself underneath two Australian challenges to heroically keep Aloisi out. Croatia: Pletikosa, Simic, Tudor, Tomas (Klasnic 84), Simunic, Srna, Nico Kovac, Babic, Kranjcar (Jerko Leko 65), Prso, Olic (Modric 73). 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ - Matches - Italy - Australia . Global Australia World Cup Squad / Players.

A short time later he put Australi… Follow World Cup 2006 and more than 5000 competitions on FlashScore.co.uk!

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany ™ - Matches - Italy - Australia . Australia: Kalac, Neill, Moore, Chipperfield (Kennedy 75), Emerton, Grella (Aloisi 63), Culina, Cahill, Sterjovski (Bresciano 71), Kewell, Viduka. Australia icon Harry Kewell remembers his vital, history-making equaliser against Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup™. Menu ESPN. Kewell was on hand to fire home from close range to send the Socceroos through, while Dario Simic, Brett Emerton and Josip Simunic all saw red. Simic and Emerton were both dismissed for two bookable offences in the final 10 minutes, while Simunic, who received a second caution, was mistakenly not shown a red by referee Poll. Check out the schedule and live results : World Cup 2006 on Eurosport Australia.

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