<\/div>\n2006: THE LEGEND OF TIM CAHILL BEGINS<\/b><\/p>\n
Timmy Cahill was furious leading into the game that made him a legend.<\/p>\n
The night before facing Japan in Kaiserslautern, he\u2019d been told that he would start Australia\u2019s first World Cup match in 32 years.<\/p>\n
But on game day, he was benched by master coach Guus Hiddink.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was the first time ever I\u2019ve sat in the back of a team meeting, because I didn\u2019t want to sit at the front or middle and let the boys see me crying,\u201d Cahill told Simon Hill in 2018.<\/p>\n
Teammate Luke Wilkshire recalled the midfielder being \u201cburning mad\u201d. Assistant coach Graham Arnold reckoned Cahill quickly shifted into revenge mode.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest thing for me was his reaction,\u201d Arnold told foxsports.com.au in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201dHe went from pissed off to, \u2018When I get on the pitch, I\u2019m gonna show him, he\u2019ll never f***ing do this again to me\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
The rest is history. <\/p>\n
Cahill came on in the 53rd minute, with the Socceroos trailing 1-0, and scored a brace within five minutes; an opportunistic strike near the goal mouth, then a curling beauty from outside the area. Neither gave Japanese goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi any chance.<\/p>\n
The first goal brought relief. The second sparked delirium.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Tim Cahill scores his first goal against Japan.<\/span>Source: Supplied<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cTIM CAHILL HAS DONE IT AGAIN! What a goal by Tim Cahill!\u201d yelled enthralled caller Simon Hill. 2-1 Australia, before John Aloisi made it 3-1.<\/p>\n
Arnold said Cahill was intent on making history that day.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knew, and I didn\u2019t even know it, but he knew that Australia had never scored a goal at the World Cup,\u201d Arnold said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I think the biggest disappointment initially was, \u2018What happens if someone scores before I get on?\u2019 He wouldn\u2019t have that label.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you could see from the moment he warmed up and it was just, \u2018Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll do it\u2019. And he went on there and did it. That\u2019s Timmy Cahill.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there was delirium on the sidelines, it was all business post-game given that it was only the opening match.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven in the changeroom I didn\u2019t really celebrate,\u201d Cahill said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like we were driven into robots. Guus, Johan Neeskens \u2026 we had a lot of experienced boys that never let you get carried away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next up was defending champion Brazil, and a 2-0 loss, before a date with destiny on a seismic night in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Tim Cahill bursts with emotion after his second goal against Japan. Delirium in Kaiserslautern, and nationwide back home.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2006: IT JUST HAD TO BE HARRY<\/b><\/p>\n
Australia needed only a draw to progress against Croatia in their final Group F game. That looked in jeopardy when Dario Srna scored a screamer for the Croatians in just the second minute.<\/p>\n
Craig Moore equalised for the Socceroos with a penalty, but then came an almighty howler from Zeljko Kalac, who replaced Mark Schwarzer as goalkeeper for the high-stakes clash. Croatian captain Niko Kovac fired a relatively tame shot at Kalac early in the second half and an awkward bounce saw big \u2018Spider\u2019 fumble the ball into his net.<\/p>\n
At that stage, the Socceroos were headed home. But not on Harry Kewell\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n
The superstar winger scored the most important goal of his national team career in the 79th minute when he lashed home from close range with his non-preferred right foot past Croatian keeper Stipe Pletikosa, after a probing ball into the area from Mark Bresciano.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ball came across so I took it with my left and hit it with my right,\u201d Kewell told My Football in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing that ball go into the back of the net, you can see the relief on my face because I had just scored on the biggest stage of football.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s exciting, not many people get the opportunity to score and as it turned out, the goal was the one that sent us through to the last 16, which we were never expected to make.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kalac added: \u201cHarry\u2019s goal was a saviour and you\u2019re relieved that your mate has got yourself out of a bit of strife.\u201d<\/p>\n
The instantly iconic call of that goal came from Hill, who declared: \u201cHARRY KEWELL HAS DONE IT! Australia\u2019s golden boy has come up with a golden goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Harry Kewell celebrates his seismic goal against Croatia.<\/span>Source: AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe end of the game was bizarre.<\/p>\n
Socceroos mainstay Brett Emerton was marched with a second yellow card, before Aussie-born Croatian defender Josip Simunic was finally sent off after a THIRD yellow from referee Graham Poll.<\/p>\n
Australia might have won that game 3-2 if not for Poll, who blew full-time the moment before Aloisi looked to have scored a third Socceroos goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cI asked him, \u2018Why did you blow the whistle? The ball was in the back of the net virtually,\u2019 and he said, \u2018Don\u2019t worry you\u2019re through, you should celebrate\u2019, and I said, \u2018Yeah but we could have won the game, I could have had another goal at a World Cup\u2019,\u201d Aloisi told Wide World of Sports in 2022.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was gutted for about 20 seconds and then after that I just started celebrating because we were through – but it\u2019s one of those things that lives with me because I could have had another goal at a World Cup, how good would that have been?\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia went on to the Round of 16 for the first time, copping a heartbreaking 1-0 defeat to 10-man Italy. Fabio Grosso made the most of contact from Lucas Neill, a penalty was awarded and Francesco Totti slammed it home in the 95th minute.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Harry Kewell celebrates his goal with Tim Cahill as the Socceroos pack their bags for the Round of 16.<\/span>Source: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2010: HOLMAN HEROICS IN SOUTH AFRICA<\/b><\/p>\n
The 2010 World Cup Socceroos finished with the same number of group points \u2013 four \u2013 as they had four years earlier, yet the vibe of the campaign in South Africa was much different.<\/p>\n
Manager Pim Verbeek wheeled out a conservative line-up for the opening match against Germany, which was duly hammered 4-0 by the European giant. The Aussies\u2019 goal difference went straight to hell and ultimately it cost them a Round of 16 spot. <\/p>\n
A 1-1 draw against Ghana, in which Kewell was sent off for a handball that delivered the African side\u2019s equalising penalty, left Aussie hopes hanging by a thread heading into the final game against Serbia.<\/p>\n
A 2-1 win in Nelspruit was not enough \u2013 but at least it brought a moment of magic.<\/p>\n
The somewhat unlikely magician: Brett Holman. The attacking midfielder was genuinely gifted, yet maligned by pockets of Australian fans; as he discovered pre-tournament when someone started a Facebook group called \u201cBrett Holman is a Joke\u201d. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt became a bit of a thing, I guess you could call it,\u201d Holman told the Greats With Garby podcast in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it wasn\u2019t great, it wasn\u2019t nice, because it started to affect my family more than anything.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I read things when you\u2019re trying to represent people or fans, wherever that may be, that was the hardest thing \u2013 because you\u2019re actually representing your country. You\u2019re not going to want to travel all the way across the world to not play well.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was disappointing I suppose in a way, from supporters in general. But they\u2019re probably minorities in regards to someone wanting your head on the chopping block and other players in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Cop that, critics: Brett Holman celebrates after scoring against Ghana in Rustenburg.<\/span>Source: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHolman had already scored the Aussies\u2019 goal against Ghana, a rebound from goalkeeper Richard Kingson after a wicked Mark Bresciano free kick. <\/p>\n
His strike against Serbia was something else entirely.<\/p>\n
Holman was back on the bench for that final group match, having started against Ghana only in the absence of Cahill who was red-carded against Germany. The talismanic midfielder-cum-striker duly scored Australia\u2019s opener against Serbia, three minutes after Holman came on midway through the second half.<\/p>\n
Just another four minutes later … WOW.<\/p>\n
\u201cBrett Holman, from long range! He\u2019s done it again, Brett Holman! Fantastic strike!\u201d Australian commentator David Basheer called on SBS. <\/p>\n
The Serbian defence had headed a clearance to halfway, prompting several teammates to surge forward. Yet Jason Culina deftly found Holman, suddenly in space.<\/p>\n
He took about 20 quick paces on the dribble and was still 10 metres outside the area when he fired a low rocket past Serbian goalie Vladimir Stojkovi\u0107. It took a bounce just before the six-yard box, but still blasted into the left bottom corner of the net.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think nine out of 10 times I probably wouldn\u2019t have even shot from there,\u201d Holman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it all just fell in to place for me at that time. I think (the confidence) was born from the whole camp beforehand, scoring the winner against New Zealand before we left.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt so great in our training camp. I was pumped, I was hungry and it was my time. That\u2019s what I felt.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Brett Holman celebrates his banging goal against Serbia, which put the Socceroos 2-0 up.<\/span>Source: News Limited<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2014: MARK BRESCIANO … AAAAAAWWWWW<\/b><\/p>\n
A brief departure from the football itself, for a marvellous moment from Mark Bresciano.<\/p>\n
Having already been central to so many Socceroos triumphs, Bresciano went viral for this little act of kindness in the pressure-filled moments before Australia launched its 2014 World Cup campaign against Chile.<\/p>\n
The Socceroos walked out with their child mascots. Bresciano noticed that a little fella on crutches needed a hand with his shoelaces. In one of the biggest moments of his career, the first match of his final World Cup, the veteran midfielder didn\u2019t hesitate.<\/p>\n
Class. He did Australia proud, and the world loved this special image.<\/p>\n
Cahill scored again in that game, despite a loss for Australia, giving him goals at three World Cups.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Mark Bresciano helps a mascot with his shoelaces before facing Chile. Picture: George Salpigtidis<\/span>Source: News Corp Australia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2014: THE SUPER TIM SHOT HEARD AROUND THE WORLD<\/b><\/p>\n
Having drawn both the winner and runner-up from the previous World Cup, in Spain and The Netherlands respectively, plus a 14th-ranked Chile side, Australia was well and truly up against it at the 2014 tournament.<\/p>\n
New coach Ange Postecoglou picked a relatively young squad and demanded fearless football against the heavyweights. The Socceroos left the tournament without a single point. Three losses \u2026 but also one unforgettable moment against the Dutch from Timmy Cahill.<\/p>\n
Ryan McGowan was Cahill\u2019s unlikely accomplice, right after Australia conceded the opener from Arjen Robben. After Mat Leckie was clattered off the ball, McGowan launched it from the deep right to just inside the area, clearing the defenders and dropping it onto Cahill\u2019s left foot.<\/p>\n
BANG! Rather than attempt a trademark header, Cahill let it fall for a volley, swung his unflavoured foot with pure conviction, and blasted it in off the underside of the crossbar.<\/p>\n
Basheer called it for SBS: \u201cThe ball\u2019s dangerous \u2026 TIM CAHILL! He\u2019s done it again, can you believe it?! Tim Cahill equalises for Australia and produces another golden moment in World Cup football.\u201d An elated Craig Foster responded: \u201cThat\u2019s an UNBELIEVABLE strike! Timmy Cahill, that is the goal of this tournament and many tournaments prior. That\u2019s an EXTRAORDINARY goal!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>BANG! Tim Cahill smashes home his iconic volley against The Netherlands in 2014.<\/span>Source: Supplied<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe reaction was crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWow! Tim Cahill has scored an absolute stonker!\u201d England great Gary Lineker tweeted immediately, while French icon Thierry Henry was also dazzled. \u201cIn terms of beauty, the goal scored by Tim Cahill against the Dutch was the best so far,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n
Cahill said he had taken the chance without fear, despite it being a low-percentage strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just felt so right to hit it, and I hit it sweetly,\u201d Cahill said after the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one\u2019s up there,\u201d he then told FourFourTwo Magazine in 2019. \u201cI\u2019ve always been a strong believer in just taking a chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I\u2019m either going to hit the back of the net or Row Z, and mentally it doesn\u2019t bother me if it hits Row Z as I will do it again \u2013 I\u2019ll look for another moment to make somebody say, \u2018Wow\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t explain how it felt to score that goal \u2013 it was like an out-of-body experience. All you can do to understand how much it meant to me is watch it and see me going crazy during the celebrations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cahill was right in the mix for goal of the tournament, yet it was a red-hot field that year. Colombia\u2019s James Rodriguez won the gong for a sublime volley against Uruguay in which he took the ball on his chest with his back to goal, turned and rifled home from nearly 30 metres. He also claimed FIFA\u2019s Puskas Award, while Robin van Persie\u2019s iconic diving header against Spain also featured at that World Cup.<\/p>\n
Still, Cahill gave Australia the finest of his 50 Socceroos goals, and a priceless memory from an otherwise tough campaign. It was his fifth and last World Cup goal.<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Tim Cahill was a bit excited about his wonderstrike \u2014 and so was the entire football-loving world.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2022: GOODWIN GASPS AND LITTLE DUKEY\u2019S DELIGHT <\/b><\/p>\n
Russia 2018 wasn\u2019t kind to Australia. Postecoglou cracked it with the Socceroos job and quit after qualifying, leaving Football Australia to hand the reins for the World Cup to Dutchman Bart van Marwijk.<\/p>\n
Though van Marwijk had guided The Netherlands to the 2010 final, he was an uninspired appointment who showed little faith in his men. Daniel Arzani was the bright spot, starring at age 19 as the youngest player in the tournament.<\/p>\n
The Socceroos earned a solitary point in a group containing France (2-1), Denmark (1-1) and Peru (2-0), scoring their only two goals via skipper Mile Jedinak from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n
Craig Goodwin gave the Qatar 2022 campaign a different feel right from the outset. He gave Australia the lead inside nine minutes against defending champion France with a sweet left-foot finish and although the scoreline blew out to a 4-1 defeat, the Socceroos led for nearly 20 minutes against a side that only narrowly missed out on another trophy that tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn incredibly proud moment, obviously honoured to represent my country at the World Cup and to score is an amazing feeling,\u201d Goodwin said. \u201cBut you know, mixed feelings because we lost the game in the end.<\/p>\n
\u201cPure elation. You know, scoring any goal is a joy and almost indescribable in feeling, but to score in the World Cup against the reigning World Cup champions is a moment I\u2019ll remember for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Craig Goodwin puts Australia 1-0 up against defending World Cup champion France. It was mighty good while it lasted.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTunisia were a far more likely scalp for Graham Arnold\u2019s side. And the Aussies were up for it against the North Africans \u2013 especially rugged striker Mitch Duke, who entered the match telling everyone who would listen that he was going to score.<\/p>\n
In the 23rd minute in Al Wakrah, Duke flicked on a clever header that beat Tunisian goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen at the far post. It sparked touching scenes as Duke shared a special gesture with his young son, Jaxson, who was watching from the stands.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to my son as I got selected in the World Cup and as a striker you need to have that confidence and believe you\u2019re going to score in every match,\u201d Duke said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was messaging some of my family saying I was going to score today and I told my son I was going to be able to share this moment with him and do that celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe gesture was the letter J \u2013 the first letter of his name. I haven\u2019t seen it yet but apparently he did it back to me which is a very special moment I\u2019m going to treasure for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
It proved to be the winner, the only goal as Australia claimed a first World Cup victory in 12 years thanks to Duke; who was then playing in Japan\u2019s second division.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe moment I scored was pure ecstasy. It was a crazy moment for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Craig Goodwin scored we were told he was the seventh Australian player to score at a World Cup. I said to Arnie (coach Graham Arnold) a couple of days ago that I was going to be the eighth \u2026 or ninth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy to be the eighth. It was honestly a tough game, we knew they were going to be aggressive for the whole 90 minutes. I felt the boys did their jobs perfectly, we matched them physically.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Mitchell Duke celebrates with a special message for his son…<\/span>Source: AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/amp-img>And Jaxson returns the signal to his dad in an all-time Aussie World Cup moment.<\/span>Source: Supplied<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n2022: LECKIE\u2019S LEGENDARY DENMARK GOAL PUTS ROOS THROUGH<\/b><\/p>\n
The Socceroos were then up against world No.10 Denmark for a spot in the final 16. They were heavy underdogs, with the Danes classed pre-tournament as a dark horse for the trophy.<\/p>\n
Denmark began the game with that type of quality. Aussie goalkeeper Maty Ryan was kept busy. The Socceroos were under immense pressure.<\/p>\n
Yet they held. Arnold was intent on bringing fighting spirit back to the shirt after the listless campaign of 2018 and he was true to his word.<\/p>\n
Mathew Leckie was in his third World Cup that year, with a stack of excellent performances for Australia to his credit but perhaps no defining moment. He found one on the hour mark at the Al Janoub Stadium, in unforgettable fashion.<\/p>\n
Attacking midfielder Riley McGree was quick to spot his winger in space and sent an assured ball from the left straight to Leckie\u2019s feet. From there, a moment of Aussie wizardry was conjured as Leckie turned Danish defender Joakim Maehle inside out with a weaving run.<\/p>\n
He went right. He went left. His shot, a left-footer cutting back to the far post, beat Premier League-winning goalie Kasper Schmeichel.<\/p>\n
It was world-class. Breathtaking. And it delivered a 1-0 win that sent Australia through.<\/p>\n
Basheer called the goal for SBS: \u201cIt\u2019s on for Mathew Leckie. Mathew Leckie … cuts back inside, one way then the other … AND HE SCORES FOR AUSTRALIA!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Mathew Leckie somehow finds the net against Denmark. An all-time Socceroos goal.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt was a goal of pure instinct.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think in those moments you don\u2019t think too much, you don\u2019t have time to think, you know it all happened so fast. It was a great ball and I had one more man to beat,\u201d Leckie said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLow and hard, it\u2019s difficult for a keeper to save and as I soon as I saw it was going in, I was so excited and so happy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think by the celebration you can see how much emotion there was. I\u2019m just so proud you know, we\u2019ve worked so hard … My first World Cup goal is probably one of the most important goals for me and for the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arnie\u2019s men had somehow emulated the golden generation, becoming only the second Socceroos team to reach the World Cup knockout phases. <\/p>\n
\u201cProud, exhausted, everything. It\u2019s hard to describe the emotions right now. We always knew we could do it. We believed,\u201d Leckie told SBS post-match.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat last 15, 20 minutes, we battled to the end. It didn\u2019t matter what they threw at us. We weren\u2019t conceding.\u201d<\/p>\n
An elated Arnold said: \u201cIt\u2019s the first time ever an Australian team\u2019s won two games at a World Cup, in a row, maybe we\u2019re talking about a new golden generation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause I\u2019ve been listening and hearing about that golden generation of 2006, they got four points, and now we\u2019ve got six, so maybe we\u2019re talking about a new generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/amp-img>Mathew Leckie celebrates scoring his superb goal against Denmark, blowing the mind of Riley McGree.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAustralia\u2019s reward was a Round of 16 match against Lionel Messi\u2019s Argentina. They gave a fine account of themselves against the eventual tournament winners.<\/p>\n
Messi and Julian Alvarez scored for Argentina, before Goodwin fired a shot that deflected off Enzo Fernandez in the 77th minute and counted as an own-goal. Teenager Garang Kuol was narrowly denied by Argentina keeper Emi Martinez in a one-on-one, giving Australia a moment to wonder what might have been, had he managed to score. It ended 2-1. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a very strong and difficult match. We knew it was going to be this way,\u201d said Messi \u2014 who cemented his legend by scoring two goals in the final, before Argentina beat defending champion France in a penalty shootout.<\/p>\n
Just as the golden generation had with Italy in 2006, those 2022 Socceroos pushed the eventual winner to the brink. <\/p>\n
Leckie and Ryan will match Cahill with a record fourth World Cup campaign for Australia at the 2026 tournament.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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