{"id":25141,"date":"2015-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/socceroos-trounce-oman-in-asian-cup\/"},"modified":"2015-01-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T00:00:00","slug":"socceroos-trounce-oman-in-asian-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/socceroos-trounce-oman-in-asian-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Socceroos trounce Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Steve Larkin<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Socceroos waltzed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a dazzling 4-0 rout of Oman on Tuesday night.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Goals rained from unlikely sources as veteran Matt McKay, livewire Robbie Kruse and evergreen Mark Milligan scored in a 20-minute blitz before substitute Tomi Juric later added another.<\/p>\n

Australia cemented their foothold in the finals, holding a six-goal buffer on also qualified South Korea, who they meet in Brisbane on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

The Socceroos will head the group if they win or even draw that match.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: CADEL LANDS IN ADELAIDE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The tournament hosts dismantled Oman with style and substance before a raucous 50,276-strong Sydney crowd.<\/p>\n

This was the long-held picture of coach Ange Postecoglou, painted perfect.<\/p>\n

\"Socceroos<\/p>\n

Image | Twitter via @Lisa_Wilko<\/em> <\/p>\n

The rout began with a rare goal from McKay, who turned 32 on Sunday and is so old-fashioned he’s the only Socceroo to tuck in his shirt.<\/p>\n

His point-blank finish came from a Massimo Luongo corner arrowed to Trent Sainsbury, who nodded to McKay – a metre from goal and unmarked – to tap in his second goal in 51 internationals.<\/p>\n

Three minutes later on the half hour, Luongo, who was man of the match in the tournament-opening 4-1 triumph against Kuwait, crafted another with a sublime showing of skill.<\/p>\n

He gathered a testing ball in midfield and used the outside of his right foot to play in Kruse with a lobbed pass.<\/p>\n

Kruse, steaming at goal, nudged the ball with a thigh without breaking stride before nailing a low-right footer under Oman’s captain and goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi.<\/p>\n

Kruse was an ever-present threat: he also shaved a post with an audacious 20-metre curler and lobbed on to the top netting from the same distance.<\/p>\n

But it was teammate Milligan, who replaced injured captain Mile Jedinak in the holding midfield role, who scored the Socceroos’ third – and he did it twice.<\/p>\n

Milligan crunched a volley into the net from a Kruse cross just a split second after the referee blew for a penalty as acting skipper Tim Cahill was hauled to the ground by an Omani defender.<\/p>\n

Milligan duly converted the spot kick with a cool strike to the upper left and the game, as a contest, was over.<\/p>\n

\"Socceroos<\/p>\n

Image | Twitter via @aus_sport<\/em><\/p>\n

Australia had the luxury of substituting Cahill in the 51st minute – he handed the captain’s arm-band to Mark Bresciano – and from then on, the crowd turned festive.<\/p>\n

The revelry peaked when sub Juric scored in the 70th minute from a millimetre-perfect cross from the influential Mathew Leckie, who swerved a pass across the goal with the outside of his foot. All Juric had to do was connect to score.<\/p>\n

Oman coach Paul Le Guen said his outfit was overpowered by Australia, who he rated the tournament favourites.<\/p>\n

“They were far better than us in each part of the game,” Le Guen said.<\/p>\n

“We weren’t able to cope with such a rhythm, such a pace, three days after our game against South Korea … we have to recognise the superiority of our opponent.”<\/p>\n

Oman’s final fixture in the cup is against Kuwait in Newcastle on Saturday before both nations head home.<\/p>\n

The Socceroos’ victory was the biggest under Postecoglou in his 15 months in charge.<\/p>\n

“Obviously we’re very pleased. The players were fantastic tonight, their commitment, they worked really hard,” Postecoglou said.<\/p>\n

“Our football from the minute was fantastic.<\/p>\n

“We got command pretty early … I’m delighted the players could get the reward for it.”<\/p>\n

The Socceroos now have eight different scorers in the tournament.<\/p>\n

“It just showed the even contribution … we have got multiple threats,” he said.<\/p>\n

“But it all starts with commitment from everyone.<\/p>\n

“No complaints from me: that was a fantastic performance.”<\/p>\n

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