Sanchez dkk Tundukkan Australia 3-1
Sanchez and Co Get Off to Winning Start Against Australia
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Cuiba (B2B) - Beausejour menambah satu gol untuk keunggulan akhir Chile atas Australia menjadi 3-1 di pertandingan yang digelar di Cuiaba, (14/6).
Dua gol Chile sebelumnya dicetak Sanchez pada menit ke-12 dan Valdivia menit ke-14. Sementara gol Australia disarangkan Cahill pada menit ke-35, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Pemain Jean Beausejour yang menggantikan Jorge Valdivia menjadi pemain terakhir yang mencetak gol utuk Chile pada menit 90.
Dengan demikian, Chile sama-sama mengoleksi tiga poin dengan Belanda. Sedangkan Australia dan Spanyol nol.
Laga selanjutnya yakni Australia akan menghadapi Belanda di Estadio Beira dan Spanyol akan melawan Chile di Maracana (18/6).
Menit ke-52 pemain paling tua di tim Australia, Cahill, menerima operan dari Leckie dan berhasil membobol gawang Chile. Tetapi gol Cahill dianulir wasit karena terlebih dahulu terperangkap offset.
Kiper Chile membuat penyelamatan gemilang ketika menit 56 Bresciano melakukan tendangan voli dari umpan panjang yang diterimanya.
Menit ke-61 Vargas hampir saja menambah skor buat Chile jika tendangannya ke arah gawang tidak dihalau pemain Australia.
Menit ke-74 Alexis dan Vargas mencoba membangun serangan, tetapi Vargas terperangkap offset.
Beberapa serangan yang dilancarkan Chile di paruh kedua tidak ada yang berbuah gol.
Menit ke-91 gol yang dinanti Chile datang dari kaki Beausejour.
Chile menguasai jalannya pertandingan 65%, sedangkan Australia 35%.
Cuiba - First-half strikes from Alexis Sanchez and Jorge Valdivia and a late goal from Jean Beausejour sealed a 3-1 win for Chile in their World Cup Group B opener against Australia.
Jorge Sampaoli´s men stormed out of the blocks in the Group B affair, with Alexis and Valdivia on target inside 14 minutes.
Australia´s all-time leading scorer Tim Cahill popped up to head a goal back for Ange Postecoglou´s side on 35 minutes, as they steadied the ship.
And despite several chances - multiple off the head of Cahill and a brilliantly-taken volley from midfielder Mark Bresciano - Australia could not find an equaliser, and Chile sealed the three points when second-half substitute Beausejour struck from outside the area in injury time.
The South American nation dominated from the outset, and while they attacked down the left channel in the opening 10 minutes, they would soon garner much more joy from the other side of the Arena Pantenal.
Australia´s time on the ball was minimal, although their one path to get in behind the Chileans would have been to draw their wingers forward and release the likes of Tommy Oar and Mathew Leckie. Oar almost got onto the end of a long ball through from captain Mile Jedinak in the fifth minute, which drew Chile goalkeeper Claudio Bravo out of his area.
Chile turned their possession dominance into a two-goal lead inside 14 minutes, with star forward Alexis and Valdivia finding the back of the net.
Alexis finished after some scrappy Australia defence allowed Charles Aranguiz onto the right byline, and his chipped cross found the head of Eduardo Vargas.
Vargas did not connect firmly with his header, and it fell fortunately to Alexis, who side-footed into the back of the net, despite Australian custodian Mat Ryan getting a hand on the effort.
