Following their painful defeat on penalties to Egypt, there is a nagging suspicion Australia may not get a better chance to break their duck
Lucas Herrington did not deserve to be the face of this painful defeat. The 18-year-old was already the youngest starter the Socceroos have ever fielded at a World Cup. Now he will be forever connected with one of Australian football’s great tragedies.
Once he missed his penalty kick – his side-footed effort placed too high and into the crossbar – first Awer Mabil ran to him, the gesture acknowledging the pain that will never leave him. When Egypt finished the shootout moments later, Herrington quickly turned his back to the crossbar that did him wrong, and put one arm to his mop of curly hair.
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Continue reading...Hossam Abdelmaguid puffed out his cheeks, began his run up with exaggerated slowness, checked and then, as Mat Ryan fell to his left, put the ball to his right. Harry Souttar and the 18-year-old Lucas Herrington had already missed for Australia and Egypt, having scored all of their penalties, were through. Abdelmaguid ran off to the corner, ripping off his shirt, and was soon joined by an ecstatic posse of Egyptian players. Mohamed Salah, who had converted a Panenka, was in tears, and the manager Hossam Hassan was in tears. Don’t worry about the scrappy, largely formless game from which the emotion stemmed: Egypt had won a World Cup knockout tie for the first time.
“My heart and soul are with the Palestinian people,” said Hassan. “I thank them and dedicate this victory to them. We succeeded in making Arab people proud. I wanted to win for the sake of the good people. God is honouring us because of the good people who are here.”
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The winner of this match will play Egypt, who just beat Australia on penalties. The Socceroos elected to have TWO central defenders take their penalties, one of who is 18, which was a choice. That’s the first time Egypt have advanced from a knockout match. Reaction here with Scott Murray:
Aand we’re going to penalties in Australia v Egypt. Follow along here. I am now liveblogging a liveblog. They actually pay me for this:
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CARACAS (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Het dodental na de zware aardbevingen in Venezuela is verder opgelopen. Door het natuurgeweld zijn zeker 2645 mensen om het leven gekomen, meldt het ministerie van Informatie.
Volgens het ministerie raakten ook meer dan 12.600 mensen gewond en zijn zo'n 15.000 mensen dakloos geworden. Er wordt nog steeds gezocht naar slachtoffers onder het puin. Het is niet bekend hoeveel dat er zijn. Op een website die Venezolanen gebruiken om vermisten te melden, staat dat er nog steeds geen contact is geweest met bijna 36.000 personen.
De aardbevingen met een kracht van 7.2 en 7.5 vonden ruim een week geleden plaats en waren voor het land de zwaarste in meer dan een eeuw. Ze veroorzaakten grote verwoestingen in het noorden van het land. Vooral de kustregio La Guaira, ten noorden van de hoofdstad Caracas, is zwaar getroffen.
