Australia bounce back from opening loss with easy victory
Goals by MacLaren, Mabil and Giannou earned the Socceroos a comfortable win over Palestine in Asian Cup Group B on Friday.
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Australia may be the AFC Asian Cup defending champions, but coach Graham Arnold claimed that the achievements of 2015 are irrelevant ahead of Friday's must-win Group B fixture against Palestine.
On FIFA ranking and on paper, it should be a straightforward assignment for the Australian side but that was the general vie ahead of the Group B opener against Jordan.
Following the shock opener, the pressure is certainly on Arnold and the Socceroos as Palestine recorded a 0-0 draw in their first game against Syria.
AUSTRALIA SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan, Danny Vukovic, Mitch Langerak
Defenders: Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek, Alex Gersbach, Rhyan Grant, Matthew Jurman, Josh Risdon, Trent Sainsbury
Midfielders: Mustafa Amini, Jackson Irvine, James Jeggo, Massimo Luongo, Mark Milligan, Tom Rogic
Forwards: Apostolos Giannou, Chris Ikononomidis, Robbie Kruse, Mathew Leckie, Awer Mabil, Jamie Maclaren, Andrew Nabbout
PALESTINE SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Tawfiq Ali, Amr Kaddura, Rami Hamadeh
Defenders: Daniel Mustafá, Mohammed Saleh, Tamer Salah, Musab Al-Battat, Jaka Ihbeisheh, Abdullah Jaber, Abdelatif Bahdari, Alexis Norambuena
Midfielders: Mohammed Bassim, Shadi Shaban, Jonathan Cantillana, Tamer Seyam, Sameh Maraaba, Pablo Tamburrini, Oday Dabbagh, Nazmi Albadawi, Mohammed Darweesh
Forwards: Yashir Islame, Khaled Salem, Mahmoud Wadi
