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Star's spectacular goal lifts Socceroos to victory - CtrlF.XYZ

Star's spectacular goal lifts Socceroos to victory

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A cannoning right-foot onslaught by Awer Mabil propelled Australia to triumph successful its opening affable against New Zealand connected Thursday night, but manager Graham Arnold was tight-lipped erstwhile asked if his heroics had punched his summons to the World Cup.

In the Socceroos' last lucifer connected Australian ungraded connected the roadworthy to the World Cup successful Qatar, it was a superb changeable by Mabil successful the 32nd infinitesimal that lifted the hosts to a 1-0 triumph astatine Suncorp Stadium.

After Jackson Irvine passed the shot to Mabil adjacent the centre circle, the 27-year-old bushed a New Zealander connected the left-hand broadside of the transportation and fto rip from conscionable extracurricular the punishment arc, sending a debased changeable rocketing into the nearest bottommost corner.

Following a lucifer punctuated with a bid of botched shots connected goal, the Socceroos had Mabil to convey for triumph successful the archetypal crippled of the two-match series.

But erstwhile Arnold was asked connected Channel 10's post-match sum if Mabil's superb extremity had secured his spot successful Australia's World Cup side, the Socceroos tactician dodged the question.

"We've inactive got a agelong mode to go," Arnold said with a laugh.

"But arsenic we've said, New Zealand conscionable got bushed my Costa Rica (in a World Cup qualifier) and they could person easy qualified.

"I thought if determination was 1 antagonistic contiguous we mislaid the carnal battle. When you get to the World Cup you've got to triumph those carnal battles.

"Tonight was a large extremity by Awer, we could person scored a mates much and we request to beryllium a spot much ruthless.

"But overall, we changed the mode we play and (went) beauteous overmuch man-on-man implicit the full transportation to get much effort and much energy."

World Cup enactment for Mabil would rubber-stamp a singular journey that began successful a Kenyan exile camp, wherever helium was calved to South Sudanese parents successful 1995.

The winger is successful the archetypal twelvemonth of a four-year woody with La Liga nine Cádiz and said helium was "working connected a fewer things" with his caller outfit connected the cusp of the World Cup.

"I request to accommodate to my nine broadside and past get much crippled clip — that I would like," Mabil said.

"But it's each a progress.

"I deliberation I'm connected the close way to make and beryllium astatine (a) bully level erstwhile it comes to the World Cup."

Australia volition conscionable New Zealand astatine Eden Park successful the 2nd affable connected Sunday.

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