Chile 3 - 1 Australia
The final opening game in group B saw Chile take on Australia. It was alway going to be a tough ask for Australia who are the lowest ranked team in this years World Cup, and it didn't take long for an attack minded Chile to open up their campaign with a goal in the first 11 minutes, shortly followed by their 2nd, four minutes later. The dominance continued and every man and his dog assumed it was going to be a cricket score, but this is the World Cup, it's not meant to be as straight forward as we all believe as the 'Socceroos' got their first goal of the competition through Timmy Cahill. Slowly but surely Australia gained confidence and composure and threatened to upset the Chilean party just before half time. The 2nd half was a complete contradiction of the 1st with Australia applying constant pressure on the Chilean goal and Bravo making a stunning save to deny a the volley from Bresciano. As the game continued it became more open with attack after attack for both team and the tournaments organisers finally got some use out of the 'goal line' technology system being used (ironically made by a German company) after a goal line clearance from Australia. The tempo did not drop right up to the final whistle and Chile hung on to take the 3 points as Beausejour scored a 3rd Chilean goal in injury time. One thing is for sure though is that the Aussies will have gained many fans after this opening game and shouldn't be labeled a team making up numbers.
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