Key events
Half-time
So it’s a lovely goal from Awer Mabil that is the difference after the first half.
45+2 mins: Chong wins a free kick for Curaçao about five metres out from the edge of the area. Bacuna sends it to the back post but it’s too high for Van Eijma. And that’s the half.
45+1 mins: Hrustic has walked off but it’s not clear if Vellupillay is coming on or not, bib was off now it’s back on again. Seems like Popovic is happy to play with 10 men for the added two minutes.
44 mins: Hrustic pounces on a turnover and makes a short run up the left looking up to see Mabil at the back post. He sends in a hooping cross but Mabil hits the post. It looks like Hrustic might have hurt his hamstring in that play.
42 mins: As always I spoke to soon, O’Neill getting in an awkward tangle of legs with his Curaçao opponent shortly after my last post. Seems they are OK.
4o mins: A period of calm with five minutes to go. Four shots on goal for the Socceroos so far, two on target.
38 mins: Juric nearly gets a break on the counterattack but again his first touch isn’t good enough and Curaçao can bring it back under control.
At the ground, Jack says a flare was lit after the goal – funnily enough very similar in colour to the Socceroos’ pink/orange shoulders – but extinguished pretty quickly.
36 mins: A corner from Mabil causes trouble for Curaçao. Room comes out to punch it away but it spills to the edge of the area where O’Neill is waiting. He hammers it back in to the pack and it can’t get through.
34 mins: Antonisse cuts into the area on the right and gets on to the end of a lovely curling pass from Bacuna. He takes a touch before firing straight into Ryan.
32 mins: The start of a beautiful play there with Juric turning on the ball surrounded by defenders in the centre of the field. He passes it off to O’Neill whose pass forward to a sprinting Trewin is too heavy.
