There were some big-hitters in action on the seventh day of the 2022 World Cup.
Saturday began with Tunisia vs Australia as the race to advance from Group D hots up, before Saudi Arabia’s quest for another upset fell short against Poland.
Two of the tournament favourites concluded the day, with France booking their last 16 spot against Denmark and Argentina avoiding a humiliating group stage exit with their victory over Mexico.
Australia grabbed the first win of the weekend after taking three points off of Tunisia in the early kick-off.
A deflected cross from Craig Goodwin was nodded in superbly by Mitchell Duke in the first half as the Socceroos won a World Cup match for the first time since 2010.
Tunisia are now on the brink of elimination having only taken one point from two games so far and with France up next.
How did Australia do it?
The stunning performances of defender Harry Souttar – just coming off the back of an ACL injury – and midfielder Aaron Mooy set the tone.
Australia didn’t give an inch to a Tunisia side who were themselves desperately in need of a win. The Eagles of Carthage were hugely disappointing and were unable to carve out a clear cut chance.
Poland’s hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Cup are very much alive after beating Saudi Arabia 2-0 at Education City Stadium.
The Eagles opened the scoring against the run of play with Robert Lewandowski masking a bad miss by retrieving his skewed shot and teeing up Piotr Zielinski to smash hom.
Wojciech Szczesny then saved a Salem Al-Dawsari penalty just before the break, and Saudi Arabia continued to dominate in the second half.
However, Lewandowski took advantage of some poor defending to grab his first World Cup goal and seal the three points.
What went wrong for Saudi Arabia?
Just like against Argentina, Saudi Arabia were aggressive and brave, though this time had more consistent final third quality to match their defensive resilience.
However, Herve Renard’s men were incredibly wasteful and were up against an inspired goalkeeper in Szczesny.
Poland move to the top of Group C for now ahead of Argentina vs Mexico this evening.
France are the first country to mathematically book their place in the last 16 thanks to their 2-1 win over Denmark, following on from an earlier victory against Australia.
It was a goal-less first half in which neither side really took the game by the scruff…
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