Australia’s national football (soccer) team played a match against the Netherlands last night – a warm-up game for each team before the World Cup tournament starts next week.
I stayed up to watch it (starting at 10.30pm). It was a tightly marked game, and Australia did not seem as comfortable as they have appeared in their last couple of internationals – and rightly so as the Dutch team is ranked third in the world.
Australia went one down in the first half, and tiredness caught up with me and I did not stay up for the second half. I woke expecting to hear of a 3-0 loss, but was pleasantly surprised to hear it ended up 1-1, with Australia playing one short for most of the second half.
It is a good result leading up to the World Cup games – they have shown they deserve their place in the finals. Hopefully, I can adjust my internal clock and be able to stay up and watch the games when they are on. Win or lose, I think most Australians just want to be a part of it and show the world we are good enough to be there.
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