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☆☆☆☆☆★★★★★May 27

A match played with everything and absolutely nothing on the line at the same time Serbia owned the first half and did precisely nothing with it 55% possession zero goals the footballing equivalent of revving a Ferrari in a car park Then Cahill happened He’d been watching his side get eviscerated 4-0 by Germany from the stands comes back and just HEADS it in like a man with a personal debt to settle Holman 4 minutes later and suddenly Australia are two up winning a game that cannot save them They didn’t know Ghana was quietly actually almost beating Germany in the other match They just played Pantelic pulled one back and the last 6 minutes were absolute chaos Serbia offside 7 times throwing bodies forward Australia won and went home Narrative: 2.5 Tactics: 2 Chances: 3 Goals: 3 Drama: 3 3/5

Player of the match

Tim Cahill

Australia