Australia V Ghana - Highlights - 23may08

[cheezmedia]

I remember this game, ghana were very good. Why can't Sterj play like this for Perth?

[mojamamaduda]

i only see ghana playing here

[fabs1979]

All due respect if you guys don't regularly watch the Ghanaian team outside of the WC then saying they play shit, is fucking stupid and ignorant. The team of 2010 is just as talented if not more than this team, which is from 2008. Agogo, Kingston, and others are all 30/31.The team now is full of young players who haven't even hit their peak yet...so please stop with the bullshit.

[Pepsimaximo1]

@fabs1979 okay but the goes for the australia team as well. not every team plays as well as they can in the WC

[iCeMaN7xx]

i think this ghana and 2006's ghana in the world cup is better than 2010 ghana in terms of how they play but the talent belongs to the 2010 side but what is talent if you are not playing like this??

[tjohn1986]

they were a great team in 06 with guys like viduka but really shit in 2010

[316JOHNLT]

Ghanan you are the best and #1

[316JOHNLT]

Australia this cheating this is not a fire game i have no respect for Australia playear,

[griusza45]

zal

[krisnnaabraham]

thanks

[chiefdryno]

MARK SCHWARZER IS THE BEST GOAL KEEPER IN THE WORLD!!! GHANA WOULD HAVE SCORED MANY GOALS AGAINST AUSTRALIA IF IT WASN'T FOR AMAZING MARK SCHWARZER!!! HE HAS A GERMAN BACK GROUND :)

[beefcakenugget]

Australia was destroying ghana and wouldv'e won but because they ref dropped his fucking glasses harry kewl got sent off. Im sure you all have to agree that the refs have been far to strict in every other game its ridiculous. enoughs enoughs!

[bronze83]

@beefcakenugget

destroying????? Umm.......sure. Ghana had more shots at goal. Whatever though.

[toki1221]

australian players are almost the same to members 4 years ago. they are too old to adujst with gahna's speed. australian center backs are both 185cm 35 yo men and they suck even compare to japanese centerbacks in every aspect.

[Cp6uja91]

GHANA CAN ONLY SCORE A GOAL FROM PENALTY..

[Digdigs2]

@Cp6uja91 Wouldn't they have scored if Kewell hadn't hand-balled the shot off the line? Poor losers

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2 He was fucking red carded aswell, and we still played better than them with 10 players you ignorant piece of shit, we should have won, full fucking stop.

[Digdigs2]

@andosmate hmmm...

australia foul italy, lose and complain about it

australia foul germany, lose and complain about it

australia foul ghana, lose and complain about it

...am i detecting a trend? oh i think so - australians foul lots and are poor losers

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2

Italy blatantly dive throughout the game and we lose

Tim cahill pulls out of a tackle and gets straight red carded, any ref will tell you it is yellow at most.

and Australia didnt foul ghana, the ball was kicked and it hit harry kewell in the fucking shoulder and we didnt lose, idiot.

The referees this world cup have been atrocious and anyone from any country will tell you that, its practically been red card after red card every fucking game and its horrible to watch.

[Digdigs2]

@andosmate handball is a foul duh! ... and you are just proving my point really...Aussies are on the whole poor sports, in cricket especially. Yes a few calls have been dodgy, it happens in every world cup and most countries just take it as part of the game - after all sometimes it goes your way, like the offside goal New Zealand scored against Italy - good on them, they created a chance and took it. No ref could have seen the offside without the benefit of replay, so lucky NZ. It happens...

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2 Exactly why i'm not going to take shit at Australia's expense for a referees decision.

[Digdigs2]

@andosmate so...what you going to do about it? Whinge? You are just proving my point.

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2 Would you rather continue to let shit referees do shit jobs? We shouldn't have to wait four years to play and have the game go against us because of them.

[Digdigs2]

@andosmate Get over it 

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2 I guess i win then :)

[Digdigs2]

@andosmate You lost from the start mate - every time you replied ranting just proved my point

[andosmate]

@Digdigs2 Its people like you who let the Nazis get put into power, some people speak out against evil while others like you just let it happen.

[Cp6uja91]

@Digdigs2 I'm Serbian, not Australian.. I became a racist cuz FIFA wants to keep one African nation on WC, reef could sent him off, without penalty, and you CANT score, you will see that after the match vs Germany.

[chiefdryno]

@Cp6uja91 LOL THATS NOT TRUE.... THAT BALL PRIOR TO THE PENALTY WAS GOAL BOUND!!!

[zinny999]

well two year on and this next Gruop D match in World Cup will hopefully be one hell of a cracker

[zinny999]

well two year on and this next Gruop D match in World Cup will hopefully be one hell of a cracker

[funk192]

how does Sterjovski not even get picked for Australia when he has been one of our best players for the Socceroos

[viet739]

@nd half Ghana dominated but fantastic job from mark( Aus goal keeper.) Australia got lucky =)

[rossh21]

wow looks like we got dominated for long periods. anyone remember the lineup for aus?

[viet739]

@rossh21 the line up was 4-4-2

[Phil28168]

I hope they repeat that performance in group d match against ghana

[papaslik]

The Austrilians barely played the match, we were all over on them. And we were withour many key players. Micheal Essien, Muntari, Appia, and others. Even Essien alone could have totally owned the Australians.

[mufckid42]

And you think Australia had their top side, well you thought wrong. This was prcatically the B team.

[korahaplayas]

and australia were missing key players too

[elmav]

@papaslik U lost

[MrSupersonic09]

fuck you charitymarbels go fuck your mom maybe your saying that because you where woman underwear hobbo

[stichez2k9]

sorry it dont work like that, ghana can beat australia... pure luck and this is old look at fifa rankings in 09-10 australia is not a football nation ghana is.

[alip2310]

bull shit.

[viet739]

@stichez2k9 very true but Australia is climbing up the rankings

[princeples]

i think ghana will win no dt

[charitymarbles]

socceroos will defeat ghana 3-1. i know many things. this true. many of the players from ghana wear girls underwear

[ChristieMonteiro7]

♥AUSTRALIA.!♥

[joethedaddy]

this blokes off in la la land! lol

[trev79]

Topor-Stanley? whose dick did he suck to get into the socceroos team? He is rubbish

[yungbow]

wasn;t it 1-1 someone holla at me

[HNBE]

GREAT GOAL! the first highlight of him was also impressive. Great skills and speed and his goal had both of those plus a whole lot of desire... I rate him!

[HNBE]

after being impressed with this video I just googled sterjovski, found training vision of him on a website called fast4football, check it out, some quality speed work.

[teahupoo35]

mile sterjoski is a really underated player,it was good to see him do well for derby against man u last week.i hope he gets more starts soon

[jcarter888]

Im an Australian Fan but that should of been a penalty when Topor-Stanley pushed that bloke. We were dominated.

[130ipower]

im an australian i go for the true aussie blue and i also agree, ghana should have had that penalty. but other than that the performance on both teams were pretty close.

[VCMCambo]

footballaroos? think i just spewed up in my mouth a bit, socceroos forever!

[kelvinsallah]

men australia got lucky ghana is a very dangerous team they got lucky because ghana most of the time take advantage of chances

[SockpopINC]

It's a pitty that ghana lost because they had the most chances, an Australia won because of a mistake of Ghana , but i geus that's the way of lif isn't it?

[ausssiepride]

GO THE AUSSIES

[lugnasa29]

australian people drink lots of beer

[roloug95]

@lugnasa29 good observation

[Andymartin1983]

im a die hard socceroos fan (still pains me to call footballaroos socceroos but still) ill totally agree that Ghana dominated that game and we were bloody lucky to come out with a win. From the way we were in midfield and more so defensively a draw would have been a top result.

[Lilmmforever]

and yet you aussies think you're going to win a world cup hahahaha =) yall make me laugh. I was having a chat with this aussie who told me that he thinks that australia can beat brazil,italy, and france. and yet you're getting dominated by Ghana. you got a long way to go...

[Andymartin1983]

Well i wouldnt certainly not go that far, lets be realistic but i do think we have a good chance against any team on the day. We werent dominated by the eventual cup holders and i cant think of the last time we played the French if ever. One things for sure we'd own the US.

[Lilmmforever]

err if you played the USA you wouldn't own them it'll be a hard match and I think that USA would win. it'll be an entertaining match and I'd love to see it. USA V AUSTRALIA.

[DILIORA2]

lol does USA play football? lmao

[PFDF]

We can beat them teams, and we have. Winning an entire tournament is a totally different thing though. Our very best team with no players missing is actually very good. I believe in the top 20 in the world.

[Lilmmforever]

nah australia aren't even in the top 20 quit kidding yourself cuz I checked.

[PFDF]

No I wasn't saying they ARE in the top 20. I was saying they COULD be in the top 20. We don't play enough and we aren't consistant enough yet to be in the top 20, but our full strength team could match it with any team in the top 20 is what i'm saying ;)

[bigshaneoner]

@Lilmmforever australia is ranked 19 dipshit

[jcarter888]

Is Junior Agogo at Nottingham Forest?

[Lilmmforever]

no ur at nottingham forrest

[Footballerization]

Fuck you Nottingham Forest bastard, Go the County!

[kjayeyi]

Australia was lucky to get that goal off a defensive blunder.Ghana played the dominant role at australians backyard...NOT good.Also Ghana had not the presence of some of their world class players..If they play again today,Ghana will claim the W.

[Parismustdie]

topor stanley is absolutely rubbish... one of the most over rated players in australia.

he is so slow, screws up everything he touches

[wagawannn]

well done australia but i think ghana played better

[iraqiShi3i]

is that the suncorpe stadium?

[s3tTz]

No, Sydney Football Stadium.

[greekjazz23]

Schwarzer's a gun. It's all those little saves he makes and the second efforts which make him lethal

[NonstopGtaGaming]

im going to that aus vs supposedly iraq match

[ausderek44]

calm down guys its just a friendly. yes a win is a win but a friendly doesnt count. its used as a test and to see how the players go... ghana played quite well. socceroos played ok, good in patches but not upto the standard required. the main standouts were carney, north and spiranovic. and sterjovski with the good finish. ghana though did play better but again its just a friendly

[mnsliver]

go australia go go << from iraqi

[dragonxp]

people stop complaining about which players were missing am from ghana but the socceroos played a good game . a win is a win.

[perrone305]

how did ghana loose to the kangaroos?

[franjon]

By being better than the Yanks.

[DILIORA2]

lol shit happens. Nigeria even lost 0:1 to them. But its friendly, Australia cannever beat Nigeria nor Ghana in any football competition!

[nyeeezy]

so what if all the players were from the a league ghana didnt have essien muntari asamoah and many of the starters in the game so pls stop coming with exscuses and ghana should of had at least 2 penalties in the game

[narcotect]

Asamoah was number 13 wasnt he? what r u talking about?

[nyeeezy]

that is derek asamoah. i was talking about asamoah gyan Top striker at Udinese

[vladt30]

What a goaaaaaal.Go Mile the Great!

[munrubenmario]

and his after match interview "just goes to show us A-league players are up to the task" or some such rubbish. No tosser, it just goes to show the enormous gulf between you and a proper professional.

Now p#ss off back to Japan you smug bastard and bring on blokes who can actually follow instructions.

[munrubenmario]

Australia were rubbish and I'm a mad socceroo supporter. Yes the team was chockers with A-leaguers but they're the ones telling everyone they are up for the job. They dead-set coudn't string 2 passes together in the 2nd half and when you are under the pump what's the point of hoofing it upfield and inviting them to have another crack. And don't get me started on that grade A eff-wit Joel Griffiths and his after match interview.

[Lordtks]

class finish

[55hoser]

who won the game?

[Chuqau]

Watch the vid perhaps?

[miguekilla]

Australia 0 - 1 Ghana

[friskynoob]

dont u mean aus 1 - ghana 0 ??

[npallingham]

Pity I have to look on youtube to see the socceroos. Bloody fox sports has all the rights.

[marzell250]

@npallingham

Sorry, Didn't know you cant make under $20 a month

[triplelite]

Wow, 3 minutes worth of highlights when it was 79th minute, I didn't think Australia did too well from what they could really achieve

[ausderek44]

decent performance by the team in the end. mostly inexperienced national team.... many key players out. kewell had a terrible game imo. sterjovski was unlucky to get sent off. ghana had a good match and controlled most parts of the match. their number 7 was a huge threat throughout... carney is going from strength to strength which is great. but all in all was a good test for the socceroos and north as well the other defenders had a good game imo.

[xsxtxjx]

yeah i didnt see the game, but from the highlights, the aleague defenders were doing well to keep it out of the net. there definitely were some ghana opportunities, but they were very difficult ones (not impossible, but difficult).

if both teams wouldve had their full squads, it would have been an even game. ghana is overrated and aus is underrated.

oh yeah, what a goal by sterjovski too. and that volley was nice as well. looks like he could be big if gets to the level of a kewell or cahill.

[yokudavid]

Ghana also had about five of their main players missing. I think if both teams had their full squads, the result would definitely have been different.

[orangerangeparty]

a-leaguers are all shit. ghana should have won by 2 or 3 goals at least.

[dan1576]

er, but they lost.

[ftgpete]

we won with many of our top players left out so its a quality effort done by the socceroos. Since club football will be over when the world cup qualifiers are on we'll have our top players back which will boost our squad immensley

[daboom2006]

Just look at a comparison between the nigeria game and the Ghana game Both we won 1-0 but, we had only 3-4 players missing in the nigeria game and ALL missing for this one. U can see the quality difference.

[dansegzz]

Socceroos' Number 2 (left back with the fro) is so bad i rekon my 10 year old sister could defend better.

does anyone know what club team he plays for? or doesnt play for (more likely) ??

[aussiecricketer]

Topor-Stanley. Plays for the Glory. Won the B&F this year. One of the top defenders in the A-League last year. Fully deserves every cap he gets.

[camisacook]

far out from the highlights it looks like Ghana dominated... and australia's defense look rubbish... who was the guy who almost gave away the penalty... he didnt look very good at all

[philsoulja]

Nikolai Topor-Stanley, a perth glory defender.

it was his first or second international. i dunno why he was capped in the senior squad. there are much better a-league defenders.

*shrugs*

[daboom2006]

And of course Chipperfield (FC basel)

[daboom2006]

Ghana really dominated 60 of the 90 minutes, it just shows you how incapable Aleague players really ar. We were missing basically all our players except kewell who they closed down as soon as he got the ball, by 2 defenders:

Viduka (newcastle Utd),Neill(westham), Cahill(everton),Emerton (blackburn rovers), Chipperfield Culina (PSV eindhoven), Mcdonald (celtic),Kennedy (karlshrue),Grella (Torino), Brecsciano (Palermo), Wilks (FC Twente) and to some extent Milligan (whos joining Arsenal), Carle

[AliTekesin]

Ghana could've easily won this game..our defence is Shit!

[socceroos123]

There was a period in the second half after we scored the goal where we were in control of the match, but it only lasted for about 15 minutes, then they were calling the shots again.

[jussieboy49]

i went to this match.......go aussies

[MYLOVELYLONGNECK]

Carney will go far man seriously

its amazing how i remember him at sydney fc, now hes at england, and apparantly bayern munich want to buy him

[johnpark5]

Hi. I'm Korean and I am a fan of Socceroos, because of Hiddink and Verbeek.

[bellelliottm]

Great goal Sterjovski.

[MrHHHurrumph]

Thanks Champ for posting. We get sweet FA in the UK, so your videos are a vital link. Well In!

[cynicalpoet]

People call it a poor performance, but that was an Australian side with just two guys in it I'd call regular Socceroos (Kewell/Schwarzer) and two fringe players (Carney/Sterjovski) against a near full strength Ghana. No matter what rankings you look at - Ghana are quality opposition, and well above us. A 1-0 win, no matter how scrappy, is a pretty damn fine result under the circumstances. China, Iraq, or Qatar won't give us near as much trouble.

[camisacook]

i know ..but what is going to happen if we get to the world cup and play some A grade teams with something to win

[telf10]

will have the full squad for those games obviosuly

[traumaticinc]

aus needs to improve against china and iraq but decent effort.

[tiger1chu]

GET TOPPER FUCKING STANLEY OFF THE TEAM!!!!

The guy is hopeless.

[broncosrbettathenu1]

it was a great goal n ghana by the looks of things kept australia on their toes all nite

tough win but a good one \

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OI OI OI

[filip2111]

Venom?

Is that some australian term for a fast shot?

[qin02]

burns and jednaik in the holding roles, jednaik was shit, he might as well shout at the ghanaian players

so was allsop

[tomblah]

Pretty poor performance by Australia. Not many positives...except for Carney who played brilliantly.

[LtBarnes2007]

Yeah i was at the game. Just got back lol. (went to the pub :s) they forgot to play the Ghana National Anthum lol. The Ghana players didnt seem to happy.

Nice goal. but i feel were gonna have to play a heck of a lot better against Iraq and China in the upcoming qualifications