Socceroos vs Paraguay 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺🇵🇾

[ClockworkOrange]

From looking at what's gone on today - Scotland likely gone, which essentially consigns us to Germany should we lose to Paraguay and get through.

Bosnia confirmed ahead of us. As noted earlier by someone, a 1-0 to Paraguay will mean we finish equal with Korea and be decided on fair play points - though a 1 goal loss where we score will see us ahead on goals scored.

Scotland already 7th of the 3rd placed nations, with 9 to play - so to finish ahead of them, we'd need no worse than a 3 goal loss

Korea - SA result was worst possible.

 

[NoMates]

Korea - SA result was worst possible.

So we r out of the World Cup then? Oh well just like I said we were never getting out of the group.

 

[ClockworkOrange]

So we r out of the World Cup then? Oh well just like I said we were never getting out of the group.

Interesting response ….

 

[Quicky]

From looking at what's gone on today - Scotland likely gone, which essentially consigns us to Germany should we lose to Paraguay and get through.

Bosnia confirmed ahead of us. As noted earlier by someone, a 1-0 to Paraguay will mean we finish equal with Korea and be decided on fair play points - though a 1 goal loss where we score will see us ahead on goals scored.

Scotland already 7th of the 3rd placed nations, with 9 to play - so to finish ahead of them, we'd need no worse than a 3 goal loss

Who do we get if we draw or win?

 

[NicCarBel]

Who do we get if we draw or win?

2nd

am mostly looking at things that need to go our way IF we lose tomorrow

 

[Quicky]

2nd

Do we know which teams we'd draw?

 

[NicCarBel]

Do we know which teams we'd draw?

From 2nd? Yes, we would play second from the Belgium/Iran/Egypt/New Zealand group (likely Belgium at this point)

 

[Barca4life]

I wouldn’t rely on the drawski, we need to aim to win so we can finish 2nd once you have the mindset to avoid defeat then it’s risky against the other team who might have a different mentality.

Also if we play to win it’s a lot better than avoiding defeat, 3 points might not be enough anyway so I rather aim for 6 points and at the worst you get 4 points if it’s 10 minutes to go.

The question for tomorrow is who is going to have the ball, given Paraguay play a similar style like us…

 

[JS96]

Getting more nervous about things if we lose. It looks very tight on that table. The South Africa win wasn't ideal.

 

[JS96]

If scores are level near the end we'll happily hold on. Paraguay should be content with 4 points putting them ahead of Scotland and South Korea.

We'll also know where Ecuador and Sweden stand by then.

 

[scout_aussie]

Paraguay preview: https://football360.com.au/socceroos-paraguay-world-cup-tactics/

 

[Mk2504]

Korea - SA result was worst possible.

If we lose 1-2 we still ahead of SK