Socceroos fall short

June 23

The Socceroos gave it a good try and won tonight, beating Serbia 2-1, but were eliminated from the World Cup. They actually tied Ghana in points with 4, but lost on goal difference, the Australians giving up too many and not scoring enough. So back home for the Socceroos and for me.

It was quite a good game in the end, the Australians scoring twice in the second half after a scoreless first half. Then the Serbs scored to narrow the margin to 2-1 and began pressing at the end but came up short.

Here’s me, the second photographer from the left, with the black cap, as Tim Cahill celebrates his goal, in a photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou, one of the AFP guys on the traveling photo team.