{"id":338516,"date":"2023-10-13T21:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T21:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338516"},"modified":"2023-10-14T04:01:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T04:01:05","slug":"courageous-socceroos-outgunned-by-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338516","title":{"rendered":"Courageous Socceroos outgunned by England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/socceroos\" title=\"The Socceroos\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Socceroos<\/a> fell short in their bid to emulate their upset win over England 20 years ago, going down 1-0 at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In front of more than 81,000 fans, the Socceroos were competitive in the first half, but a second-half goal from Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins broke the game open, with the home side doing enough to hang on in the dying moments.<\/p>\n<p>Australia came agonisingly close to equalising in the 80th minute when midfielder Connor Metcalfe hit the post with a header.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"af8fd3d5-9c37-4103-a616-d0d7d856523c\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/af8fd3d5-9c37-4103-a616-d0d7d856523c\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"2874\" data-height=\"1916\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But that was the closest the Socceroos came to closing the gap against England who benched a host of top players \u2013 including star striker Harry Kane and in-form Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham.<\/p>\n<p>Socceroos coach Graham Arnold said he was satisfied with his side&#x27;s performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/news-2023-josh-addo-carr-koori-knockout-brawl-fight-canterbury-bulldogs\/966b51de-7d46-4195-8bf7-24fd7e202246\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NRL cracks down on Addo-Carr after wild brawl\ufeff\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>NRL cracks down on Addo-Carr after wild brawl\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/pacific-championships-2023-australian-kangaroos-james-tedesco-dylan-edwards-squad-selection\/5c2e8264-b0db-4cd8-84fe-fd4565db402d\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Awkward Kangaroos selection question rattles Tedesco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Awkward Kangaroos selection question rattles Tedesco<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/horse-racing\/spring-carnival-2023-melbourne-cup-races-calendar-group-one-dates-everything-need-know-ultimate-guide\/6fe66be2-ede9-402c-bb2d-e1c9b14ea4a9\" title=\"The horse who can complete icon Waterhouse&#x27;s cabinet\ufeff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The horse who can complete icon Waterhouse&#x27;s cabinet\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;We created chances, we did very well \u2026 it&#x27;s just disappointing to lose,&quot; Arnold told Network 10.<\/p>\n<p>The Socceroos next take on New Zealand, which is also being played in London. While England has a Euro 2024 qualifier against Italy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Socceroos fell short in their bid to emulate their upset win over England 20 years ago, going down 1-0 at Wembley Stadium. In front <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=338516\" title=\"Courageous Socceroos outgunned by England\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338519,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338516\/revisions\/338519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/338518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}