Olympics new goal
NZPA-AAP .Melbourne Australian ;•/ soccer officials will turn their attention to the Seoul Olympic Games after the Socceroos’ elimination from the 1986 World Cup. Australia and Scotland played a scoreless draw at Olympic Park,enabling the Scots to qualify for the last spot in the Mexico finals, after a first leg 2-0 win in Glasgow two weeks ago.
But it was a case of so near yet so far for the I match-dominating Austra- 1 Bans. The Socceroos rattled the world-rated Scotland with a i non-stop attack, but poor : finishing cost them at least i four goals. . Australia’s most positive I result was the sound per- 1 formance by the younger 1 brigade which snatched any ( chance to stake an Olympic j claim. Scotland’s coach, Mr Alec <
Ferguson, named Jim Patikas, David Mitchell and Ken Murphy as the best of the Australians. Murphy was outstanding, and blotted the Scotland skipper, Graeme Souness, out of the first half. Souness, playing his fiftieth game for Scotland, became so frustrated that he picked up the only yellow card of the match for a poor tackle on Crino. The match drew a capacity crowd of 32,000.
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