The Socceroos continue to take positive steps on the road to Russia 2018, recording a 4-0 away victory to Bangladesh earlier tonight.
While young upstarts such as Aaron Mooy and Massimo Luongo are always exhibiting the evolution in Ange Postecoglou’s setup, on the day after the 10th anniversary of ‘That Night’ where Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup, we had no further to look than the heroic veteran Tim Cahill.
A first-half hat-trick from the 35-year-old had the match all but over early-on, though captain Mile Jedinak was able to squeeze his own name onto the scoresheet before the referee signaled for the interval. A much more conservative approach after the break saw the result stay the same, yet that could only be counted as the slightest of blight’s on the performance.
Much of the discussion after the match was focused on the star Australian striker, however, fans also delighted in the continued run of form from Aaron Mooy, while the state of the Dhaka pitch was also a point of much concern.
Here are the best reactions to come from Twitter following the result:
@Tim_Cahill 's hunger is incredible. He keeps getting better and better. #socceroos #BANvAUS #WC2018Qualifier
— Jackie James Barnes (@iamjackiebarnes) November 17, 2015
Cahill is an Australian hero #BANvAUS
— Alex Sortini (@AlexSortini) November 17, 2015
Tim Cahill on his way to outscoring Carlton for 2015 #BANvAUS
— Sam Kimber (@skam85) November 17, 2015
Timmy truly does score when he wants #BANvAUS
— Paul Casey (@P_Casey3) November 17, 2015
Jedinak is a rock and Cahill is a rocket. Boys are playing well on a bouncy pitch @Socceroos #BANvAUS
— darkelf921 (@darkelf921) November 17, 2015
That grass is longer than my backyard #BANvAUS
— ST (@stung2012) November 17, 2015
Jesus,Bangladesh need to get Arnotts to sponsor them, talk about a biscuit bunch #BANvAUS
— Josh (@joshrobbo44) November 17, 2015
I really hope Ange rips into the players post game. They've been awful this 2nd half. #BANvAUS
— TheMoscowSlip (@TheMoscowSlip) November 17, 2015
Some nice horta growing over by the stands. Would pick and boil/10 #BANvAUS
— Lucas Pavlidis (@LucasPavlidis) November 17, 2015
Well done Timmy! As they say in Bangladesh you've scored a Dhak-trick! #trythechicken #BANvAUS
— Sam Mac & Jules (@thebleague) November 17, 2015
Reckon that settles it then. He can do it on a hazy, Tuesday night in Dhaka #Cahill #BANvAUS
— Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) November 17, 2015
Head of solid gold #BANvAUS
— Henry de Cure (@hcdc93) November 17, 2015
We can add the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka to the list of stadiums with a surface better than @SuncorpStadium #BANvAUS
— TBG (@tbgaustralia) November 17, 2015
What an awful 2nd half. Was walking pace. Damage done in the 1st. #BANvAUS
— Josh Howe (@JoshO567) November 17, 2015
Everyone ripping up their Over 5 goal win bets like 👀 #BANvAUS #GoSocceroos 4-0 it stays. #WTF 😡🤔 pic.twitter.com/6RsSUHx640
— TΛNNER COAD 🇦🇺 (@Tanner_Coad19) November 17, 2015
@FOXFootballLive @adampeacock3 @TheRealBozza @NedZelic this the Timmy Kale, Andy Harper keeps mentioning? #BANvAUS pic.twitter.com/VtQFqqsVQC
— Socceroos Memes (@SocceroosMemes) November 17, 2015
Aaron Mooy nowhere to be seen. Last seen getting inside this vehicle #BANvAUS pic.twitter.com/TIc5PKqNF1
— TheMoscowSlip (@TheMoscowSlip) November 17, 2015
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