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Australia win - but not by enough

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Written on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 00:00

The win Australia needed they duly delivered but not in the numbers necessary to reach the knock-out stage. Like the hosts South Africa against France the night before Australia's train powered up too late. After taking a two-goal lead in the second half through Tim Cahill and Brett Holman Australia still needed a two goal swing in Johannesburg, where Germany were leading Ghana by a goal. When the swing came it was in the wrong direction with substitute Marko Pantelic slotting home for Serbia with six minutes to go.

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