Namun, bola sempat menyentuh kaki Robbie Kruse dan berbelok arah sebelum masuk ke dalam gawang Suriah. Australia pun menutup paruh pertama dengan keunggulan 1-0.
Leckie -> Kruse to make it 1-0! Things looking good at half time for our boys. #SYRvAUS #GoSocceroos pic.twitter.com/qtt44VUqre
— Caltex Socceroos (@Socceroos) October 5, 2017
Suriah 0-1 Australia (Robbie Kruse 40')
Suriah: 1-Ibrahim Alma, 3-Moayad Ajan, 2-Hadi Al Masri, 14-Tamer Haj Mohamad , 8-Mahmoud Al Mawas, 20-Khaled Mobayed, 18-Zahir Midani, 13-Yousef Qalfa, 21-Fahd Youssef, 7-Omar Khribin, 9-Omar Al Somah
Pelatih: Ayman Hakeem
Australia: 1-Matthew Ryan, 6-Matthew Jurman, 16-Aziz Behich, 20-Trent Sainsbury, 19-Joshua Risdon, 2-Milos Degenek, 5-Mark Milligan, 7-Matthew Leckie, 13-Aaron Mooy, 10-Robbie Kruse, 9-Tomi Juric
Pelatih: Ange Pstecoglou
Wasit: Alireza Faghani