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play-off was a single-leg match between the winner of the AFC qualification fourth round play-off,

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, and the fifth-placed team from CONMEBOL qualification,

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. The match was played on 13 June 2022 at the

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, Qatar (one of the host cities of the World Cup). Australia won 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after

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Background

The draw for the inter-confederation play-offs fixtures was held on 26 November 2021. The match was the second meeting between Australia and Peru. The sides previously met four years earlier in the

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, with Peru winning 2–0 when ''La Blanquirroja'' was already eliminated. Before the match, most football commentators lauded Peru as the better team and had low expectations of Australia, which struggled in the Asian qualifiers.

Venue

Match

Summary

The match ended as a scoreless draw. In the 120th minute, Australian goalkeeper

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was subbed off for Andrew Redmayne. During the penalty shoot-out, Redmayne gained notoriety for his dance-like movements, which he used to confuse the Peruvian players. This strategy succeeded, as Redmayne stopped the decisive penalty from Alex Valera diving low to his right-hand side.

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's decision to sub Redmayne in evoked the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarter-final match between

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and the

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, when Dutch coach

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subbed Jasper Cillessen off for

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in the 120th minute, as Krul successfully stopped two penalties to eliminate Costa Rica. Redmayne had a reputation in Australia for being a penalty saving specialist, having saved two penalties against

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in the

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to secure a 4–1 shoot-out victory.

Details

Notes

References

External links

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