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| Australia qualified for the final of the 1990 Merlion Cup by beating three under 23 sides in the preliminary rounds (see B archive). Meeting the Indonesian national squad in the final the Australian side excelled against a vocal hometown crowd taking the match convincingly 3-0. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : August 25 1990 | Venue : Senayan Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia | |||
| Indonesia (Lineup unavailable) |
0 | - | 3 | Australia Robert Zabica, Mehmet Durakovic, Andrew Bernal, Tony Spyridakos, Alex Tobin, Ernie Tapai, Paul Wade (c), Tommy McCulloch (Jason van Blerk 46'), Mike Petersen, Kimon Taliadoros (Tony Krslovic 70'), Andrew Zinni Goals : Wade 55, 76, Zinni 63 |
| Referee : N Yasunori (Japan) Crowd : 20000 Coach : Les Scheinflug (Australia) | ||||
| Following Australias Merlion Cup success Australia plyed two friendlies away to South Korea. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 6 1990 | Venue : Tongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea | |||
| South Korea (starting 11 + used bench players) Choi In-Young, Hon Myung-Bo, Park Kyung-Hon, Yoon Deuk-Do, Gu Sang-Do, Gu Sang-Bum, Kim Joo-Sung, Kim Pan-Keun, Choi Soon-Ho, Lee Young-Jim, Byun Byong-Joo, Hwang Seon-Hong Goal : Byun Byung-Joo 17 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Mehmet Durakovic, Andrew Bernal, Tony Spyridakos, Alex Tobin, JeanPaul deMarigny (Jason van Blerk 54'), Arnie Tapai, Paul Wade, Tommy McCulloch, Kimon Taliadoros (Branko Milosevic 62'), Paul Trimboli (Warren Spink 62') |
| Referee : Kil Ki-Chul (sth Korea) Crowd : 18000 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||
| The second of these games was also played in Seoul. This was a friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 9 1990 | Venue : Kudok Stadium, Pusan, South Korea | |||
| South Korea Kim Poong-Ju, Hong Myong-Bo, Chu Yong-Hwan, Yoom Deuk-Yo, Chung Jong-Soo, Kim Sang-Ho, Kim Pan-Keun, Choi Soon-Ho, Kim Joo-Sung, Ko Jung-Woon, Hwang Seon-Hong (Soo Jung Won) Goal : Soo Jung-Won 70 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia Robert Zabica, Mehmet Durakovic, Andrew Bernal, Robert Hooker, Alex Tobin, Ernie Tapai, Paul Wade, Mike Petersen, Tommy McCulloch, Andrew Zinni, Paul Trimboli (Jason van Blerk 63') |
| Referee : Choi Kil-Soo (South Korea) Crowd : 20000 Coach : Eddie Thomson (Australia) | ||||