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on Wed Jun 19 6:54 AM
Why Doesn't Snowden Tell Us North Korea's Game Plan?
FORBES
Computer whiz Edward Snowden's revelations of the NSA's broadbrush program for sweeping up internet and phone messages by the millions raises a perplexing question: If the NSA and CIA and others know so much, why do we have so much trouble seeing...
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on Wed Jun 19 6:28 AM
North Korea: Kim Jong-un Mein Kampf report 'a thrice-cursed crime'
THE TELEGRAPH
North Korea unleashes its wrath on the authors of a report that Kim Jong-un praised Adolf Hitler and gave officials copies of Mein Kampf.
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on Tue Jun 18 6:43 AM
North Korea Offers Direct Talks with US
VOICE OF AMERICA
The United States says it is open to North Korea's offer of direct talks, but only after Pyongyang takes concrete action to end its nuclear weapons program.
North Korea says it is offering direct talks to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula....
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on Tue Jun 18 1:33 AM
Top North Korean Envoy in China for Talks
VOICE OF AMERICA
North Korea's top nuclear negotiator is in Beijing for talks with Chinese officials, the latest in a series of diplomatic moves involving Pyongyang following months of tensions.
First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye Gwan is expected to hold talks...
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The Joy of Six: Crucial Socceroo World Cup qualifiers | Football
THE GUARDIAN | on Mon, Jun 17, 6:23 PM
From a humbling at the hands of North Korea to John Aloisi's famous strike, our pick of Australia's attempts at the World Cup1) North Korea 6-1 Australia (Phnom Penh, November 1965)Australia's multifaceted World Cup story kicked off in suitably...
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on Mon Jun 17 4:46 PM
US sees nothing new in NKorea talks offer | Politics
SEATTLE TIMES
The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S.
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on Mon Jun 17 2:41 PM
US sees nothing new in NKorea talks offer - Politics
THE MODESTO BEE
The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S.
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on Mon Jun 17 8:00 AM
China to Host North Korean Officials for Talks
VOICE OF AMERICA
China will host talks with North Korea this week, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday, after Pyongyang offered high-level negotiations with the United States to ease tension on the Korean peninsula.
North Korea's proposed talks with Washington...
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on Mon Jun 17 6:50 AM
State news: North Korea proposes high-level talks with U.S.
CNN
North Korea has proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday.
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on Mon Jun 17 4:21 AM
Obama, S. Korea leader discuss N. Korea talks offer
KANSAS CITY STAR
The White House says President Barack Obama and South Korea's President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) have discussed North Korea's proposal for high-level talks with the U.S.
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However, African nations withdrew en bloc in protest at not being granted an automatic continental berth, South Africa were banned because of apartheid, and South Korea ultimately elected not to participate. A gruelling campaign had become seemingly straightforward. That just left North Korea. Finding a venue, however, proved troublesome. Cambodia, an ally of Pyongyang's leadership, came to the rescue and the newly built Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium – a classic Communist style concrete structure - was the venue for a contest to be played over two matches. In truth, one match would prove more than enough to demonstrate the gulf between the teams.A four-week boot camp in North Queensland and a scratch match against local opposition was deemed to be enough preparation for the Socceroos' World Cup campaign. Most of the squad had not travelled internationally for football, let alone to such a foreign environment. But the Aussies were unprepared off the field as well as on it, and by the time the match came around many were ill after consuming the local water. The fleet-footed and skilful Koreans went one up early although Australia held firm until the hour mark. Then injuries, a noisy 60,000 crowd, and of course, a vastly superior opponent, took their toll. The North Koreans were easy 6-1 victors with Les Scheinflug's penalty on 70 minutes a lone, though historic, consolation. Johnny Warren later aptly described the match as "Australia's sporting Gallipoli", and it was hard to argue with the analogy.Remarkably, goal aggregate was not taken into consideration, and thus a victory for Australia in the return would have meant a third and deciding match. That was never likely, and despite an improved display for Australia, and another goal for Scheinflug, they lost 3-1. The Koreans famously proved their quality on a far bigger stage, notching an unthinkable group stage win over Italy before they narrowly failed to reach the 1966 World Cup semi-finals.2) Australia 1-0 South Korea (Hong Kong, November 1973) For decades it was an achievement that stood out as a singular beacon on a desolate landscape. Qualification for the World Cup. It was the end product of a marathon 11-match operation for Australia's battle-hardened amateurs. So too an equally epic globe-trotting campaign four years earlier had indirectly laid the platform for success. Earlier in the year Australia had seen off New Zealand, Indonesia and, in their first ever meeting, Iraq. Then came a backs-to-the-wall aggregate win over Iran. The final hurdle was home and away against South Korea. The first leg in Sydney was a scoreless stalemate, and the return an action-packed 2-2 draw in Seoul. Australia had to come from two goals down to earn a share of the spoils, but unlike the Iran tie some 24 years later, away goals were not considered. Thus a hastily arranged third match took place in Hong Kong. Remarkably, the match was played just 72 hours later. Korea had enjoyed the better of the first two encounters yet had nothing to show for it. The teams shared the same flight to Hong Kong and crafty Scottish-born midfielder Jimmy Rooney described the Koreans as looking broken.In truth, the decisive match was relatively unremarkable in terms of incident. Despite Australia turning in one of their most fluid performances of the era, the deadlocked remained. Finally on the hour mark came the decisive moment. An unconvincing clearance fell to Rooney who instinctively cushioned the ball into the path of his best mate Jimmy Mackay. The ensuring strike from 30 metres into the top corner was pure perfection with the ball seemingly still rising as it found its way inside the frame of the goal. Unlike John Aloisi's much venerated strike three decades on, the grainy footage of Mackay's goal is only rarely spotted. Yet Australia's young coach Rale Rasic, who did so much to bond the team into their one-for-all mentality said the goal was a "a moment you treasure for life". Full-back Doug Utjesenovic described the strike as a "one in a million": a summation hard to argue against. 3) Australia 1-1 Israel (Sydney, April 1989)Though a draw would not suffice, optimism was high, partly as a result of a battling draw earned a month earlier at Tel Aviv's intimidating Ramat Gan, and partly due to the new phenomenon that was European-based Socceroos. Australia's forward line included Eddie Krncevic, David Mitchell and Frank Farina, all of whom had enjoyed success in Europe. This match, however, was played against a rare backdrop, and proved to be poorly timed in more ways than one. It was the week of Adolf Hitler's 100th birthday but fears of crowd references to such proved unfounded. The match was also played less than 24 hours after the horrific events at Hillsborough. The 'house full' sign went up shortly before kick-off, but despite the shocking news from the other side of the world, or perhaps because of it, officials decided to alleviate a crush outside the gates by throwing the doors open. Israel's defence was marshalled by the late Avi Cohen, whose stint at Liverpool in the early 80s marked him as the first Israeli to play in England's top flight. Up front was Ronny Rosenthal – who himself would make the move to Anfield a year later – and Israeli football's poster boy Eli Ohana. And it was the latter, who boasts several Sydney-based relatives, who made the day's pivotal contribution. Israel were denied a seemingly clear penalty as Rosenthal went down under the challenge of goalkeeper Jeff Olver, while Farina had similar claims at the other end. However, a tense and scrappy first half seemed set to end in parity only for Ohana to break the deadlock five minutes before the interval. Socceroos captain Charlie Yankos made a rare error of judgement which, combined with hesitation by defensive partner and current Newcastle Jets coach Gary van Egmond, allowed Ohana to pounce. The lank-haired Ohana coolly rounded Olver and, with calm bordering on insouciance, proceeded to dummy, almost unnecessarily, the retreating Van Egmond before slotting into an empty net. Two goals in the second half was a massive challenge, and the Socceroos rarely threatened despite the attacking line-up. Substitute Paul Trimboli, the youngest member of the side, scored with a sharply-executed volley two minutes from time to preserve an unbeaten home World Cup qualifying record that was to stretch from 1981 to 2008. The visitors, however, had long taken much of the sting out of the game with a succession of delays. A lengthy period of injury time loomed, but idiosyncratic Italian referee Carlo Longhi decided he had seen enough and incredibly blew for full-time just seconds past 90 minutes. The Socceroos coach, Frank Arok, animated even by his standards, raced onto the pitch thrusting out his watch, and momentarily it seemed that anything could happen as a host of players surrounded the official. Eventually there was nothing to do other than accept the painful reality of another failed campaign.4) Australia 1-1 Argentina (Sydney, October 1993)Australia's path to the 1994 World Cup proved even more convoluted than usual. Dispensing with Oceania was just the first of three hurdles to negotiate. A resilient Canada were overcome, albeit only on penalties as a 21-year-old Mark Schwarzer was catapulted into the spotlight. The final challenge was a meeting with a South American side. The draw suggested that the opponent would likely be Colombia, Paraguay or Peru. Colombia, however, defied expectations by conjuring a landmark 5-0 win in Buenos Aires to send Argentina into the play-off. It was La Albiceleste's worst defeat in decades and the hand-wringing was immediate. Bowing to public pressure, coach Alfio Basile recalled Diego Maradona following his 15-month absence for taking banned substances, and then named him captain. For perhaps the first time ever, the gaze of the football world was well and truly on Australia.Surely Australia would be no match for the two-time world champions. Argentina's attack was led by Serie A duo Abel Balbo and the prolific Gabriel Batistuta, and made for a stark contrast with a backline featuring four players from the semi-professional ranks of the National Soccer League. The Argentine pair looked slick in possession but were largely starved of the ball by a hard-working Socceroo side that had long been well-drilled in the art of defending en masse by coach Eddie Thomson. Maradona showed several flashes of inspiration without quite being in vintage form. However Maradona, in one of the few times he escaped the man-marking of Australian skipper Paul Wade, set up Argentina's goal by delivering an inch-perfect cross converted with equal precision by the head of Balbo. It took just six minutes for scores to be level. Ned Zelic coolly dropped a pass onto the foot of onrushing right-back Tony Vidmar who swept the ball with telepathic accuracy onto the foot of brother Aurelio, who steered home the equaliser. It was the ultimate backyard dream realised. The second half was delayed as the stadium lights went out which, combined with the actual half-time break, made for a lengthy interval. It was little surprise that the second period lacked the kind of fluency seen in the first, and it was a scenario that suited the visitors. An away score draw was surely enough for Argentina and so it proved, though only by a surprisingly slim margin. Australia, without the injured Zelic and Bosnich, were unwavering until the end in Buenos Aires, and it took a miracle Tommy Oar-esque deflection from Batistuta's cross off the shin of Alex Tobin to separate the teams.5) Australia 2-2 Iran (Melbourne, November 1997)Australia's World Cup history had long been intertwined with heartbreaking failure, but there had never been a nadir like this. This was a storyline that played out like a dark inverted boys' own tale. There was a sense that the increasing competitiveness of the Socceroos internationally, the know-how of a high-profile coach in Terry Venables and the increasing number of European-based players, meant that this was the time. There was also a world record 14 match winning run. Admittedly some of the results were against small fry, such as a ludicrous 13-0 rout of the Solomon Islands, which included goalkeeper Mark Bosnich scoring from the penalty spot. Counter-balancing the scale were victories over Norway, South Korea and perhaps, most notably, Hungary in Budapest; wins in Europe could then be counted on one hand.Aided by some remarkable saves from Bosnich, Australia had escaped Tehran's hugely intimidating Azadi stadium – and an estimated 128,000 home supporters - with a 1-1 draw. Backed by the support of a record Socceroos World Cup crowd of 85,000, the balance was now marginally tipped in the home team's favour.Inspired by wide-men Robbie Slater, and in particular Stan Lazaridis, Australia shredded Iran's defence on numerous occasions. It was left to Harry Kewell, at just 19 years of age to break the deadlock having scored his maiden international goal in Tehran a week earlier. Aurelio Vidmar doubled the lead three minutes after the interval and Australia seemed unstoppable while the visitors, who had barely conjured a single goal attempt, were dazed and in utter disarray. But then came what many claim was the turning point. Peter Hore, for whom the phase 'Serial Pest' seemed to have been coined, and a man who in previous weeks had interrupted the Melbourne Cup and funeral of Michael Hutchence, entered the field and hauled down the net in the wake of Vidmar's second goal. There was certainly a momentum shift, accentuated with the first goal for Iran tucked away by captain Karim Bagheri. Replays suggested Khodadad Azizi, who provided the final pass, was offside. Four minutes later Azizi broke the offside trap and slotted past the hopelessly exposed Bosnich. Scores were level but it was Iran that suddenly had one foot in France and with Australia's earlier fluency now dissipated, there was to be no way back.Johnny Warren, Australia's own self-styled football missionary, was literally unable to speak to a live national television audience as tears welled in his eyes. The entire Australian football fraternity was in pain and Johnny's tears spoke for all.Despite the nation's famed passion for sport, this was seen to be the chance for football – a game considered by middle Australia to be fractured and marked by ethnic differences – to cross the divide and make the jump from a subculture to the mainstream. As it turned out the sleeping giant, to use a Warren-ism, was far from awoken, merely roused. 6) Australia 1-0 Uruguay (Sydney, November 2005)Uruguay's attacking talisman Alvaro Recoba was quoted as saying the two-time winners had a "divine right" to be at the World Cup. For once though, in some of the tightest two matches of football one could wish to see, the bounce of the World Cup ball went Australia's way. Some was a result of good planning and execution, some a result of pure good luck. Remarkably Uruguay found themselves in the play-off facing Australia, exactly as they had done four years earlier. With a 3-1 aggregate win taking them to Korea/Japan 2002, not to mention a stunning history of overachievement in the World Cup, Uruguay could be forgiven for being confident. However the Socceroos 'golden generation' was now at the peak of their powers. Having been spat on and harassed at Montevideo airport in 2001, the Australian federation went into overdrive in the organisation stakes. They had months to prepare, while Uruguay had exactly four weeks. Incredibly, there was only four days between the two matches, effectively three and a half considering the time difference. Australia departed on a Qantas charter within hours of full time in the first leg, which Uruguay had won 1-0. Uruguay had to wait until the next morning and found that most business class seats were booked out. Mark Bresciano scored the only goal on 35 minutes with a typically piercing strike amid a heightened atmosphere in Sydney. Australia though were still on a knife edge. An away goal for La Celeste would effectively end the tie. Recoba, perhaps spooked by some fierce attention from defenders and a baying crowd who had clearly read the pre-match press, was in and out of the game although his free-kicks were invariably menacing. Uruguay's lanky striker Richard Morales had the best chance of the match only to somehow direct his close-range header into the ground and over the crossbar. The two teams knew they were one defensive error away from catastrophe, and extra time came and went. For the first and only time in history, World Cup qualification was to be determined on penalties.Mark Schwarzer's first save was cancelled out after Mark Viduka dinked his effort wide, only for the Socceroo kepeer to again come to the rescue and set up John Aloisi's momentous winner. Cue unprecedented delirium. Guus Hiddink was feted for his tactical nous, having rolled the dice and won with almost every decision. Yet it could have been so different. The veteran Dutchman was warming up Zeljko Kalac, who boasted a strong record of saves from the spot, with a view to introducing him in the dying minutes. However, an enforced substitution to a stricken Brett Emerton with 10 minutes remaining put paid to that notion.Virtually every member of the Class of 74 was in the stands, taking in an occasion that must have felt like it would never arrive. The absentees were few, but among them was reclusive skipper Peter Wilson, and tragically the late Jimmy Mackay, whose storied goal in Hong Kong 32 years earlier was his generation's Aloisi moment. The most poignant absence though was that of football missionary Johnny Warren who didn't live to see the sport's breakthrough moment. Warren's state funeral was held a year and a day prior to the second leg. Perhaps there was intervention from above after all.AustraliaWorld Cup 2014 qualifiersAustralia sportguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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However, African nations withdrew en bloc in protest at not being granted an automatic continental berth, South Africa were banned because of apartheid, and South Korea ultimately elected not to participate. A gruelling campaign had become seemingly straightforward. That just left North Korea. Finding a venue, however, proved troublesome. Cambodia, an ally of Pyongyang's leadership, came to the rescue and the newly built Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium – a classic Communist style concrete structure - was the venue for a contest to be played over two matches. In truth, one match would prove more than enough to demonstrate the gulf between the teams.A four-week boot camp in North Queensland and a scratch match against local opposition was deemed to be enough preparation for the Socceroos' World Cup campaign. Most of the squad had not travelled internationally for football, let alone to such a foreign environment. But the Aussies were unprepared off the field as well as on it, and by the time the match came around many were ill after consuming the local water. The fleet-footed and skilful Koreans went one up early although Australia held firm until the hour mark. Then injuries, a noisy 60,000 crowd, and of course, a vastly superior opponent, took their toll. The North Koreans were easy 6-1 victors with Les Scheinflug's penalty on 70 minutes a lone, though historic, consolation. Johnny Warren later aptly described the match as "Australia's sporting Gallipoli", and it was hard to argue with the analogy.Remarkably, goal aggregate was not taken into consideration, and thus a victory for Australia in the return would have meant a third and deciding match. That was never likely, and despite an improved display for Australia, and another goal for Scheinflug, they lost 3-1. The Koreans famously proved their quality on a far bigger stage, notching an unthinkable group stage win over Italy before they narrowly failed to reach the 1966 World Cup semi-finals.2) Australia 1-0 South Korea (Hong Kong, November 1973) For decades it was an achievement that stood out as a singular beacon on a desolate landscape. Qualification for the World Cup. It was the end product of a marathon 11-match operation for Australia's battle-hardened amateurs. So too an equally epic globe-trotting campaign four years earlier had indirectly laid the platform for success. Earlier in the year Australia had seen off New Zealand, Indonesia and, in their first ever meeting, Iraq. Then came a backs-to-the-wall aggregate win over Iran. The final hurdle was home and away against South Korea. The first leg in Sydney was a scoreless stalemate, and the return an action-packed 2-2 draw in Seoul. Australia had to come from two goals down to earn a share of the spoils, but unlike the Iran tie some 24 years later, away goals were not considered. Thus a hastily arranged third match took place in Hong Kong. Remarkably, the match was played just 72 hours later. Korea had enjoyed the better of the first two encounters yet had nothing to show for it. The teams shared the same flight to Hong Kong and crafty Scottish-born midfielder Jimmy Rooney described the Koreans as looking broken.In truth, the decisive match was relatively unremarkable in terms of incident. Despite Australia turning in one of their most fluid performances of the era, the deadlocked remained. Finally on the hour mark came the decisive moment. An unconvincing clearance fell to Rooney who instinctively cushioned the ball into the path of his best mate Jimmy Mackay. The ensuring strike from 30 metres into the top corner was pure perfection with the ball seemingly still rising as it found its way inside the frame of the goal. Unlike John Aloisi's much venerated strike three decades on, the grainy footage of Mackay's goal is only rarely spotted. Yet Australia's young coach Rale Rasic, who did so much to bond the team into their one-for-all mentality said the goal was a "a moment you treasure for life". Full-back Doug Utjesenovic described the strike as a "one in a million": a summation hard to argue against. 3) Australia 1-1 Israel (Sydney, April 1989)Though a draw would not suffice, optimism was high, partly as a result of a battling draw earned a month earlier at Tel Aviv's intimidating Ramat Gan, and partly due to the new phenomenon that was European-based Socceroos. Australia's forward line included Eddie Krncevic, David Mitchell and Frank Farina, all of whom had enjoyed success in Europe. This match, however, was played against a rare backdrop, and proved to be poorly timed in more ways than one. It was the week of Adolf Hitler's 100th birthday but fears of crowd references to such proved unfounded. The match was also played less than 24 hours after the horrific events at Hillsborough. The 'house full' sign went up shortly before kick-off, but despite the shocking news from the other side of the world, or perhaps because of it, officials decided to alleviate a crush outside the gates by throwing the doors open. Israel's defence was marshalled by the late Avi Cohen, whose stint at Liverpool in the early 80s marked him as the first Israeli to play in England's top flight. Up front was Ronny Rosenthal – who himself would make the move to Anfield a year later – and Israeli football's poster boy Eli Ohana. And it was the latter, who boasts several Sydney-based relatives, who made the day's pivotal contribution. Israel were denied a seemingly clear penalty as Rosenthal went down under the challenge of goalkeeper Jeff Olver, while Farina had similar claims at the other end. However, a tense and scrappy first half seemed set to end in parity only for Ohana to break the deadlock five minutes before the interval. Socceroos captain Charlie Yankos made a rare error of judgement which, combined with hesitation by defensive partner and current Newcastle Jets coach Gary van Egmond, allowed Ohana to pounce. The lank-haired Ohana coolly rounded Olver and, with calm bordering on insouciance, proceeded to dummy, almost unnecessarily, the retreating Van Egmond before slotting into an empty net. Two goals in the second half was a massive challenge, and the Socceroos rarely threatened despite the attacking line-up. Substitute Paul Trimboli, the youngest member of the side, scored with a sharply-executed volley two minutes from time to preserve an unbeaten home World Cup qualifying record that was to stretch from 1981 to 2008. The visitors, however, had long taken much of the sting out of the game with a succession of delays. A lengthy period of injury time loomed, but idiosyncratic Italian referee Carlo Longhi decided he had seen enough and incredibly blew for full-time just seconds past 90 minutes. The Socceroos coach, Frank Arok, animated even by his standards, raced onto the pitch thrusting out his watch, and momentarily it seemed that anything could happen as a host of players surrounded the official. Eventually there was nothing to do other than accept the painful reality of another failed campaign.4) Australia 1-1 Argentina (Sydney, October 1993)Australia's path to the 1994 World Cup proved even more convoluted than usual. Dispensing with Oceania was just the first of three hurdles to negotiate. A resilient Canada were overcome, albeit only on penalties as a 21-year-old Mark Schwarzer was catapulted into the spotlight. The final challenge was a meeting with a South American side. The draw suggested that the opponent would likely be Colombia, Paraguay or Peru. Colombia, however, defied expectations by conjuring a landmark 5-0 win in Buenos Aires to send Argentina into the play-off. It was La Albiceleste's worst defeat in decades and the hand-wringing was immediate. Bowing to public pressure, coach Alfio Basile recalled Diego Maradona following his 15-month absence for taking banned substances, and then named him captain. For perhaps the first time ever, the gaze of the football world was well and truly on Australia.Surely Australia would be no match for the two-time world champions. Argentina's attack was led by Serie A duo Abel Balbo and the prolific Gabriel Batistuta, and made for a stark contrast with a backline featuring four players from the semi-professional ranks of the National Soccer League. The Argentine pair looked slick in possession but were largely starved of the ball by a hard-working Socceroo side that had long been well-drilled in the art of defending en masse by coach Eddie Thomson. Maradona showed several flashes of inspiration without quite being in vintage form. However Maradona, in one of the few times he escaped the man-marking of Australian skipper Paul Wade, set up Argentina's goal by delivering an inch-perfect cross converted with equal precision by the head of Balbo. It took just six minutes for scores to be level. Ned Zelic coolly dropped a pass onto the foot of onrushing right-back Tony Vidmar who swept the ball with telepathic accuracy onto the foot of brother Aurelio, who steered home the equaliser. It was the ultimate backyard dream realised. The second half was delayed as the stadium lights went out which, combined with the actual half-time break, made for a lengthy interval. It was little surprise that the second period lacked the kind of fluency seen in the first, and it was a scenario that suited the visitors. An away score draw was surely enough for Argentina and so it proved, though only by a surprisingly slim margin. Australia, without the injured Zelic and Bosnich, were unwavering until the end in Buenos Aires, and it took a miracle Tommy Oar-esque deflection from Batistuta's cross off the shin of Alex Tobin to separate the teams.5) Australia 2-2 Iran (Melbourne, November 1997)Australia's World Cup history had long been intertwined with heartbreaking failure, but there had never been a nadir like this. This was a storyline that played out like a dark inverted boys' own tale. There was a sense that the increasing competitiveness of the Socceroos internationally, the know-how of a high-profile coach in Terry Venables and the increasing number of European-based players, meant that this was the time. There was also a world record 14 match winning run. Admittedly some of the results were against small fry, such as a ludicrous 13-0 rout of the Solomon Islands, which included goalkeeper Mark Bosnich scoring from the penalty spot. Counter-balancing the scale were victories over Norway, South Korea and perhaps, most notably, Hungary in Budapest; wins in Europe could then be counted on one hand.Aided by some remarkable saves from Bosnich, Australia had escaped Tehran's hugely intimidating Azadi stadium – and an estimated 128,000 home supporters - with a 1-1 draw. Backed by the support of a record Socceroos World Cup crowd of 85,000, the balance was now marginally tipped in the home team's favour.Inspired by wide-men Robbie Slater, and in particular Stan Lazaridis, Australia shredded Iran's defence on numerous occasions. It was left to Harry Kewell, at just 19 years of age to break the deadlock having scored his maiden international goal in Tehran a week earlier. Aurelio Vidmar doubled the lead three minutes after the interval and Australia seemed unstoppable while the visitors, who had barely conjured a single goal attempt, were dazed and in utter disarray. But then came what many claim was the turning point. Peter Hore, for whom the phase 'Serial Pest' seemed to have been coined, and a man who in previous weeks had interrupted the Melbourne Cup and funeral of Michael Hutchence, entered the field and hauled down the net in the wake of Vidmar's second goal. There was certainly a momentum shift, accentuated with the first goal for Iran tucked away by captain Karim Bagheri. Replays suggested Khodadad Azizi, who provided the final pass, was offside. Four minutes later Azizi broke the offside trap and slotted past the hopelessly exposed Bosnich. Scores were level but it was Iran that suddenly had one foot in France and with Australia's earlier fluency now dissipated, there was to be no way back.Johnny Warren, Australia's own self-styled football missionary, was literally unable to speak to a live national television audience as tears welled in his eyes. The entire Australian football fraternity was in pain and Johnny's tears spoke for all.Despite the nation's famed passion for sport, this was seen to be the chance for football – a game considered by middle Australia to be fractured and marked by ethnic differences – to cross the divide and make the jump from a subculture to the mainstream. As it turned out the sleeping giant, to use a Warren-ism, was far from awoken, merely roused. 6) Australia 1-0 Uruguay (Sydney, November 2005)Uruguay's attacking talisman Alvaro Recoba was quoted as saying the two-time winners had a "divine right" to be at the World Cup. For once though, in some of the tightest two matches of football one could wish to see, the bounce of the World Cup ball went Australia's way. Some was a result of good planning and execution, some a result of pure good luck. Remarkably Uruguay found themselves in the play-off facing Australia, exactly as they had done four years earlier. With a 3-1 aggregate win taking them to Korea/Japan 2002, not to mention a stunning history of overachievement in the World Cup, Uruguay could be forgiven for being confident. However the Socceroos 'golden generation' was now at the peak of their powers. Having been spat on and harassed at Montevideo airport in 2001, the Australian federation went into overdrive in the organisation stakes. They had months to prepare, while Uruguay had exactly four weeks. Incredibly, there was only four days between the two matches, effectively three and a half considering the time difference. Australia departed on a Qantas charter within hours of full time in the first leg, which Uruguay had won 1-0. Uruguay had to wait until the next morning and found that most business class seats were booked out. Mark Bresciano scored the only goal on 35 minutes with a typically piercing strike amid a heightened atmosphere in Sydney. Australia though were still on a knife edge. An away goal for La Celeste would effectively end the tie. Recoba, perhaps spooked by some fierce attention from defenders and a baying crowd who had clearly read the pre-match press, was in and out of the game although his free-kicks were invariably menacing. Uruguay's lanky striker Richard Morales had the best chance of the match only to somehow direct his close-range header into the ground and over the crossbar. The two teams knew they were one defensive error away from catastrophe, and extra time came and went. For the first and only time in history, World Cup qualification was to be determined on penalties.Mark Schwarzer's first save was cancelled out after Mark Viduka dinked his effort wide, only for the Socceroo kepeer to again come to the rescue and set up John Aloisi's momentous winner. Cue unprecedented delirium. Guus Hiddink was feted for his tactical nous, having rolled the dice and won with almost every decision. Yet it could have been so different. The veteran Dutchman was warming up Zeljko Kalac, who boasted a strong record of saves from the spot, with a view to introducing him in the dying minutes. However, an enforced substitution to a stricken Brett Emerton with 10 minutes remaining put paid to that notion.Virtually every member of the Class of 74 was in the stands, taking in an occasion that must have felt like it would never arrive. The absentees were few, but among them was reclusive skipper Peter Wilson, and tragically the late Jimmy Mackay, whose storied goal in Hong Kong 32 years earlier was his generation's Aloisi moment. The most poignant absence though was that of football missionary Johnny Warren who didn't live to see the sport's breakthrough moment. Warren's state funeral was held a year and a day prior to the second leg. Perhaps there was intervention from above after all.AustraliaWorld Cup 2014 qualifiersAustralia sportguardian.co.uk © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. 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= HtmlHelper object FacebookConnectHelper::$Gravatar = GravatarHelper object FacebookConnectHelper::$Session = SessionHelper object $mrSparkle = MrSparkleHelper MrSparkleHelper::$helpers = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$base = "" MrSparkleHelper::$webroot = "/" MrSparkleHelper::$theme = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" MrSparkleHelper::$params = array MrSparkleHelper::$action = "index" MrSparkleHelper::$plugin = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$data = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$namedArgs = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$argSeparator = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$validationErrors = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$tags = array MrSparkleHelper::$__tainted = NULL MrSparkleHelper::$__cleaned = NULL $text = TextHelper TextHelper::$helpers = NULL TextHelper::$base = "" TextHelper::$webroot = "/" TextHelper::$theme = NULL TextHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" TextHelper::$params = array TextHelper::$action = "index" TextHelper::$plugin = NULL TextHelper::$data = NULL TextHelper::$namedArgs = NULL TextHelper::$argSeparator = NULL TextHelper::$validationErrors = NULL TextHelper::$tags = array TextHelper::$__tainted = NULL TextHelper::$__cleaned = NULL $gravatar = GravatarHelper GravatarHelper::$helpers = array GravatarHelper::$base = "" GravatarHelper::$webroot = "/" GravatarHelper::$theme = NULL GravatarHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" GravatarHelper::$params = array GravatarHelper::$action = "index" GravatarHelper::$plugin = NULL GravatarHelper::$data = NULL GravatarHelper::$namedArgs = NULL GravatarHelper::$argSeparator = NULL GravatarHelper::$validationErrors = NULL GravatarHelper::$tags = array GravatarHelper::$__tainted = NULL GravatarHelper::$__cleaned = NULL GravatarHelper::$Html = HtmlHelper object GravatarHelper::$Text = TextHelper object $time = TimeHelper TimeHelper::$helpers = NULL TimeHelper::$base = "" TimeHelper::$webroot = "/" TimeHelper::$theme = NULL TimeHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" TimeHelper::$params = array TimeHelper::$action = "index" TimeHelper::$plugin = NULL TimeHelper::$data = NULL TimeHelper::$namedArgs = NULL TimeHelper::$argSeparator = NULL TimeHelper::$validationErrors = NULL TimeHelper::$tags = array TimeHelper::$__tainted = NULL TimeHelper::$__cleaned = NULL $javascript = JavascriptHelper JavascriptHelper::$useNative = true JavascriptHelper::$enabled = true JavascriptHelper::$safe = false JavascriptHelper::$tags = array JavascriptHelper::$_blockOptions = array JavascriptHelper::$_cachedEvents = array JavascriptHelper::$_cacheEvents = false JavascriptHelper::$_cacheToFile = false JavascriptHelper::$_cacheAll = false JavascriptHelper::$_rules = array JavascriptHelper::$__scriptBuffer = NULL JavascriptHelper::$helpers = NULL JavascriptHelper::$base = "" JavascriptHelper::$webroot = "/" JavascriptHelper::$theme = NULL JavascriptHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" JavascriptHelper::$params = array JavascriptHelper::$action = "index" JavascriptHelper::$plugin = NULL JavascriptHelper::$data = NULL JavascriptHelper::$namedArgs = NULL JavascriptHelper::$argSeparator = NULL JavascriptHelper::$validationErrors = NULL JavascriptHelper::$__tainted = NULL JavascriptHelper::$__cleaned = NULL $html = HtmlHelper HtmlHelper::$tags = array HtmlHelper::$_crumbs = array HtmlHelper::$__includedScripts = array HtmlHelper::$_scriptBlockOptions = array HtmlHelper::$__docTypes = array HtmlHelper::$helpers = NULL HtmlHelper::$base = "" HtmlHelper::$webroot = "/" HtmlHelper::$theme = NULL HtmlHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" HtmlHelper::$params = array HtmlHelper::$action = "index" HtmlHelper::$plugin = NULL HtmlHelper::$data = NULL HtmlHelper::$namedArgs = NULL HtmlHelper::$argSeparator = NULL HtmlHelper::$validationErrors = NULL HtmlHelper::$__tainted = NULL HtmlHelper::$__cleaned = NULL $form = FormHelper FormHelper::$helpers = array FormHelper::$fieldset = array FormHelper::$__options = array FormHelper::$fields = array FormHelper::$requestType = NULL FormHelper::$defaultModel = NULL FormHelper::$_inputDefaults = array FormHelper::$base = "" FormHelper::$webroot = "/" FormHelper::$theme = NULL FormHelper::$here = "/geography/pyongyang.html" FormHelper::$params = array FormHelper::$action = "index" FormHelper::$plugin = NULL FormHelper::$data = NULL FormHelper::$namedArgs = NULL FormHelper::$argSeparator = NULL FormHelper::$validationErrors = NULL FormHelper::$tags = array FormHelper::$__tainted = NULL FormHelper::$__cleaned = NULL FormHelper::$Html = HtmlHelper objectinclude - APP/views/elements/rightbar/focus_page.ctp, line 15 View::_render() - CORE/cake/libs/view/view.php, line 731 View::element() - CORE/cake/libs/view/view.php, line 392 include - APP/views/entities/focus_page.ctp, line 91 View::_render() - CORE/cake/libs/view/view.php, line 731 View::render() - CORE/cake/libs/view/view.php, line 426 Controller::render() - CORE/cake/libs/controller/controller.php, line 909 EntitiesController::index() - APP/controllers/entities_controller.php, line 232 Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 204 Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/cake/dispatcher.php, line 171 [main] - APP/webroot/index.php, line 83
