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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Australia sets new records agianst American Samoa in World Cup Qualifying
Mi1o Yambag	posted on 04-12-2001 @ 9:51 AM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Australia's binge not official yet ZURICH – World governing body FIFA were waiting for the referee's report to see if Australia had beaten American Samoa by a world record score of 31-0 or 32-0 in their Oceania World Cup qualifying match on Wednesday. The score was originally given as 32-0 as confusion arose at the ground following a glut of goals late in the game. Australia had led 16-0 at halftime. FIFA said later on Wednesday it would not officially confirm the result of the match until the reports from the referee and the match commissioner have been received and checked. The FIFA Web site commented: "According to media sources, Archie Thompson is reported to have scored 14 goals and David Zdrilic 8 goals. Both of them would set new records as well." Thompson said afterwards; "I knew about the records at half-time and feel proud to have broken them. You would think it wouldn't be broken again, but if we keep playing these Oceania games you never know." Confusion appears to have arisen over the final score as the scoreboard operator at the stadium in the town of Coffs Harbour where the match was played, flashed up one extra goal by mistake in the dying minutes of the match. It was the second time in three days that Australia had run up a world record in an international in their Oceania qualifying group one match on Wednesday. Australia set the previous record on Monday when they beat Tonga 22-0. The previous World Cup winning margin was established by Iran who beat Guam 19-0 in Asia's first round of World Cup qualifying in Tabriz on November 24, 2000. Thompson, who had only scored one international goal before Wednesday's avalanche, hit a world record of either 13 or 14 goals. Thompson's tally broke the previous joint record in a recognised international match of 10 goals held by Sofus Nielsen of Denmark and Gottfried Fuchs of Germany. Nielsen scored 10 when Denmark beat France 17-1 in the 1908 Olympics and Fuchs scored 10 when Germany beat Russia 16-0 in the 1912 Olympics. While Australia are ranked 75th by world governing body FIFA, American Samoa are 203rd and last in the rankings. Their already thin chances of avoiding a drubbing disappeared when 95 percent of their players were ruled ineligible to play in the tournament because they did not have American passports. The resulting team, which included a 15-year-old and had an average age of 19, lost their first match to Fiji 13-0 after spending the previous day shopping for boots. After the Fiji loss, team coach Tunoa Lui anticipated a record loss to the hosts. "We are asking the Lord to help keep the score down," he said on Tuesday. His prayers went unanswered but Lui remained philosophical in defeat. "God is the righteous one and because of him losing by so many goals does not matter," he said. Con Boutsianis, who made his Australian debut this week after being fined by the Australian courts last month for driving the getaway car in a 1998 armed robbery, scored the opening goal from a corner kick in the 10th minute. He ended the match with hat-trick. David Zdrilic scored eight goals but it was Thompson who dominated, scoring eight times in the first half and more after the break. Australian captain Kevin Muscat, the captain of English first division Wolverhampton Wanderers, said the American Samoans were saying "that's enough, no more." Australia achieved the result despite being without some of their leading players, including Leeds United forwards Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka. Pati Feagiai's harmless shot at goal -- American Samoa's first for the night -- just before full time drew a cheer from the crowd, estimated at 2,500. The world record result in a match regarded as a first class fixture by statisticians worldwide, was established on September 12, 1885 when Arbroath beat Bon Accord 36-0 in the first round of the Scottish FA Cup. Smoke Weed Everyday
Rommel	posted on 04-12-2001 @ 10:00 AM
Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00	Milo, this tells me that WE could also beat them. This also tells me that Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, et al. would score 50 on them.... FYI: most lopsided score at a World Cup took place in 1974 with Yugoslavia defeating Zaire, 9 nil... Jeder oder Keiner, Alles oder Nichts

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