Bahrain v Australia: World Cup 2026 qualifying – live
Updates from the Socceroos’ must-win gameKick-off time at Bahrain National Stadium is 5:15am AEDTAny thoughts? Feel free to get in touch on email
2 min My word, what a start. The defending was terrible from Bahrain. In fact, Al Shamsan’s errant backpass may have been their first touch of the entire match.
It was a shambles of a goal, not that Australia will care. Hamad Al Shamsan played a dreadful backpass, badly underhit, and Yengi was in. He walked round the keeper Lutfallah and reversed a shot that the diving Lutfallah could only push into his own net.
