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World Cup: Socceroos angry at missed offside call in Peru's opening goal
Socceroos coach Bert van Marwijk roasted the refereeing in Australia's 2-0 loss to Peru in their final group match at the 2018 World Cup.
Andre Carrillo and Paolo Guerrero scored the two goals for Peru, but there were serious question marks over whether the first goal should have been allowed.
Video replays of the pass Guerrero collected off a long ball to set up Carrillo's perfect volley showed the Peru captain may have been offside. At that stage it was Peru's first and only shot on goal in the match.
Following the defeat, Van Marwijk was critical of the missed call.
"We saw in the first half we were much better. They shoot one time on goal and it was offside. I saw it on video," the Dutch coach said.
"I thought today also that we played much better than our opponent. They shot two times, very lucky, the first goal was offside."
(SBS)
Guerrero collected a long ball and delivered the cross for Carrillo. Photo: SBS
Van Marwijk, like most Socceroos fans, also rued the many missed opportunities in the final third. Despite dominating possession and setting the tempo throughout the match, they couldn't deliver the killer blow in front of goal.
"We get so many chances, we have a problem at this level to score a goal," he said.
"We did everything, they did everything I asked,
"We played football very well, and we got a lot of chances, only we couldn't score."
(AAP)
Sainsbury stuck his boot out with Guerrero tracking the long ball. Photo: AAP
Socceroos defender Trent Sainsbury had been solid at the back during the tournament in Russia, but against Peru he slightly mistimed his attempt to intercept the long ball to Guerrero which set up the first goal.
In the moment Sainsbury later explained that he also thought it was going to be called offside, which influenced his decision on the field.
"Yeh I thought it should have been offside," he said.
"If I knew he wasn't offside I wouldn't have played at the ball.
"Pretty much half chances for them."
Sainsbury was solid for much of the tournament but was understandably disappointed with the result in Sochi.
"To lose in the way we did, it was a kick in the teeth," he said.
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