Olyroos miss out on Paris Olympic Games qualification after 0-0 draw with Qatar at Under-23 Asian Cup

Australia’s Olympic soccer hopes will relaxation solely with the Matildas after the boys did not qualify.

The Olyroos had been held to a goalless draw by hosts Qatar of their closing group match within the Below-23 Asian Cup, which serves because the Olympic qualifying match, leaving them with two factors and no targets from their three matches.

Australia pressed for a lot of the match and created a sequence of possibilities, however as of their earlier matches, had been unable to make these possibilities depend.

Because it occurred, it could not have mattered if that they had.

For Australia to qualify they not solely wanted to win however for Indonesia to lose. As a substitute Indonesia, who had overwhelmed Australia 1-0, beat Jordan 4-1.

Qatar and Indonesia progress from the group into the quarterfinals, with the highest three within the occasion qualifying for Paris.

The Olyroos will miss the Video games for the fourth time up to now three editions, failing to qualify for London 2012 and Rio 2016, earlier than a third-placed end on the 2020 U23 Asian Cup booked their ticket to Tokyo, the place they fell within the group stage.

Having drawn 0-0 with Jordan and misplaced 1-0 to Indonesia, Tony Vidmar’s gamers confronted Qatar at Al Rayyan’s Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium on Sunday (early Monday AEDT) hoping to interrupt their goalscoring duck and be given a lifeline from the opposite group sport being performed concurrently.

Vidmar made three adjustments from the loss to Indonesia with Rhys Youlley, Lachlan Brook and Nicolas Milanovic returning to the beginning XI.

Although Qatar had already certified, the opening interval was cagey and little had occurred when Australia had been pressured right into a change after Jake Hollman pulled up. Keegan Jelacic changed him.

Australia then started to press and may have been forward by the break.

Youlley drew a great save on the close to submit, then Jacob Italiano shot over when effectively positioned, earlier than Milanovic in some way headed throughout purpose from past the far submit.

At half-time got here the information that Indonesia was 2-0 up, however Australia’s sport remained resolutely goalless.

With 20 minutes left, the Kuol brothers — Alou and Garang — had been launched because the Inexperienced and Gold sought in useless to get one thing out of the match.

Jelacic got here closest, a volley being parried onto the upright whereas Indonesia, in close by Doha, wrapped up their victory.

AAP