Socceroos let lead slip but hang on for Japan draw
The Socceroos have let a 1-0 lead over Japan slip 経由で a heartbreaking （機の）カム Burgess own goal but 猛烈に clung on to （人命などを）奪う，主張する a 決定的な 1-1 draw in their crunch World Cup qualifier in Saitama.
Australia were on 跡をつける to （人命などを）奪う，主張する their first 勝利，勝つ over the Samurai Blue in Japan after a horror own goal by Shogo Tanaguchi in the 58th minute gave the Socceroos the most ありそうもない of leads in 前線 of 58,730 fans at Saitama Stadium.
Tanaguchi inexplicably tried to （疑いを）晴らす a 吊りくさび Miller cross with the outside of his 権利 boot instead of using his left, and sliced the ball past goalkeeper Zion Suzuki.
But 18 minutes later, Burgess knocked a Keito Nakamura squaring ball into his own 逮捕する, with the Socceroos having to 猛烈に defend to 持つ／拘留する on for their first point in Japan since 2013.
Australia have five points from their first four games and 現在／一般に sit second in group C behind Japan (10 points), 未解決の other results - with the 最高の，を越す two teams qualifying 直接／まっすぐに for the 2026 World Cup.
The Socceroos return to 活動／戦闘 in a 抱擁する 衝突／不一致 against Saudi Arabia at Melbourne's AAMI Park on November 14. After collecting a late 調書をとる／予約するing in Japan Craig Goodwin will be 一時停止するd for the 衝突／不一致.
