Australia pushed Argentina all the way when they met in the second round of the World Cup last December, losing 2-1 to the eventual champions. Yet it could have been Oman taking on Messi and Co in their own backyard on Arab soil – not that much would have had to have gone differently.
Had the Reds scored one more goal against China in November 2021 then they would have finished two points above the Socceroos in the
