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Anna Harrington

UNBELIEVABLE: Mat ryan starts for socceroos in asian cup opener - Caught on Camera

Coach Graham Arnold has urged the Socceroos to significantly improve after starting their Asian Cup campaign with an underwhelming 2-0 win over the world's No.102 side India.

Australia had intended to start the tournament with a bang against the group B minnows in Doha on Saturday (Sunday AEDT).

Instead, they only fizzled at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium until Jackson Irvine pounced on an error from India goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and scored in the 50th minute.

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