Australia – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 15 – 37 (8 – 19).
Australia went down 37 – 15 (8 – 19) to Saudi Arabia, today at the Shaikh Saad Al-Abdullah Sports Hall Complex in Kuwait, in their second game of the 2020 Asian Championship.
Australia struggled to break through the physical and offensive Saudi defence and relied on long-range shots to get goals. Caleb Gahan shot impressively from distance, scoring 7 goals from 8 shots.
In defence, goalkeeper Alex Lynch performed well with a 52% save rate that included 3 from 5 penalties faced.
Half time saw Australia trailing with 8 – 19.
Despite the physical game, Australia kept fighting to string together some good handball.
The final 15 minutes saw Australia took out the goalkeeper during the attack phase to make use -f the 7 on 6 system however, the Saudis took advantage of some errors to score 2 against an empty goal.
Australian goalscorers included Gahan (7), Warrener (3), Prokic (2), Szklarski (1), Traverso (1), and Anderson (1).
Photos: Jun Tanlayco
