Australia vs Iran (2:2) WCQ in 1997

Australia 2:2 Iran
29 November 1997, MCG, Melbourne, Crowd: 85,022
The second leg of the qualifier was at home for Australia and with the 1-1 from the first leg Australia needed a win or a 0-0 draw to advance to the World Cup. During this game a spectator damaged the net and this required just over 5 minutes to fix. All events subsequent to this event at 48mins are recorded disregarding the interruption as no play was taking place.
Australian Line-up: Mark Bosnich, Craig Moore (Graham Arnold 78), Steve Horvat, Alex Tobin (c), Stan Lazaridis, Robbie Slater (Tony Vidmar 76), Ned Zelic, Aurelio Vidmar (Ernie Tapai 76), Craig Foster, Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka
Goals : Kewell 32, A Vidmar 48
Iran line-up: Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh (c), Naim Saadavi (Ebrahim Tahami 70 (Ali Akbar Ostad Asadi 84)), Mohammad Khakpour, Mohammad Ali Peyrovani, Mehdi Pashazadeh, Hamid Estili, Karim Bagheri, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Reza Shahroudi (Ali Reza Mansourian 52), Khodadad Azizi, Ali Daei. Goals : Bagheri 71, Azizi 75