Doha, June 14 (BNA): The actions of substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne in dancing helped Australia win a penalty shootout over Peru in the intercontinental playoff on Monday, but he said he was not a hero, just playing his part as they made their fifth consecutive World Cup appearance. .
The 33-year-old, who tested at Arsenal as a teenager, was brought in for his third international match three minutes ago to play at the end of extra time and stopped the final kick as Australia won 5-4 on penalties after the match ended in a goalless draw, Reuters reported. .
“He’s a very good penalty shootout and I’ve done something that can affect them mentally,” coach Graham Arnold explained in the post-match press conference.
Perhaps they would ask themselves the following question: “Why is this man being brought up, he must be good.”
“Maybe that was why they hit the post. It’s a 1% mental effort to annoy the penalty shootout organizers in Peru. It was a risk, but it worked.”
Redmayne’s antics were definitely a distraction. He was dancing along the line, waving his arms furiously, shaking his hips and bouncing from side to side in Ahmed Ben Ali’s court.
“It’s a team game, it’s a team effort, so I can’t get any more credit than any of the 27 (players) that are here,” Redmayne said.
“This idea was brought up in the pre-selection that might happen in these kinds of circumstances and over the course of the two or three weeks we were here (in Qatar), this was kind of on my mind.
“I’ve been working on a few things in training but at the end of the day it was like flipping the coin, either right or left.
“I’m not a hero, I played my part like everyone else did tonight,” added Redmayne.