Giant Australia outplayed hosts Bangladesh by 4-0 goals with forward Tim Cahill making a hat-trick in their group-B match of the FIFA World Cup/Asia Cup Qualifiers at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday.With this win, Australia took the group-B top slot with 15 points from their six matches followed by Jordan securing 13 points from five matches while Bangladesh remained in the bottom place collecting one point from six matches. The Asian champions and four times World Cup playing Australia dominated the first half by 4-0 goals and also won the match by the same margin. Both teams displayed their attacks and counter-attacks in the 2nd half, but those were not enough to score. Forward Tim Cahill put the visitors ahead in the 6th minute by a deader from top of the six yard box off a 35 yard curved free kick pass of midfielder Aaron Mooy from left flank (1-0).Tim Cahill doubled the lead scoring his 2nd goal in the 32nd minute tapping the ball from the goal mouth melee off a cross from Aaron Mooy (2-0). He completed his hat-trick scoring the 3rd goal in the 37th minute flicking the ball into the far of the post off a Aaron Mooy’s cutback from left flank (3-0). Australian skipper extended the lead in the 43rd minute by a header off a header pass from Baily Wright from Aaron Mooy’s free kick (4-0).Earlier, a one-minute silence was observed before the match in honour of the victims of Paris terrorist attacks.Bangladesh could hardly amuse around 20,000 audience who come to enjoy the match as well as to inspire the home team. The security was tighter than ever in and outside the match venue as well as its surrounding areas. The Australian football team arrived in Dhaka on Monday evening amid tight security for their first-ever visit to Bangladesh and will leave Dhaka tonight. All the business outlets around the match venue remained closed as well as the vehicular movement suspended from Tuesday to ensure foolproof security. Earlier, Bangladesh conceded a 0-5 goals defeat to giant Australia in their first appearance in Perth in September 3 this year.
