Socceroos v Vietnam: World Cup 2022 qualifier – live!

• 9.58am GMT 09:58 Goal! Australia 2-0 Vietnam (Rogic 45)
• 9.42am GMT 09:42 Goal! Australia 1-0 Vietnam (Maclaren 30)
• 9.14am GMT 09:14 VAR rules the goal out
• 9.13am GMT 09:13 Goal! Australia 1-0 Vietnam (Rogic 1)
• 9.11am GMT 09:11 First half under way
• 8.44am GMT 08:44 How Australia line up
• 8.39am GMT 08:39 Preamble

45+3 mins: And that is that for the half. A great way to finish the opening period as Rogic adds to Maclaren’s headed opener and the Socceroos head in at the break 2-0 up.

45+2 mins: Rogic won’t be denied a goal! He finishes with aplomb after Leckie slips him through with a neat little pass.

44 mins: Leckie has his name taken for a cynical foul on Nguyen Quand Hai, who he brings down just as he looks to break.

43 mins: Ooh, you can sense the anticipation as Rogic shapes under a high clearance... he connects well, but it’s straight into a red shirt.

42 mins: Nice from the visitors, as they fashion a shooting chance, their first of the night. But Phan Van Duc’s effort is weak and easy for Ryan to deal with. Still, a rare shot on target for Vietnam!

40 mins: Karacic again makes inroads going forward. The right-back is having a decent game.

How’s Ash Barty going across the road? She’s won and will contest Saturday’s Australian Open final!

38 mins: Here we go... .Boyle does well to get to Maclaren’s deep cross and play the ball back across the face of goal for Leckie, who controls, spins and fires! Well blocked!

37 mins: Boyle thinks he’s won a corner, but the flag is up and he’s offside. Goal kick it is instead.

36 mins: Rogic, so comfortable on the ball, brings it down expertly and lays off. What a player, when he’s in good touch.

35 mins: We’ve just been told on the telly that Graham Arnold, absent from the stadium tonight due to a positive Covid test, is on the blower to the dugout, barking orders down a direct telephone line.

34 mins: Oof, that’s a cynical challenge by Phan Van Duc on Boyle, as the forward skipped past him on the touchline. Amazingly, there’s no yellow card produced.

33 mins: Boyle looks to scamper onto a through ball now, hoping to double the lead, but it’s just out of his reach and the ball runs all the way through to Bui Tan Truong.

31 mins: That was clinical from the Melbourne City striker, and you can’t say that it hadn’t been coming. A well deserved lead.

30 mins: This one will count! Maclaren rises, all alone, to meet a pinpoint cross from the left boot of Rogic with a thumping header that hits the back of the net! The Socceroos have their lead, finally!

29 mins: Here’s Mooy now in the middle of the park, but he’s got little to aim at up ahead of him. He plays the ball back.

28 mins: Leckie and King link up on the left, but Rogic’s touch lets him down when the ball arrives at his feet in the middle. Still goalless as we approach the half-hour mark.

27 mins: The Socceroos are being a bit more patient with their build up here. It doesn’t work out though, as Degenek eventually opts for a long ball forward that doesn’t reach a gold shirt. In fact, there’s no one near that pass.

25 mins: Hard to disagree with this sentiment.