"This is the second meeting been Venezuela and Australia but the first in more than 21 years after the sides played out a 1-1 draw in a friendly in February 2004. Paul Agostino opened the scoring for the Socceroos, while Juan Arango equalised for Venezuela in the dying stages. Here is some suitably grainy footage of the game from a potentially unreliable source."
"Hello and welcome to live coverage of the international football friendly between Venezuela and Australia at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston. The Socceroos continue to ramp up their preparations for the 2026 World Cup to be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico with a pair of friendlies against South American opponents. The first is against a rebuilding La Vinotinto before facing fellow World Cup qualifiers Colombia on Wednesday (Australia time)."
Venezuela and Australia met in a friendly at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, marking the nations' second meeting and first in more than 21 years. The 2004 friendly finished 1-1, with Paul Agostino scoring for Australia and Juan Arango equalising late for Venezuela. Australia scheduled back-to-back friendlies against South American opposition as part of preparations for the 2026 World Cup, including a subsequent match against Colombia. Patrick Beach, Kai Trewin and Paul Okon-Engstler made senior debuts, Milos Degenek wore the captain's armband, and the attacking partnership of Nestory Irankunda and Mohamed Toure was given more time to develop. Australia had been one of the first teams to qualify for the tournament and had a 12-match unbeaten run that was recently snapped.
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