2006 Australia national soccer team season
World Cup
Note ¹: Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.

2006 Australia national soccer team season

Section Title: World Cup
Table Section Text: Note ¹: Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow.

12 June Group Stage	Australia	3–1	Japan	Kaiserslautern, Germany

15:00 CEST	Cahill 84', 89' Aloisi 90+2'	(Report)	26' Nakamura	Stadium: Fritz Walter Stadion Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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On 12 June, Australia defeated Japan 3–1 in Kaiserslautern, with Cahill scoring two goals and Aloisi scoring one to claim the 2006 Australia national soccer team season's World Cup.

final_sentence: On 12 June, Australia defeated Japan 3–1 in Kaiserslautern, with Cahill scoring two goals and Aloisi scoring one to claim the 2006 Australia national soccer team season's World Cup.