Supersub Cahill fires brace as Aussies bounce back to overhaul Japan

TIM CAHILL scored twice in the last six minutes and John Aloisi added a third in injury time as Australia made a winning return to the World Cup finals with a dramatic victory over Japan.

Supersub Cahill fires brace as Aussies  bounce back to overhaul Japan

Everton midfielder Cahill came off the bench to score in the 84th and 89th minutes to overhaul Japan, who had taken the lead following an error by Mark Schwarzer in the first half at Kaiserslautern’s Fritz Walter Stadium.

Aloisi then rounded off the victory in the Group F opener — Australia’s first ever at the World Cup — 32 years after the nation’s only previous appearance at the finals, also on German soil, in 1974.

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