Socceroos' World Cup playoff against Syria to be held in Malaysia

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Australia's Tomi Juric feels his side could have easily won by five goals and now anxiously await Japan's result. Malaysia will host Syria's home match against Australia in a 2018 World Cup playoff, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced.

The Socceroos will head to the Hang Jebat Stadium for the Oct. 5 match before hosting the Syrians at Sydney's ANZ Stadium five days later.

The venue in the city of Malacca, two hours south of Kuala Lumpur, hosted Syria's home matches during the third round of AFC World Cup qualifying.

There had been reports that Syria had requested the match to be played in the...