The team will need a win or a draw to book a place in the knockout rounds when they take on Jordan in their final group game at 11pm on Tuesday night.
Speaking post-game,Kuol told Football Australia media he was impressed with the strike but was disappointed Australia didn’t win the game.
“Happy to get a point but it’s a disappointing result 100 per cent.
“We were up and we had to get on with it,but in the end Iraq were lucky to get away with a point.”
However,with a smile,Kuol played down the strike.
“Out of 10? I’d give it a five. That’s normal. Just give me the same ball and I’ll do it again,” Kuol joked.
“I’m lying,that was nice.”
Kuol comes from a talented family with hisbrother Garang recently starring for the A-League All-Stars against Barcelona.
Their family left war-torn Sudan when he was three,moving to Egypt and finally settling in Shepparton where his parents work as dry cleaners and raised their seven children.
Western United’s Ben Garuccio scored a scorpion goal in the A-League Men against Western Sydney Wanderers in February.
Socceroos midfielder Riley McGree was nominated for the Puskas Award for a similar scorpion goal in 2018 after scoring for Newcastle Jets against Melbourne City in the A-League.
Tim Cahill scored a bicycle kick (an overhead kick with his back to goal) during the Asia Cup in Australia in 2015.
Cahill was also nominated for the Puskas Award in 2014 for his volley in the FIFA World Cup against the Netherlands.
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