Matchday 9: Australia v Japan Date: Thursday, 24 March 2022 Venue: Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia Kick-off: 8.10pm AEDT Tickets: Tickets available from Ticketek Broadcast: Live and free in Australia on Network 10 and simulcast on 10 Play
and for the first time since the 1978 qualifiers I wont be attending any games in a world cup qualifying cycle.
Such positive media! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...Socceroos-ended-brink-World-Cup-disaster.html
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS FOR FRINGE STARS WITH A ROOS CASE TO MAKE Possible team: Vukovic; King, Sainsbury, Wright, Atkinson; Stensness, Metcalfe; Tilio, Genreau, Boyle; Fornaroli https://keepup.com.au/news/opportun...PsbOQWGTFNqa5BZjaGl3AWyd6skOYdDaulsVKQa-5la18
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to Qatar (Final Round) Matchday 10: Saudi Arabia v Australia Date: Wednesday, 30 March 2022 Venue: King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Kick-off: 5:00AM AEDT Broadcast: Live and free in Australia on Network 10 and simulcast on 10 Play https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/m...I86wruFpkJlRvWuEjXZtmnSuOWEWYG7FUrERFOoROGrb4
So, UAE it is. And then, IF we can win that game, its Peru. https://wwos.nine.com.au/football/w...hen-peru/90b93663-a1e2-4c4a-9c30-d4d9289e700e
Good puff piece on Nathaniel Atkinson: https://sport.optus.com.au/articles...K7fkvN9y-C_kPyqgkTQSwdqP5Iyu41ETioVT7T8KJvkTE
Socceroos squad for AFC, intercontinental play-offs Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian) Aziz Behich (uncontracted) Martin Boyle (Al-Faisaly FC) Nicholas D'Agostino (Melbourne Victory) Jason Davidson (Melbourne Victory) Milos Degenek (Columbus Crew) Kenny Dougall (Blackpool FC) Mitchell Duke (Fagiao Okayama) Denis Genreau (Toulouse FC) Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) Ajdin Hrustic (Eintracht Frankfurt) Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli) Fran Karacic (Brescia Calcio) Joel King (Odense Boldklub) Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City) Awer Mabil (uncontracted) Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City) Riley McGree (Middlesbrough FC) Aaron Mooy (Shanghai Port FC) Andrew Redmayne (gk) (Sydney FC) Kye Rowles (Central Coast Mariners) Mathew Ryan (gk) (Real Sociedad) Trent Sainsbury (uncontracted) Gianni Stensness (Viking FK) Adam Taggart (Cerezo Osaka) Marco Tilio (Melbourne City) Danny Vukovic (gk) (NEC Nijmegen) Bailey Wright (Sunderland) https://www.sbs.com.au/sport/articl...eroos-squad-for-world-cup-play-offs/lvrp42h9w
I must admit I'm approaching these games more with hope than expectation. I wish the players good luck and I'm sure they will do their best.
Yep. Didn't play who he's going to probably start against UAE. We should've been down 2-1 at the half. And Mabil looked offside, so if there had been VAR, then we would've lost this game?
I'm struggling to work out the point of this game now. I suspect so. The free kick we scored from came from the attack after the penalty was turned down so that wouldn't have stood with VAR either. It just seemed strange to have so many players who probably won't figure against UAE or Peru when we only have one friendly to warm up. If this was a pre world cup friendly and part of a series then the team would have been fine. Seems a waste of preparation for a one of knockout game. We may have been better off just keeping the side training.
I saw a number of around 500 travelling quoted, plus expats living there. So very likely to be less than 1000.