A host of Graham Arnold’s squad for the Asian Cup will play for their clubs beyond Christmas in a bid to win the clubs support for the national team. Meanwhile Aaron Mooy is in despite his injury.
The auditions are over and the stage is set, Graham Arnold’s Socceroos squad for the 2019 Asian Cup is beginning to take shape — but who will be lucky enough to board the plane come January?
Melbourne Victory officials are eagerly awaiting the club’s Asian Champions League draw, knowing the potential match-up could deliver a bumper payday for the A-League power.
GRAHAM Arnold has hinted Craig Goodwin is in the frame to make the Socceroos squad proper for this month’s second home friendly against Lebanon.
IT’S an issue that has dogged Australian football’s mainstream march, a trait that offends sports fans. Now steps have been taken to address time wasting.
IT was one of Australia’s grandest moments, but for Uzbekistan, their 6-0 loss to the Socceroos at the 2011 Asian Cup ranks among their worst memories.
IF North Korea falls to Saudi Arabia in Melbourne on Wednesday, but nobody back home could watch it, did it really happen at all? The answer is most probably no.
MILE Jedinak’s absence and the promise of squad rotation have set the scene for the Socceroos’ crunch clash with Oman tonight. Here’s what we can expect.
THE 12-year-old ball boy who told the China goalkeeper which way to go to save a penalty has made his mark on the Asian Cup hopefuls.
IRAQ’S bid to regain the Asian Cup has started on a winning but hardly convincing note, relying on a deflected goal to beat Jordan 1-0 at Brisbane Stadium.
UP for the Cup: Japan didn’t have to get out of second gear to thump Palestine, Iraq did it tough against Jordan and Cahill warns of complacency.
TIM Cahill has scored three times against Oman but Australia’s captain-for-a-night is concentrating only on the win that will assure a place in the next round.
THERE will be no holding back, no sitting on a lead, no getting the job done. Ange Postecoglou will only send his players out to play one way.
OMAN coach Paul Le Guen insists the Socceroos won’t be weakened by the loss of their captain Mile Jedinak for Tuesday night’s match at Stadium Australia.
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