Matildas road to AFC Asian Cup final
THE Matildas are in Jordan for their most important tournament of the year. SWOOP’s guide to the Asian Cup, Australia’s passport to the women’s World Cup.
Asian Cup
Matildas’ worst trait rears its ugly head
IF the Matildas go on to win the AFC Asian Cup they will look back and see the match against Thailand as the biggest lesson they have learnt on the way to becoming No.1 in Asia.
‘Worst performance I’ve been involved in’
ALANNA Kennedy’s last-gasp heroics failed to paper over the Matildas poor Asian Cup semi-final performance against Thailand.
Victory kids to face incredible Hulk
MELBOURNE Victory will unleash their pack of youths in Wednesday night’s Asian Champions League clash with Shanghai SIPG. And they’ll have to overcome one of the game’s brightest talents.
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Skipper Jedinak ruled out of Oman clash
SOCCEROOS captain Mile Jedinak will miss Australia’s second Asian Cup clash with Oman on Tuesday after failing to shrug off an ankle injury.
Suncorp surface ’very, very, very, very bad’
CHINA coach Alain Perrin slammed the state of the Suncorp Stadium playing surface after his side’s 1-0 Asian Cup Group B win over Saudi Arabia.
Video: Last-second saves decide two games
UP FOR THE CUP: three 1-0 results see South Korea, Uzbekistan and China prevail but uncannily similar last-second heroics decided two games.
China snatch points against Saudi Arabia
THE absence of star striker Nasser Al-Shamrani proved costly for Saudi Arabia in their 1-0 loss to China at Suncorp Stadium.
Uzbekistan prevail in Sydney deluge
IGOR Sergeev headed in the only goal of a rain-sodden game in the 62nd-minute Saturday to give Uzbekistan a 1-0 win over North Korea.
Le Guen hits out as Oman denied penalty
OMAN boss Paul Le Guen has slammed A-League referee Peter O’Leary for not awarding his side a penalty in their 1-0 loss to Korea Republic.
Jedinak in doubt for Oman
CAPTAIN Mile Jedinak is Australia’s major injury concern heading in to Tuesday’s second group game against Oman at ANZ Stadium.
Iran hoping history repeats, 17 years on
ON Sunday Iran will play in Melbourne for the first time since that infamous 1997 World Cup playoff against the Socceroos.
Early goal gave Spira Chile flashbacks
Defender Matthew Spiranovic admitted to Chile flashbacks, but Tim Cahill was proud of his young teammates’ stunning reaction against Kuwait.
South Korea send Socceroos warning
KOREA Republic issued its Group A adversaries a timely Asian Cup warning after taming Oman 1-0 on a wet Canberra Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
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