Stajcic refuses to get sour over draw
MATILDAS coach Alen Stajcic has been dealt a lemon in the AFC Asian Cup draw but he chooses to overcome the lopsided scenario on the pitch with results rather than words.
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Simon says: Matildas a serious Asian Cup threat
KYAH Simon was a wide-eyed 19-year-old when she was part of the Matildas side that won the 2010 Asian Cup. She knows how significant that win was and wants the Aussies to taste the ultimate success again in Jordan.
Matildas setting Australian soccer’s template
Her willingness to push the Matildas agenda so far removed from today’s squad that are favourites to win the AFC Asian Cup in Jordan starting this weekend.
Crunch time for Victory’s Asian ambitions
MELBOURNE Victory’s Asian Champions League away clash with Ulsan Hyundai is one of the most momentous games in the history of Australia’s biggest soccer club.
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Football amongst the dictatorships
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Asian Cup to smash viewing records
A RECORD 800 million people are expected to tune in to the Asian Cup in Australia, smashing the mark set at the 2011 tournament in Qatar.
Why the Socceroos’ Cup history matters
AS host nation, Australia’s hopes for the 2015 Asian Cup are high — but tinged with realism about the task at hand. It hasn’t always been so.
Feral fans warned they will be banned
KNOWN troublemakers will be banned from Friday night’s historic Asian Cup opener in Melbourne as thousands embrace the biggest soccer tournament ever staged in Australia.
Ange sticks true to faith in youth
ANGE Postecoglou has never been afraid of throwing raw talents into a cauldron and will show that tonight with Massimo Luongo and Trent Sainsbury tonight.
Dummies’ guide to the Asian Cup
FROM the best non-Socceroos games, to the players to watch, and why you can’t have vuvuzelas, here’s everything you didn’t know about the Asian Cup.
Bring it on! Why Socceroos are ready
IT’S game time. There’s high expectations about the Socceroos, but a tinge of anxiety too. Here’s why Ange Postecoglou’s side are ready to impress.
Jedinak: Past pain pushing Socceroos
CAPTAIN Mile Jedinak says the Socceroos will use the pain of their 2011 Asian Cup final defeat as motivation to win the tournament on home soil.
Secretive Saudis go off the grid
SAUDI Arabia have gone to extraordinary lengths to prepare for the Asian Cup, with police ordering media to leave as the team conducted training at an unauthorised venue.
‘Even at 12 Matty was a tenacious bugger’
SOCCEROOS veteran Matt McKay is proof hard work will always be more important than natural talent, says his junior coach.
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