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The Socceroos head into tonight’s World Cup Qualifier already destined for the next round, but for opponents Saudi Arabia this is anything but a dead rubber. Join us live from AAMI Park at 8:30pm for Australia vs Saudi Arabia.
With Oman and Thailand eagerly cheering on the Socceroos, the Frank Rijkaard-led Green Falcons know that they must get a result on Australian soil if their quest for Brazil 2014 is to continue.
And despite the lack of foreign superstars turning out for the Socceroos, this will be anything but a walk in the park against the first placed Aussies.
With some noses already out of joint regarding the change in kick-off time from the original 7:30pm timeslot, there’s nothing the Aussie fans and players would like more than to destroy the World Cup dreams of the visitors.
No European based players take part (apart from the legendary Mark Schwarzer, who requested to Fulham that he be allowed to play) but the Asian contingent will be in full showing – including captain Lucas Neill, Alex Brosque, Sasa Ognenovski and the return of former national team hero Mark Bresciano.
On the A-League front, it’s a long awaited return to the green and gold for Nicky Carle, who will be joined by team mate Brett Emerton and finally, finally the debuting Erik Paartalu.
So despite the lack of lustre from a competitive standpoint, there will still be a lot to pique my interest in this one, especially as we’d rather see one of the awful Oman or Thailand teams go through ahead of Saudi Arabia, who are quite good on occasion.
Join us just before kick-off for Holger’s starting line-up and all the other team news.
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