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Osieck's subs help spark Socceroos
22 hours agoLike they have for the entire World Cup qualification campaign, the Socceroos had to play the most nervous of waiting games. Just seven minutes and some brave – and ultimately successful – substitutions from Holger Osieck separated Australia from possible disaster at the hands of Iraq. The Socceroos needed only a win to secure passage [...]
Celebration, and relief for Socceroos
22 hours agoHis dress shirt saturated to the skin, Socceroos coach Holger Osieck stood to the side of the dressing-room. His players were jumping around, chanting. Some were enjoying a well-earned beer. Tim Cahill was busy soaking anyone and everyone with whatever liquid he could get his hands on, and plenty of his teammates were happy to [...]
Osieck makes winning call for Socceroos
22 hours agoHolger Osieck risked being the Socceroos coach who shot Bambi. Instead, he can reflect with pride after his brave substitution of national hero Tim Cahill with the game in the balance swung it – and World Cup qualification – for the Socceroos. Cahill’s replacement Josh Kennedy netted the 83rd minute winner at ANZ Stadium on [...]
Cahill confident as pressure builds for Socceroos
2 days agoThe pressure of qualifying for Brazil is not suffocating Tim Cahill or the Socceroos as they aim to turn Sydney into their World Cup dream factory for the second time in eight years. After nearly three weeks in camp, Australia say they are ready to rise to the challenge of beating Iraq at ANZ Stadium [...]
Hird considers Watson-Ablett match-up
5 days agoEssendon coach James Hird admits he’d love to pit his midfield superstar Jobe Watson head-to-head with Gary Ablett to further spice an already mouth-watering AFL clash with Gold Coast at Etihad Stadium on Saturday night. The Bombers sit in the top four, and face a Suns side which has shrugged off the easybeats tag. Three [...]
A-League plays its role for Socceroos
13 Jun 2013Perhaps there is symbolism in the fact an A-League player has gone past a soon-to-be English Premier League player in the race to control the Socceroos midfield. The relative strengths of the eight-year-old domestic competition against those elsewhere are hard to quantify. But it is worth noting that six of the starting 11, and 16 [...]
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