Ante Jukic – Football Scout

A-League review: Sydney FC set the early pace, Bruno Fornaroli’s moment of magic

The A-League is back! Here are the biggest talking points from an opening round that saw Western United win their inaugural match and Sydney FC shoot to the top of the table.

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The under-23 rule
Football Federation Australia announced on Friday that A-League regulations had been amended to allow two extra substitutes on the…

Australia making Harry Souttar at home and happy in the green and gold

Jamie Mclaren scored three as Australia eased to a 5-0 victory over Nepal in their World Cup 2022 qualifier.

Big names from across the A-League launch the new season, set to get underway on Friday October 11.

Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season.

Adelaide United have defeated the Central Coast 2-1 to progress through to the FFA Cup final. The Reds will now take on Melbourne City in the final.

Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League.
CANBERRA – Harry Souttar’s debut for the Socceroos might have been a dream — scoring a brace to go with a clean sheet — but there was still work to be done for the big defender.
Long after spectators had left GIO Stadium in Canberra following Australia’s 5-0 demolition of Nepal on Thursday, Souttar and Awer Mabil were separately helping haul equipment onto the team bus through the mixed zone.
Now, less established players in a squad are usually set these kinds of menial tasks. Picking up…

A-League opening round preview: Can Rudan recreate his magic at Western United?

Big names from across the A-League launch the new season, set to get underway on Friday October 11.

Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season.

Adelaide United have defeated the Central Coast 2-1 to progress through to the FFA Cup final. The Reds will now take on Melbourne City in the final.

Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League.
All you need to know about this week’s A-League action, all in one place.

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The weekend’s big questions
Can Mark Rudan transfer his approach to another environment?
It would be fair to say, considering resources…

A-League Season Preview: New signings, key players, ones to watch

Big names from across the A-League launch the new season, set to get underway on Friday October 11.

Adelaide United have defeated the Central Coast 2-1 to progress through to the FFA Cup final. The Reds will now take on Melbourne City in the final.

Melbourne City reached the FFA Cup final with a 5-1 win and prevented Brisbane Strikers becoming the first team from outside the A-League to do so.

Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season.

Western United FC show a glimpse of the preparations going into their debut season in the A-League.
After the longest preseason in football, the battle for the Toilet Seat finally returns. The boardroom struggle for control means season 2019-20 is one of transition for the A-League, while a lack of blockbuster signings underlined the more subdued lead-up.
Still, there are plenty of talking points. A new club and another on the way, and coaching changes to rival the player merry-go-round.

Here’s all you need to know about every team ahead of Friday night’s opener between Adelaide United and Sydney…

Mooy and Taggart lead the way for the Socceroos

Australia commenced their World Cup qualification campaign with a comfortable 3-0 win over Kuwait on Tuesday.
Aaron Mooy put an emphatic punctuation mark on Mathew Leckie’s first-half brace to give the Socceroos the ideal start on the road to Qatar 2022.
Positives
With the opponent and sweltering conditions in Kuwait City taken into consideration, it was an unspectacular but ultimately satisfactory performance from the Socceroos. As a starting point in this qualification phase and whatever the scenario,…

The immense pressure on Arnold to qualify for Qatar 2022

FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar.

Matildas captain and star striker Sam Kerr sits down with ESPN to share her journey from Aussie rules to soccer and what coming home to Perth truly means.
Like football, the essence of what makes a story great is its openness to human interpretation. With Australia to open their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign against Kuwait on Tuesday, I have to make an admission. (Bear with me, here.)
2001: A Space Odyssey is my favourite film. Aside from the astounding visual experience, why Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece has stood the test of time is that very aspect of interpretation.
Now, aside from Nietzsche’s theories on the Ubermensch, the existence of…

Why there’s such immense pressure on Arnold to qualify for Qatar 2022

Socceroos Aziz Behich says the Australian squad are ready for an exciting journey towards World Cup qualification.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar.

Assessing Australia’s first World Cup qualifying squad

FIFA president Gianni Infantino tells Gab Marcotti about his hopes that the 2018 and 2022 World Cups change negative perceptions of Russia and Qatar.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said it makes sense to hold the 2022 Qatar World Cup in the winter months, but admitted it will have an impact on European league schedules.
“In my mindset, I believe at the end of this, we will be the greatest Socceroos team ever,” Australia head coach Graham Arnold told the media during a teleconference on Friday.
Speaking after naming his first Socceroos squad ahead of what looks set to be a long and arduous qualification phase for the 2022 World Cup, it’s a statement so grandiose and on brand for the Expectant One, it’s one that simply can’t be ignored.
Amid the markers set and Language of Belief, though, there was also a slight…

Australia should no longer accept ‘honourable defeats’

Following two tense hours of football in Nice, the Matildas’ hopes at the FIFA Women’s World Cup rested upon Sam Kerr. And her alone.
“Only big players can miss penalties, because small ones don’t take them,” coach Ante Milicic said following Australia’s penalty shootout defeat to Norway on Saturday. It’s true.
That post-match comment from Milicic becomes rather conspicuous, though, bearing two substitutions in the dying minutes of extra-time in mind. Missed or converted, or if her effort was saved,…

Matildas midfield laying the platform for Sam Kerr

Sam Kerr tallies all four of Australia’s goals as they advance to the round of 16 with victory over Jamaica.

Following the USWNT’s 2-0 win over Sweden, Kate Markgraf and the FC crew examine what lies ahead in the round of 16 and beyond.

ESPN’s Natalie Gedra recaps Brazil’s victory over Italy, as Marta’s 17th World Cup goal moved her ahead of Germany’s Miroslav Klose for the most all-time.
At least for one night, there was music between the notes for Australia in their 4-1 win over Jamaica. Heading into Saturday’s round-of-16 match with Norway, the benefits and risks of that truth will be something Ante Milicic has to weigh up.
In that vital win over the Reggae Girlz, Australia didn’t play football like Australian teams usually play football. The Matildas’ performance highlighted that, in footballing terms, there’s a fundamental difference between outright speed and tempo.
And it…

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