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.
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Socceroos medical staff are sweating on news from Premier League club Huddersfield to determine if star midfielder Aaron Mooy’s Asian Cup is over.
The 28-year-old reportedly injured his knee during the Terriers’ 1-0 loss to Arsenal on the weekend.
Scans have revealed a medial ligament injury, according to a News Corp Australia report on Tuesday.
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Aaron Mooy has been ruled out of the Socceroos’ friendly against Kuwait next week due to a groin strain.
The midfielder sustained the injury during Huddersfield’s 1-1 draw against Burnley at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday.
After undergoing scans at his club on Monday, Mooy withdrew from the team’s training camp in the United Arab Emirates with Barnsley’s Kenny Dougall called up as his replacement by Graham Arnold.
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Who they are
Captain: Mile Jedinak
Manager: Bert van Marwijk
Nickname: Socceroos
FIFA rank (as of April 12, 2018): 40
How they qualified
The Socceroos qualified the hard way after finishing third behind Japan and Saudi Arabia in Group B of Asia’s third…
Aaron Mooy will be sidelined for Huddersfield’s upcoming games.
Huddersfield midfielder Aaron Mooy has been ruled out for up to three weeks due to an injury setback, coach David Wagner has confirmed.
Australia international Mooy, a key performer in the Terriers’ Premier League survival fight, has an infection in the knee he cut in last week’s home win against Bournemouth.
Mooy had returned to his all-action best against Bournemouth after a dip in form in recent weeks, but missed Saturday’s 2-0 FA Cup loss against Manchester United at the John Smith’s Stadium.
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