Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season.
The world’s newest sovereign state, South Sudan, will begin its long road to qualify for the 2021 African Cup of Nations on Oct. 7 with a match against the Seychelles. Remarkably, 12 of the 32-man squad will be making the journey of more than 7,000 miles from Australia to join coach Ashu Cyprian Besong and the rest of the national team in Khartoum to prepare for the two-legged preliminary round tie.
South Sudan’s football history is a relatively short one. The Bright Stars’ first international match…
Melbourne Victory struck twice in the final 10 minutes to secure a comeback win against Wellington Phoenix.
Six months ago Melbourne Victory striker Kenny Athiu was working full-time in a furniture store warehouse; now he’s key to the A-League side’s title assault.
The 25-year-old came off the bench, in just his fourth A-League game, to score the winning goal in a 2-1 win over Wellington to help the club secure a home final.
He also scored in Melbourne’s midweek AFC Champions League loss to Ulsan.
“Personally, for me, it’s been a good week, scoring two goals, but obviously the result on Wednesday wasn’t…