Tom Rogic’s injury-time winner over Syria confirmed Australia’s place in the Asia Cup knockout rounds.
Mathew Leckie is back in full training and his impending return of is set to deliver a massive boost to Australia’s Asian Cup campaign.
Leckie has missed all of the Socceroos build-up and matches in the UAE due to a hamstring injury suffered in December before the tournament while playing in Germany for Hertha Berlin.
The 27-year-old however completed his first full session with the Socceroos in Al Ain on Friday ahead of Monday’s round-of-16 clash with Uzbekistan.
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Socceroos head coach Graham Arnold explained why Aaron Mooy has been selected for their Asian Cup squad despite being injured.
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold says he doesn’t have a timeline for Mathew Leckie’s Asian Cup availability with the injured star winger no certainty to take part.
Leckie joined the Australian squad in Dubai on Thursday ahead of their Asian Cup opener against Jordan on January 6. But in what would be a massive blow to the Socceroos’ title defence, Leckie remains in doubt with a hamstring injury suffered last weekend with his Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin.
Arnold was cagey when probed on whether Leckie,…
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Hertha Berlin’s Mathew Leckie has admitted that he would relish the chance to be captain of the Australian national team.
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The 27-year-old winger is one of the most experienced players in the squad, but Socceroos coach Graham Arnold is yet to reveal who’ll lead the team for the upcoming friendlies against South Korea and Lebanon as the hunt for a long-term replacement for retired skipper Mile Jedinak continues.
Veteran Mark Milligan took the armband in last month’s 4-0 win over Kuwait, while defender…
Japan qualified for their sixth straight World Cup following their 2-0 win over Australia.
Australia’s Jackson Irvine credits Japan’s game plan and still feels Australia can qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
Jason Dasey and David Mitchell recap Australia’s defeat to Japan and evaluate the Socceroos’ prospects for qualifying.
Former Socceroos striker David Mitchell joins ESPN FC’s Jason Dasey to preview Australia’s WCQ clash with Thailand. Australia’s reviews of their World Cup qualifying performance in Japan are in, and they’re convinced that lack of pace was a factor in their loss.
The Socceroos had plenty of the ball and advanced into Japanese territory often enough to do better than the 2-0 scoreline last Thursday.
But they were unable to break down the stoic Samurai Blue in Saitama, where they were out-shot and out-scored, denting their qualifying hopes.
Mat Leckie, who played as right wing-back, said the number one takeaway from…
Ange Postecoglu says while it may sound ridiculous, Australia have their sights set on winning Confederations Cup.
Diego Souza hit home in the first minute for Brazil on route to a 4-0 win over Australia.
Despite their 4-0 defeat to Brazil, Australia boss Ange Postecoglou believes there are things he can take from the game. Mathew Leckie hopes half a decade in Germany might be about to pay off.
After three years plying his trade for now-relegated Bundesliga side Ingolstadt and other clubs before that, the Socceroos mainstay heads to Russia with valuable insight on how to tackle the world champions in Monday’s opening Confederations Cup clash.
And his intel tells him Australia can get off to a winning start if they eschew the kinds of errors that were partly to blame for Tuesday’s 4-0 warm-up shellacking at the hands…
Mathew Leckie is enjoying playing in Australia’s new system.
Australia are only scraping the surface of a new system which can worry opponents, according to winger Mathew Leckie.
Leckie says the fresh 3-4-3 formation deployed by coach Ange Postecoglou will ultimately prove to be one of the Socceroos’ greatest weapons.
“We can be very powerful and dangerous in that formation,” Leckie said in Adelaide on Saturday. “But it comes with time as well, we have only had two games to stack it up.”
Postecoglou introduced the formation for Australia’s past two World…
Mathew Leckie made 94 appearances for Ingolstadt over three years, scoring 10 goals.
Hertha Berlin have signed Australia international forward Mathew Leckie from relegated Ingolstadt for next season.
Hertha announced that the 26-year-old Leckie s…