A Matilda Calls Time, A Socceroo Returns Plus Goals and a Whole Lot More!

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Hello and welcome to the Aussie Football Passport, your one stop pod for updates

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on your favourite Aussie men and women who are playing their club cruise abroad.

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I'm your host Alex and this week we begin the episode with some rather

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sad news and that is the passing of Rado Vidisic. He's the father of

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Dario Vidic, the current Brighton Hove Albion women's

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coach. Rado himself was a coach and did wonderful things in the

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game here in Australia of course winning multiple A league titles with the

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Brisbane Raw. He did a lot of fantastic work in the footballing

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community here in Queensland and we would like to pass it on our

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condolences to the Vidic family in this week's episode.

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It's been another busy week as the transfer window deadline

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looms large and players who aren't getting minutes look to seal a move away

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and chase those precious minutes with their spots in the national team on the line.

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There's also a miracle recovery from one of our socceroos midfielders, a career

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ending injury, clean sheets, goals and a whole lot more to renew.

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Let's wait no further and get straight into the headlines. Foreign.

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Let's begin with a transfer that has happened

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because there are plenty of Aussies who are returning home

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from abroad. As mentioned in last week's episode, Daniel Arzani and

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Marcus Yunus will be returning home to Melbourne City on loan deals until the

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end of the current A League season. They join Ryan Teague who was

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confirmed last week. Now they'll be joined by a fourth Aussie

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abroad returning home in the form of Harrison Delbridge. He is a

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former Melbourne City player and he has one Socceroos cap

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to his name. He departs South Korea after five years playing in

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the K League. Now to the transfer rumor mill quite truant looks

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to be off in the other direction leaving Melbourne City for New York City

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FC in the mls of course part of the City

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footballing group. He did not play at the weekend for Melbourne City as coach Aurelio

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Vidmar noted he has a knee issue, but it is looking likely

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that he will not play for Melbourne City again before

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his move to his new club. We will bring you how Kai goes once

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the MLS season kicks off. Now last week I brought you news of Kasuni

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Yengi's potential move to Serizo Osaka which has not gone through

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as yet. But this week it's his brother Tetty Yangi who is on the

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move to Makeda Zelvia Mitchell Dukes old club they are in the market

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for a big number nine after Duke's departure and had inquired about Kasuni's

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services initially. However they have landed on his brother so

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like for like I guess you could say and it looks like it will be

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alone with a buy option if he does well at his new club,

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but we will bring you confirmation of both of those moves once they

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are official from the clubs. Now to some

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other headlines and the dates, locations and kickoff times for the socceros

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friendlies in the March international window have now been confirmed. Our lads

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will take on Cameroon in their first game which will take place at Sydney's Accor

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Stadium on Friday March 27th with a local kickoff time

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of 8.10pm the second game will be against Curacao

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on Tuesday 31st March at Melbourne's

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Amy park with a local kickoff time of 8:10pm China

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will take on in Sydney and then Cameroon in Melbourne

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as part of the series which will be the Socceroos final games

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at home ahead of the FIFA World Cup. So get there if you can support

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the lads. I'm sure they'll really appreciate that. Now to our

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Joeys or the under 17 side as they finished off their Pacific

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island tour with two games against the under 19 Solomon Islands

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team in Honiara. Let's take a look at how

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both of those games went. The first game ended 5:2 in

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the Joey's favor. Coach Karl Veer noted it was a tough match against older

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opposition that provided a great test for his new look side. Luke Bechinovski

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scored a hat trick and was undoubtedly the highlight of the game.

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Christian Lombardo scored the Joey second goal in between Benjanovski's hat

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trick whilst Max Court rounded out the victory with a goal from the penalty spot

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in the 82nd minute. The scoreline did not fully reflect reflect the

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physical encounter that the Joeys faced in this game. However it was good to see

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them take full advantage of the opportunities they created in this one.

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Now to the second game. They completed the tour by making it three wins from

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three with a 3:1 victory that was a bit of a tongue twister. The goals

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in this match came from Malik Olukwale, Giorgio Hasrati

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and Luke Berchinovski. It was another physical contest for our lads who

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endured a real Test. For the first 20 minutes of the match. It was

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punctuated with fouls and some deaths. Desperate defending from the home side,

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Malik Olo Kwale's goal threatened to open the game up.

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However, it didn't occur until substitutes entered the game in the second

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half as the Solomon Islands Leveled the game. Giorgio Hassrati

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departed with a goal before the man of the tour, Luke Bechanovski,

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came on in his place and finished the game off just before added time with

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the third goal for our Joeys. Overall, it was a successful tour for

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them as they prepare for the Asian cup which will take place in Saudi Arabia

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in May this year. And we look forward to bringing that to you because

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there are some exciting talents in that side, particularly Luke Beanowski.

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A name to remember, that is for sure. Now to some injury

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news and as always, it's pretty unfortunate. But this one is even

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more so. After announcing that this would be her last season, Chloe Berryhill

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Legazo has been forced into an early retirement after sustaining an

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acl, LCL and tendon of lesion injury. She went

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into a contest with Brisbane's Lea Varley and unfortunately fel the

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ground screaming and holding her right knee. This is the same knee

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she tore her ACL in back in 2021.

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Chloe had won 59 caps on Matilda's and scored eight

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goals across those appearances. What a fantastic career. Chloe and I

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wish you all the best in the future. And just when you

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thought Dylan Leonard would be able to play for Schalke after the

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young defender had not been able to be registered to play until January 1st,

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and with the German second division's winter break, the club have announced that he

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has undergo surgery on his left ankle after picking up an injury

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in training. Can you believe it? How unlucky must you be?

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Poor Dylan Leonard is a cruel setback for him and I wish him all the

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best in his recovery. Lucky he is in a good country for medical

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treatment, that's for sure. A lot of players get sent to Germany for specialist

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surgeries with the quality of the doctors there being absolutely exceptional. And of

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course he is quite young, so no doubt he has time on his side.

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Nonetheless, it is very unlucky for Dylan. All right, let's move

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on to the Weekly Wrap in just a second.

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All right, let's start with our ladies in England

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where there was some League cup action, particularly the

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semifinals, which saw some involvement by our Australian

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girls. Caitlin Ford started for Arsenal while Steph Cutley was an unused

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substitute in their one nil loss to Manchester United, which knocks him out

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of the competition. Krakuni Cross has returned to the UK but was unavailable

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for this game as she works her way back into the side and to match

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fitness. So it looks like the move from Arsenal's coach

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to bench Steph Cutley backfired there. I think it's pretty

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fair to say in the other semi final Chelsea defeated Manchester City by

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the same scoreline. Both Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter started. However Kerr was

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substituted off in the 61st minute whilst Carpenter played

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the whole game. Now to the weekend where we returned to WSL

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action and Brighton pulled off a one nil victory against Everton

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with two Aussies on opposing sides in this one. Claire Wheeler started

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and played 78 minutes in midfield for Everton whilst Charlie's Rule

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played 89 minutes in her new center back role for Brighton. Arsenal defeated

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Chelsea 2 nil and put a major dent in Chelsea's hopes

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of winning a seventh consecutive WSL title.

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Steph Catley and Caitlin Ford both started and played the full game

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for Arsenal with Ellie Carpenter and Sam Kerr both starting for Chelsea.

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Ellie played the full game while Sam was substituted off in the

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56th minute of this game. Ketley proved pivotal winning the ball

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off Kerr and setting in motion a counter attack which broke the deadlock

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and went a long way to helping decide the fate

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of this match. It's pretty fair to say Alana Kennedy continued at center back for

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the London City Lionesses playing the whole game in their 21 loss

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to Manchester City. Mary Fowler is getting closer to returning from her injury,

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however she was not in the matchday squad for Manchester City in this one.

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Claire Hunt started and played the full game for Tottenham as they lost 2 nil

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at home to Liverpool. Charlotte Grant remains sidelined with her knee

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injury and of course that is Liverpool's first win of the

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WSL season, so not ideal for Claire and her

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Tottenham teammates there. West Ham beat Leicester City 21

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In a battle of the Aussie midfielders. Katrina Gorey started and played the full game

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for West Ham whilst Emily Van Egbond was a late substitute for Leicester

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playing 12 minutes in the WSL 2.

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Newcastle was defeated by Charlton Athletic 2 1.

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Caitlin Torpy made her debut starting at right back for

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Newcastle before being withdrawn in the second half. Now to

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France where Lyon defeated Marseille 51 to progress to

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the quarterfinals of the coup de France. Tegan Michael was substituted on

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in the 19th minute after an injury to Christian Endler,

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the first choice keeper for Lyon. This could be an opportunity for Tegan

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to get some regular minutes now and let's hope she takes it with both hands.

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Pun intended. Now let's head to Germany where Eintracht front foot were

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due to host TSG Hoffenheim which would have pitted Hayley

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Rasso against Jamila Rankin. However the game was postponed due to

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adverse weather conditions. The game has been rescheduled for February 5th

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local time. Now raniat the action for

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our ladies in Italy where Jessica Nash and Jacinta Galobata both

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started for Sassuolo in their two nil lost to Napoli. Jessica played

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the whole game at the back whilst Jacinta was substituted off in the

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67th minute of that one. Alex Chidiak started and played the whole

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game for Como who lost 32 to Inter Milan.

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Now let's see how our men are getting on in England

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and Wales in the championship. There was a one all draw between Watford

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and Portsmouth in midweek. Action Nestery Erin Kundak came

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off the bench in the 81st minute for Watford and just when you thought he

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couldn't get rid of this man, yes you better believe it. Jacob Fowl was

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substituted on at pretty much the same time as Nest 3.

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So incredible stuff. So just to let you know, these two had a bit

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of history back in the A League where there was a rivalry and they

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had a few run ins during their time at Central coast and Adelaide United

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respectively. So it's great to see these two renewed their rivalry.

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Thomas Waddingham and Hayden Matthews remain sidelined with injury for Portsmouth.

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Sam Silvera played the first half of Middlesbrough's 21

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win over Stoke City in midweek. Karen Burgess played a full game for Swansea

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in their 31 win over Blackburn in midweek as well. Lewis Miller was absent

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from the matchday squad for Blackburn due to his groin niggle.

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Callum Elder was a late substitute for Derby county coming on in the

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89th minute of their 21 win over Charlton Athletic. Daniel Benny

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started and played the full game for QPR in a in a very rare

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appearance for them in fact in their nil or draw against Oxford United in midweek.

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Keely Adamson was on the bench for QPR but did

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not make it on the pitch. Now to the weekend's action where Blackburn

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Rovers drew one all with Watford. Lewis Miller not only returned from

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Injury, he played 61 minutes and scored a goal from a corner.

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Lovely stuff for Lewis. Nestry Irancunda did not

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cross paths with his national teammate as he only played

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27 minutes from the bench. Middlesbrough had a comfortable

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four nil victory over Preston North End. Sam Silvera was introduced in

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the 60th minute whilst Riley McGree made his return

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from a hamstring injury off the bench in the 74th minute.

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Great to see Riley back on the pitch and let's

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hope he can say there Karen Burgess played another full game for Swansea City

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at the weekend in their 21 loss to High Flying Hull City Callum Elder

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played a full game for Derby county in their one all draw

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with West Bromwich Albion rounding out the action in the championship.

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Daniel Benny played at 17 minutes in QPR's dramatic added time loss

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to Wrexham on the weekend. Kelly Adamson was again on the bench for QPR

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but was not called upon. Now let's drop down a Division to

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League One where Alex Robertson played 86 minutes in midfield for Cardiff

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City in their 10 draw with Stockport County FC. Joe Gauchi was

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back in goal for Port Vale but unfortunately he had no influence on

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the result. Despite playing the full game they lost 31 to Exeter

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City. Wigan Athletic had a 3 all draw with Doncaster overs

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at the weekend. Rafael borges Rodriguez played 75

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minutes for Wigan whilst his teammate Tyrese Francois was not

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in the matchday squad. Now let's head north to Scotland where

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Ryan McGowan played a full game for Livingston as they drew one all of

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Saint Meurin in midweek Scottish League action. Keanu Backus

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remains on the sideline for Saint Miron with his hamstring injury.

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Aberdeen absolutely hammered Livingston 62

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at the weekend. Nicholas Milanovic was substituted into the game in

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the 63rd minute for Aberdeen whilst Ryan McGowan

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endured the full game for Livingston at the back end with the captain's

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armband. Martin Boyle played a full game whilst Jack iredale

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played the first half for Hibbs in their surprise

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41 loss to Falkirk. It's probably fair to

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say that Jack Idaho paid the price for an underwhelming performance in defense

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and that is why he was substituted at halftime.

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Malvoyle had a convincing 40 victory over Kilmarnock.

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Oscar Priestman started and played 82 minutes in midfield with fellow Aussies

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Johnny Katrumbras being substituted on to get 31 minutes and Apostles

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D' Amatilopoulos also being substituted on to play 21

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minutes. Now another defender who had a rough weekend.

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It was in Italy and it was our star man Alessandro Tricati.

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He got the hook at halftime in Parma's 4 nil

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loss to Atalanta. It brought to an end his streak of six consecutive

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full games for his side after returning from injury. He was one

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of three half time substitutes it should be added as they were down

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2 nil and it's fair to say the part of my coach was looking for

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a way back into it and a good way to do it usually is to

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sacrifice a defender and bring on an attacking player and that's what

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happened with Cercati in that one. Now let's head to

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Germany where Jackson Irvine made his return for St. Pauli. The miracle I

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made mention of at the top of the show coming off the bench in the

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65th minute of their nil or draw with Hamburg in the

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local derby. Connor Metcalfe remains sidelined with injury for Saint

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Paoli. No timeline on that one. Now to Spain where Matt

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Ryan started and played the full game in goal for levante in a 32 win

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over Elche. It was another important win for Levante as

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they sit three points from safety in La Liga. Our Mobile started

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and played 59 minutes for Castellon in their nil or

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draw with Real Zaragoza. Now to Croatia where Frank

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Karasic made his debut for NK Ozjek in a

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4 nil loss to League leaders GNK Dynamo Zagreb.

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He started and played full game at right back in that one.

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Now to the Netherlands where Jordan Boss started and played

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62 minutes for Feyenoord as they beat SK Sturm Graz

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30 in midweek action in the Europa League. This keeps their

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playoff hopes alive in that competition. They go on to face

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Real Batiste next week with a win away from home, their only hope

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of progressing to the next stage. So fingers crossed for Feyenoord in

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that one. Boston backed it up up by playing a role at both ends of

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the pitch in his side's 42 win over Heracles Alamello.

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Boss started and played the full game, conceding a penalty in the first half

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but turning it around by scoring his side's second goal in the victory. Boss looks

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to be building towards that form that saw him win the Player of the Month

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award in September. Arun Khustic was a notable absentee

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from Heracles Alamello's lineup as he was suspended.

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Max Ballard started and played the full game for NAC Breider

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in a two or draw with league leaders PSV Eindhoven. Now to Denmark

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where Mohamed Ture scored a brace in Randa's 32 Atlantic

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cup win over Tromso IL. The Atlantic cup is a pre

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season tournament featuring sides from Scandinavia and the USA looking

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to build fitness in preseason. Now rounding out the men's

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action in Cyprus where debutante Milos

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Degenerk played for Apoel fc, his new side in a

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one all draw with Amonia Arapiol. He started and played the

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full game in defense in that one. All right, that is it for the weekly

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wrap. Next up Players of the Week and we'll wrap up this week's episode.

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Players of the Week time and our women's player of

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this week goes to a favorite player of mine, so absolutely no bias

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whatsoever here. It's Winona Heatley. She's been out

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of the Roma side in the last couple of games, but made her return install

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playing the full game and helping her side not only keep a clean

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sheet but get the victory against Genoa. Final score was one nil

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and Winona Heatley helped decide to keep their seven point lead at the

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top of the table. So it's great to see Winona back in the starting side

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and hopefully she can keep a hold of that starting spot from

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here on in. Now to our Men's Player of the Week, it is Adrian Sega.

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He began the week by playing 92

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minutes and scoring his sixth goal of the season for Portsmouth

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in that one all draw with Watford. As we made mention earlier in the show,

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he then backed it up at the weekend playing a full game for Portsmouth

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as they drew one all with South Southampton in the South Coast Derby.

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Adrian was involved in the equalizer after his corner led to

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the goal. Fantastic stuff from Sega Chic and another reason why

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he should be in that Socceroo squad in March. Popper, are you listening?

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All right, that is it for another week of the Aussie football passport.

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I hope you enjoyed this episode. Don't forget to check out the website for the

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pod and let me know if you'd like to hear how our Aussie coaches

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are doing abroad. Thanks for listening and I'll catch you in the next episode.

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Goodbye for now.