Injury Woes Threaten Socceroos Midfield Ahead of World Cup

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

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your favourite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad. Fraud.

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I'm your host Alex and it's a bit of a mixed bag this week in

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terms of news that I'm going to bring you. I'll update you on our under

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23 Men's Asian cup campaign. An unfortunate pair of injuries for a couple

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of soccero's midfielders, plus a few more more goals, assists, clean sheets and

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everything in between, including a few more transfers as players chase game time coming

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into major tournaments, specifically the Women's Asian cup in

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March and the Men's World cup in June. Let's wait

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no further and get straight into the headline.

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All right, let's start the headlines with some transfer news.

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Caitlin Torpy has joined Newcastle united in the WSL2

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or the second division in England's women's competition, linking up

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with newly appointed Aussie coach Tanya Oxby. She joins from former side

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Portland Thorns where she'll leave behind Aussie teammate Mackenzie Arnold

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after two years with them in the usa. Now moving to

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a player that has moved back home, it's Nicholas d',

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Agostino who's joined the Brisbane Raw on loan for the rest of the

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A League season from his Norwegian side Viking. This is largely due

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to the Norwegian season not resuming until March and d' Agostino

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is keen to push his claim for a spot at the World cup in June,

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particularly when we consider that the striking positions are

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quite open in that socceroo squad. Now another SOCCERO is hopeful that is

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moving home. It's Ryan Teague who has joined Melbourne City on loan for for the

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rest of the season from his Belgian side KV Mechelen. This is another move

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designed to get T in front of Popovic and push his place for a spot

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in that socceros midfield, which he may well be presented with

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after a couple of big injuries that have happened in the last week. But more

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on that later. Now let's head to the rumor mill where Melbourne

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City are rumored to be looking to secure two Aussies who are currently

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playing abroad who have been getting limited game time

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at their current clubs. They are Daniel Arzani and Marcus Yunus.

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Both moves would be loans, most likely for the rest of the season and this

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in particular would be good for Arsani who has had very limited game

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time since he joined Fereng Varos in Hungary. Of course

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there was some issues or a rule change I should say, in regards to

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how many foreign players could play in the starting 11 for

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a club in Hungary, so that changed after he joined the

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club and that is why he's not getting as many minutes along with probably

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injuries and other foreigners getting picked above him. Now another

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striker that is looking to make a move, it is Kasuni Yengi who is believed

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to be on his way to Japan and Serizo Osaka in particular with

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his agent in Japan to negotiate the deal with the club last week.

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According to the rumor mill, Sharezo's coach is

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none other than Arthur Pappas, an Australian coach, so he will

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know Kasuni well from his time coaching in the A league.

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The deal is believed to be a loan move as Yengi seeks game time in

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an attempt to win his Socceroos spot back and it is straight

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out of the same playbook as Nicolas d', Agostino, so all the best to both

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of those strikers. Now let's go to some other headlines and

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last week you'll remember that we talked about potential opponents

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for the Socceroos in the March international window which is part of that

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FIFA series. We talked about China and Curacao which have both been

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confirmed, but we have another country joining us in the form of Cameroon.

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So Australia will only play two of the three nations with

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exact dates, times and locations still to be confirmed. However, Vince Rigari

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is reporting for the Sydney Morning Herald that the Socceroos games

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will be held in Sydney and Melbourne, so we will update

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you once we have dates, times and locations in the next

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episode. Now let's talk about our Joeys, the under 17 side

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who began their Pacific island tour with a Sunil win over Fiji's

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under 19 side. Goals in each half from Max Court and Joey Sikora

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were enough for victory for our lads. Coach Calvia was happy with how the team

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handled themselves against older opposition, difficult conditions and with

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new faces in the squad. The lads will now travel to the

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Solomon Islands for two games against the host nations under

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19 side. We will bring you those results on of those games in the

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next episode. Now going to the under 23 Asian

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cup which is currently taking place in Saudi Arabia and the Olirus had

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two more games. They progressed to the knockout stage with a

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come from behind dramatic 2:1 victory over Iraq. Tony Vidmar

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made three changes to the side that lost to China.

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Giuseppe Bovalina, Luka Yovanovic and Jalen

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Pearman came into the starting 11 replacing Aidan Hammond,

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Matthias McAllister and Nathaniel Blair. The lads went into added

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time behind Iraq 1 nil but managed to turn it around within the space

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of four minutes. Wow. The first goal came via

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a Yaya De Coulee header at the back post with a wonderful cross

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delivered by Josh Rawlins. That's important because in

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the post match interviews De Coulee said that him and Rollins discussed the type

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of delivery that could potentially put a goal on for their side.

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Some crystal ball stuff right there. Yaya was then involved in

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the winning goal as well. You found Nathaniel Blair who then produced some neat interplay

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with Luka yovanovic before Matthias McAllister finished off the move with a

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crisp finish. The lads lined up a quarter final showdown

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with South Korea. Unfortunately, the quarterfinal showdown ended with

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an 88th minute winner for South Korea as they progressed with a what

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some are calling particularly with green and gold glasses on a controversial 21

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victory. Tony Vidmar made four changes to his starting side with Aiden

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Simmons, Jed Drew, Louis agosti and Matthias McAllister coming into

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the starting eleven. The Korean Republic opened the scoring via

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a brilliant long passover top from Lee Hoon Yong which found Bake

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Gae on whose first time volley rippled the

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net seven minutes before halftime. All lads thought they had a

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chance to equalize from the penalty spot when a handball was spotted by the

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on field referee, but a VAR intervention, which is the

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theme of this game, showed that a ricochet off the defender's

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own body preceded the handball and so the spot kick was overturned.

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Wow. Yeah, interesting stuff. Five minutes after the break

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saw our lads level the game. Jed Drew went on a marauding

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run before playing a perfectly timed through ball for Luka Yovanovic

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who took the ball wide to a seemingly tight angle before surprising

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everyone and slotting the ball home in the 88th minute. As mentioned earlier,

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Australia's hearts were broken with Shin Minha rising

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highest at a corner to head home that winter.

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Overall, it was a good showing from our lads despite Tony Vidmar being

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hamstrung without being able to name his strongest side possible given

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the reluctance of most European clubs and even some A league clubs

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to release some of the players to make it the strongest side possible.

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This is of course because the tournament fell outside a

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designated FIFA international window and therefore clubs do not

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have to give up their players in if they do not wish to. However,

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what is certain, there are some quality young players in this generation who

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will no doubt progress to the senior side and we can't wait to follow them

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and bring their progress to you on this very podcast.

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Now, speaking of national teams, Milei Yedanak

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has joined Tony Popovich's socceroos coaching staff as his third assistant

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coach alongside a pair of former socceros in the form of Hayden

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Fox and Paul Ocon Sr. Of course have to point out Paul Ocon

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senior considering his son Paul Ocon Jr. Has now debuted for the

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Socceroos as well. Back to Yedanak. His last stint as an assistant was

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under Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest and before that at Tottenham Hotspur.

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The 79 cap, former Socceroo and former captain will add another

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layer of experience to the coaching staff. Having played at three World

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Cups and captaining decide at two. Milei was quoted as saying,

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I was always proud to wear the Socceroo shirt and especially proud

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to captain my national team. Now I look forward to playing a part and representing

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my country in a different capacity. Now to my

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least favorite segment within a segment on this podcast,

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it's the Injury News. Manchester City's coach Andre Jeglerz

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has provided an update on Mary Fowler's fitness, stating she's

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on her way. She's been with us for a couple of sessions now. A little

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modified, but she's training well with the team. This is hopefully good news for her

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as she aims to make Matilda's Asian cup squad in March.

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St Pauli have confirmed that Soccero's vice captain Jackson Irvine

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will be out until further notice as he was not in last week's

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side as the Bundesliga resumed after its winter break. It is

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a recurrence of the left foot injury that Jackson got towards the end

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of last season, which is even more of a concern. His club coach Alexander

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Blesson has stated that the extent of the injury will become clear over the next

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week to 10 days as MRI scans and discussions with surgeons are

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being done. Currently. Currently we will bring you news of that once it is confirmed

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Cameron Devlin could be out for up to eight weeks with a lower leg

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injury. The midfielder picked up the injury later on in Hart's win over

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St. Mirren and was substituted off in stoppage time.

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It is hoped that he will be back in March, but will that be before

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or after the international window? We're not quite sure at this stage and

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we will keep you updated. Obviously a cruel blow to Devlin,

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who was looking like a great option for Tony Popovic in

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the midfield for that Socceroos squad. Jacob Italiano has not

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returned to training with his side Grazer AK in Austria after

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suffering that calf injury in October. Coach Ferdinand Feldhofer confirmed

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this in a recent interview. There are also reports in Austria that the club will

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look to bring in a replacement in the current transfer window, which suggests

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that they don't expect Italiano to be back anytime soon, which is a

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blow for Jacob because he looked fantastic in his two caps for the

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Socceroos so far. Millsborough manager Kim Helberg says there is

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light at the end of the tunnel in relation to Rielly McGree's injury. He is

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aiming to return by the end of the month, so keep everything crossed

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because Rielly was in outstanding form prior to this

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injury. And just when you thought the soccero's midfield depth couldn't be

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tested any further, Keanu Backus suffered a hamstring injury back in December

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is set to keep him up for up to three months, with manager

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Stephen Robinson saying he will be missing for at least 10

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weeks. So not great news for Keanu and he

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was a key part of St Mirren's League cup win against Celtic

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late last year. Denny Uric has not played a competitive match

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for his side Wisla Plok in Poland in the two

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months since picking up an injury that led to him departing

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soccero's camp in November last year. However, in some good news,

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he did play in the second half in a 103 loss to Bohemian's

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Prague. Now Lewis Miller has missed Blackburn's 30 loss

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to Ipswich Town in the championship at the weekend, with coach Valerien

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Ismail revealing he's picked up an injury. He was quoted as saying

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Lewis will take a couple of weeks after the cup game as he was complaining

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about his groin. So not ideal for Lewis either

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there. And just to add to that midfield misery for the Socceroos,

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Connor Metcalfe has also missed St Pauli's last two matches

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after picking up a knock. However, it does not sound too serious.

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Coach Alexander Blesson was quoted as saying, that's obviously

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a bitter pill to swallow, especially since we had the opportunity to replace Jacko

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like for like. Above all, I also think Conor deserved to start in that

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position. It is hoped that he will be back for St. Pauli's next game in

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the Bundesliga at the weekend, but of course we will bring that to you

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in the next episode. All right, that is it for the headlines.

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Let's move on to the Weekly Wrap in just a second.

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All right, Weekly Wrap time and let's start with our ladies in

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England who were taking part in the FA Cup.

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Claire Wheeler was on the bench for Everton. However, it didn't last too

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long as she was substituted into the match in the fourth minute due

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to an injury to her teammate. She then helped her side, the Toffees, go on

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to beat their opponents West Bromwich Albion 5 nil. Alana Kennedy

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started and played the full game for London City lionesses in their 1 nil win

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over Sunderland. Interestingly, she played at centre back

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in that game, not in midfield as she has done recently.

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Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 5 nil with Ellie

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Carpenter coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute.

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Tottenham defeated Leicester City 30 in a battle of the

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Aussies. Claire Hunt started and played the full game for Tottenham, helping them

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keep a clean sheet. Charlotte Grant remains sidelined with her knee injury

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for Tottenham whilst Emily Van Egbon came on at halftime for Leicester City

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but was unable to help her side. Turn it around. Charlie's Rule started

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and played 86 minutes as part of a back three for

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Brighton and Hove Albion in their two nil win over Nottingham Forest.

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It was a massive win for the Seagulls with news breaking before the

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game that their Australian coach Dario Vidisic has taken leave due to a family

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matter and he's not anticipated to return in the

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near future. Our thoughts are with the Vidic family. Steph Cutley

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started and played the full game in Arsenal's two nil win over Aston Villa.

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Her teammate Caitlin Ford came on in the 71st minute. Kyra Cooney

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Cross is away on personal leave. Now to France where Tegan

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Myka started and played the full game for lyon in their 1 nil win over

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Lornnes. That clean sheet extended her record to five matches for

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Lyon without conceding a single goal. Impressive stuff. However it

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would be nice if Tegan won the starting spot a little more

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often, but it's difficult when you've got a world class goalkeeper ahead of you.

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Kaia Simon was a late substitute for Dijon in

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their one all draw with Montpellier. She came on in additional time but

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was unable to snatch a late winner for her side. Running out ladies

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abroad we head to Italy where Alex Schutiak started and

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played a full game in midfield for Cornwall as they played out

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a nil or draw with Napoli. There was an Aussie derby in Italy with Roma

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taking on Sussuolo Winona. Heatley's roma took the three points with a

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21 victory. However, Heatley was an unused substitute. Both our

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Aussies for Sassuolo started with Jessica Nash playing the whole

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game and Jacinta Galabadrachi playing 84 minutes

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for Sassuolo. Now to our men abroad and

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let's start in England and Wales in the championship where Adrian Sega

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started, played the full game and scored the winner for Portsmouth as they

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edged out Sheffield Wednesday 1 nil it's his fourth goal of the

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season. Jacob Farrell was on the bench yet again for Portsmouth in good

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signs for the young star who has struggled with injuries since his

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move to Portsmouth. Callumelda played all of Derby's one nil win

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against Preston North End, a great effort from the defender helping

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his side keep yet another clean sheet. Cameron Burgess played a full game

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for Swansea City in a one all draw with Birmingham City. Destri Irin Kunde

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came on in the 66 6th minute for Watford in a 2 nil loss

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to Millwall. Our Queens Park Rangers or QPR lads made appearances

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off the bench as their side drew nil or with Stoke. Daniel Benny

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played 20 minutes whilst Keely Adamson played four minutes.

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Now dropping down a division to League One where Alex Robertson

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played 78 minutes for Cardiff City in their midfield as

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they went on to beat Bradford City 2 1. Cardiff are now six

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points clear at the top top of League One.

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Rafael Borges Rodriguez started and played a full

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game for Wigan Athletic in their one nil defeat to the

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Bolton Wonders. Tyrese Francois was a late substitute

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coming on in the 87th minute for Wigan. Now to

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Scotland where it was Scottish cup time for our Aussies abroad last

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weekend. Martin Boyle came on in the 75th minute of Herburnian's

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one nil loss to Dunfermline Athletic. Jack Idaho was on

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the bench. Ryan Strain was subbed on in the 73rd minute of Dundee

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United's 20 win against Air United. He had an instant impact

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providing the assist for the goal that broke the deadlock sack.

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Sapsford started and was substituted off at halftime

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for Dundee United. In that one Mavoir managed a one nil

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victory over second division side Ross County. All three of

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our Aussies started with Johnny Katrumbas and Oscar Priestman playing the full

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game and Apostolis Damat Aloppo being substituted off in the 56th

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minute for Kiwi Elijah Joost. Ryan McGowan played all of Livingston's

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penalty shootout defeat to St Mirren. Tatiangi was substituted on

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in the 83rd minute of regular time as the game ended one

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all. The penalty shootout was lost 54 in St Mirren's

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favor. As we learned earlier, Keanu Bacchus is out injured for St Mirren and

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took no part in that one. Nicholas Milanovic played 68 minutes for Aberdeen

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in their two nil loss to Rangers. Rounding out the action in Scotland.

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Now let's head to Italy where Alessandro Cicati had a

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very busy and impressive week playing a full game as captain for

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his side Palmer helping them keep a clean sheet against title

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chasing Napoli. That's very impressive considering the firepower

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that that Napoli side has, let me tell you. He then helped Palmer

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to another clean sheet as they drew. Yes, you guessed it, nil all.

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But this time with Genoa, Scikati completed a match higher.

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60 of his 67 passes had 10 defensive

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contributions. No one on the pitch had more than his

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82 touches in a very impressive

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performance. Now to Germany and I'm going to break the rules here a little bit

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because it's not strictly a start, but Dylan Leonard was finally allowed

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to take take a place on the bench for Schalke in Daniel draw with Hertha

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Berlin in the German second division. And Dylan is one to keep an eye on

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an impressive young defender who was at Western United last

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season but of course left the club as it is in hibernation

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until next season here in the A league. But Dylan is starting his journey

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early in Europe and we cannot wait to see where his career

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takes him because he is a very talented young, young defender. Now to Spain

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where Matt Ryan played a full game in goal for Levante as they lost

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Sunil to Real Madrid. Whilst Matty could do nothing about

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Kylian Mbappe's penalty, he did keep the score respectable by making nine

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saves in that one and it's fair to say he faced a firing squad.

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Almabile scored the first goal for Castillon in a

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2 nil win against Leganese. He started and played 68

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minutes in that one. Castellon sit third in La Liga 2 and are

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in the hunt for promotion to the flight in Spain and we look

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forward to seeing if Castellon can make it because they play some

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wonderful football and they're well worth checking out if you get a

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chance to now rounding out the men's action in the Netherlands.

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Well, it was a very, very eventful week for Adam Trustic who started

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off by scoring a spectacular free kick for his side Heracles Alamello

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as they went out on penalties to go ahead Eagles in the

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Dutch Cup. And can I just say, that is such a fantastic name to go

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ahead Eagles might have a new fan in me. Anyway, he put Heracles

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into the lead in the 62nd minute with that free kick,

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but the scores ended up being locked up at two all at full time.

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Frustic was one of four players to miss from the spot

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in the shootout for his side in that one. Now we

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go to the weekend's action in the Dutch league where

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Krustic was involved in two major flash points of his side's

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two nil loss to FC Twente. Khrustic's blatant tugging on the

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shirt of Twente's Ramyz Zaruki prompted him to

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lash out at the Australian and earn himself a red card, which led to major

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protests from Twente's players who felt Khustic should have

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been punished earlier with a yellow card himself. Khrustic then thought he

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had earned his side a penalty after seemingly being fouled in the box only

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for, yes, you guessed it, var to intervene and overturn

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the decision. Wow. Cut your breath breath after that one folks.

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And we'll update you now on two other Australians

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in the Netherlands in the form of Jordy Boss who played all of Feyenoord's

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43 loss to Sparta Rotterdam in the local derby.

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Feyenoord are now 16 points behind PSV in the

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Dutch league. Max Ballard played all of Nac Brayder's 43 loss.

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Well, there's another pattern there to nec name

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all right, and that is it for the weekly wrap. Next up

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is Players of the Week.

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Guess who's back? It's Sam Kerr, who not only gets

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our Women's Player of the Week award, but she also scores a

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brace either side of half time in Chelsea's five nil win over Crystal

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palace in the FA Cup. You're probably going to guess because we mentioned Ellie Carpenter,

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but we didn't mention Sam Kirk Kerr. Speaking of Sam Kerr was

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replaced by Ellie carpenter at the 60 minute mark in

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that one. So great to see Sam Kerr back fit and firing and

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we hope that she continues that form into the Asian cup

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in March. Now to our Men's Player of the Week and it is none

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other than Sam Silvera who not only produced a Man of the match performance for

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his side Middlesbrough in their 32 away win against West Bromwich

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Albion. He played a full game and picked up a goal and an assist.

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He won the Player of the Week award. Silvera has four goal

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contributions in his last three matches in what has been a

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fantastic start to the year for him and has no doubt put him squarely

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in Tony Popovich's sight for a socceroos call up. All right,

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well that is it for another week of the Aussie football passport. I hope you

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enjoyed this episode. Let me know if you want me to add updates on

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our Aussie coaches abroad to the pod. I'll put a poll out

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on our social media pages and the website for you to answer, so make sure

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you do so and I'll let you know if it's in or it's out in

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next week's episode. All right, thanks for listening, and I'll catch you in the next

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episode. Goodbye for now.