Matildas' Hopeful Suffers Injury Blow and Socceroos Debut Goal for New Club

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Welcome to the Aussie Football Passport, your one stop podcast for updates

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on your favorite Aussie men and women who are playing their football club careers

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abroad. I'm your host Alex and it's another week of mixed news for

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our Aussies abroad. Yes, I know there's some good, there's some bad and

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there's everything in between. In this episode there's a serious injury to a Matilda's

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hopeful that rules are out of Asian cup contention,

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some big clean sheets, more transfers, goals and everything

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else in between to bring you let's start with the

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headlines.

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And let's start the headlines with some transfer news where the European transfer

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window shut last week just after last week's episode.

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So there was a couple of rumors I brought to you. Let's round them off

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by confirming them and they are that Jacob Farrell has returned to the A

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League, going on loan to the Western Sydney wonders for the rest of the season.

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He's looking to get some regular minutes after an injury ravaged spell

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at his parent club Portsmouth and was alluded to in the previous

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episode. So we wish Jacob all the best in getting some minutes as he works

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his way hopefully back to Portsmouth for next season where he will be a

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valued team member there, hopefully. Reece Bozanowski's

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move to Herakles Alamello went through just before the transfer deadline shut

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in the Netherlands. It's a three year contract for the young midfielder who departs Perth

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Glory. And of course he did join Perth Glory on a two year deal after

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the hibernation of Western United in the A League. So well done Teresa.

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We look forward to covering him in the podcast in the future.

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Now one that was a bit left field is Giuseppe

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division side URU UBRU sk.

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So very interesting move. Not quite sure how

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I feel about that one but we wish but but I wish Giuseppe

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all the best there. No doubt he'll be chasing those minutes. He was struggling for

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minutes at Vancouver and I'll keep you posted on how he is going

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over there in Swift Sweden. Now to other headlines and

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another interesting one. The Young Socceroos or the under 20 side will

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travel to China for two matches against the Chinese under 20 national team as

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part of the Australia China Friendship series. The two

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matches will be played on Saturday 28 March and Tuesday 31

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March in China. Those matches are in the FIFA International window which

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means that the best players could be selected for that series.

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And speaking of that series, it will play a crucial role in in

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Australia's preparations of the defence of the AFC Under 20

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Asian cup that will also be held in Zhejiang province in

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March 27. So that is March 2027 I should say,

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and that is where those two games will be played. So a

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little bit of a reconnaissance mission for our lads getting used to the conditions

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and a new group of players will come through into that side.

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It should be a very interesting series and I look forward to

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bringing news of those games against China to you in the

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future. Now to injury news. Yes, last week we went through a whole

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episode, a whole week without any injuries, which was fantastic news.

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However, I have some rather sad news to bring you this week and

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it concerns Sian Fryer, who ruptured her anterior cruciate

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ligament in Brisbane Royals two all draw with the Central Coast Mariners

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last weekend. It rules her out of contention for the Matilda squad for the Asian

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Cup. Unfortunately, she was jostling for a position in that side.

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You'd imagine Joe Montemiro had made mention that he was looking for a winger with

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pace and that's certainly what Sian has, one of her best

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qualities as a player. You could certainly say it's the second

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time that she has suffered this injury, having previously done so in

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2022. She'll undergo surgery in the coming weeks and

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then commence rehab with her side, the Brisbane Roar. I wish Sian

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all the best in her recovery. May it be a speedy one. She is a

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cracking player and I want to see her back on the pitch as you do

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as well, no doubt. Let's end the headlines with a

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positive injury update. It is Jacob Italiano who was

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on the bench for Grazer AK in their two all draw with Wolfsburger

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AC in the Austrian Bundesliga. So great stuff to see Jacob back.

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Of course, he injured himself on Socceroos duty in October after

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making his debut and then getting his second cap in both of

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those games. He's definitely in the running for that Socceroo squad.

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He was really impressive in those two games in October, so let's see him build

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back some fitness and see if he can get back to that form that won

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him his spot in that Socceroo squad originally. All right,

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that's it for the headlines. Let's head to the weekly Wrap in just

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All right, weekly wrap time and let's start with our ladies one in

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particular in the usa, Morgan Aquino, who started and played the

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full game in goals in D.C. power's one

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nil win over Sporting Jacks as the USL resumed after its winter

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break during the match she made two saves and kept her third clean sheet

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of the season, which is really great to hear as she looks

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to push her case to join that Matilda squad for the

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Asian Cup. Now let's head to England and WSL action where

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Emily Van Egbon started and played the full game for Leicester City in their

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two nil loss to Manchester United. The loss put Leicester at the bottom of the

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WSL table after results elsewhere went wrongly

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for Leicester. To put it lightly, a dramatic second

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half comeback from West Ham saw them defeat Brighton and Hove Albion

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32 Charlie's rule started for Brighton but was withdrawn in

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the 60th minute whilst her Matilda's teammate Katrina Gorey was substituted

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onto the pitch a few minutes later in the 63rd minute to be precise

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for West Ham and of course Charlie's Rule for Brighton and Hove Albion.

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Now Claire Wheeler, she started and played the whole game for Everton in

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their one deal win over the London City Lionesses.

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Her Matilda's teammate Alana Kennedy started and played the full game for

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the Lionesses in that centre back role. Arsenal Defeated Manchester City

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1 nil in a bit of an upset to say the least considering

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Manchester City's form this season. The game involved a couple of

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Matildas. Steph Catley and Caitlin Ford both started for Arsenal with Patley

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surprisingly being substituted off in the 83rd minute.

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No doubt getting a little bit of rest after playing quite a lot of football

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recently and Caitlin Ford played the whole game. Kyra Cooney Cross was

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not in the match day squad and neither was Mary Fowler for Manchester

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City. Her coach Andre Jeglertz noted to reporters

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that she just come back into the side and playing full game straight

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away is not in her best interest considering that

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lengthy period of time she was out for with that ACL injury. Looks like

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Manchester City are taking their time with her which is the right thing to do

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by Mary Fowler and her fitness going into potentially

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a Matilda's call up for that Asian cup as well. So that's

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probably in the back of the Manchester City coaching staff's mind as

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well as the sports science department there. Now Chelsea, they had a Sunil win

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over Tottenham Hotspur. Ellie Carpenter started and played the full game for Chelsea

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with Sam Kerr coming on for 12 minutes as a second half substitute. It's a

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bit of an issue now for Sam Kerr. I think we've just got to put

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this out there because she's definitely dropped down the pecking order. We have to be

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realistic. There's a couple of strikers ahead of her at the moment and it's a

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little bit of a concern, particularly with this Asian cup coming up. We really

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need her getting more minutes, but she's got to obviously prove herself at

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club level to get those minutes. She's scoring goals but the minutes, yes,

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they, they are, they have dried up to be fair. Let's see what she can

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do between now and March. There's only a couple of game weeks left

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for her before she will no doubt depart for that Matilda squad. Now let's get

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back to Tottenham where Claire Hunt started and played the full game for spurs whilst

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Charlie Grant is still unavailable for Tottenham with that knee

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injury. Caitlin Torpy started and played the full game

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at left back for Newcastle in their 21 victory over

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Southampton. The result keeps them in the promotion race in that WSL2

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which is the second division in England as they look to join the rest of

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her. Well as Caitlin and her teammates look to join a few of her

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Matilda's teammates in the WSL. Alana Murphy

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now speaking of WSL 2, Alana Murphy, she made her debut for Nottingham Forest.

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Not in the circumstances she would have liked of course because they

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suffered a 2 nil loss to league leaders Charlton. She started and played

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the full game but good to see Alana getting straight into it there.

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Let's head to France where Clara Uaru started and

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played at 59 minutes for Fleury in their 2 nil win over

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Lons. To Germany where Jamila Rankin was a second half substitute

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for Hoffenheim playing eight minutes of their 30 win over Nuernberg.

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Now Lea Varley who I made mention last week had departed Brisbane Raw

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to join Nuremberg. She made her debut for the club as a second half substitute,

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getting 15 minutes in that one. So a rapid I guess

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an interesting week for Lea, let's let's say flying halfway across

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the world and then being thrown straight onto the football pitch. So good to see.

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Hopefully that continues and she builds towards some more minutes there. Now let's

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round out the ladies action in Italy where Jessica Nash was introduced

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as a late second half substitute for Sassuolo in their 1 nil

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win over Panama. Jacinta Galabataracci was an unused substitute

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and if you're wondering how many minutes Jessica Nash got, well she came

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on in the 89th minute of that one. Alex Shidiak

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started and played the full game in midfield for Cornwall as they

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lost 2 nil to Juventus. Alise Rasmussen was not in the matchday

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squad after her signing for Juventus last week.

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Now let's see what's happening with our men abroad where

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we will start in the championship. Lewis Miller played

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the whole game for Blackburn rovers in their 10 win over Sheffield Wednesday

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in midweek. That was a catch up game from earlier in the season. He then

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played 76 minutes for Blackburn in their two nil loss to Norwich City at the

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weekend. Now here's a fun fact for you. He made his Socceroos debut

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with the Men's Player of the week week in 2023 against England

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at Wembley Stadium. Can you guess who it is? Have a think and

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you'll find out the answer to that one later on in the show. Just before

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I wrap it up. Karen Burgess started and played the whole game,

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helping his Swansea City to their second clean sheet in a row as they

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beat Sheffield Wednesday 4 nil at the weekend. Sheffield Wednesday

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in a spot of bother of course they've just got the unwanted

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record for scoring for, well should I say not scoring for nine consecutive

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games and it's the first time in the club's history. Just another little

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fun fact for you there. Adrian Sega Chic started and played 86 minutes

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of Portsmouth's one nil loss to Preston

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North End. Daniel Benny was a second half substitute getting

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33 minutes for QPR in their nil draw with Charlton Athletic.

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Keely Adamson once again was on the bench but got no minutes.

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Now to League one where Joe Gauche

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started and played the full game in goal for Port Vale in their one nil

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loss to Wimbledon in Midway. Yes, Wimble and do play football. They don't just host

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tennis tournaments every year. He then backed it up at the weekend starting and

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playing the full game, making four saves in a two all draw with Burton Albion.

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So it could have been a lot worse for Port Vale had Joe Gauchi not

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been between the sticks. It is probably fair to say there. Alex Robertson started and

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played until the 76th minute of Cardiff City's 30 win over

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Rotherham. He completed 42 of his 48 pass attempts and

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created four chances for his side. A real string pulling effort in midfield

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from Alex there. Rounding out the Ligue 1 action with Rafael

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Borges Rodriguez who started and played 76 minutes for Wigan Athletic

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as they were thrashed 61 by Peterborough. Still no sign of Tyrese

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Francois in that match day squad for Wigan and no news on

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his injury status. The result ended up costing the Wigan coach his

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job. And yet another little fun fact for you there. Now let's

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go to Scotland where Martin Boyle scored the first goal for

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Hibbs playing 73 minutes in a 32 win against Dundee

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United Jack Iredale played a full game for Hibbs whilst potential Aussie Ante Sutor

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was substituted on in the 63rd minute and had the desired

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effect scoring the winner in the third minute of added time.

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In opposition Ashley Maynard Brewer started and played the full game in

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goal while Sac Sapsford started and played 75 minutes and Ryan Strain

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was an unused substitute. Ryan McGowan started and played the full game

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for Livingston in their 21 loss to Falkirk. He provided the assist for

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their only goal. Now to Italy where Alessandro Circati

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started and played the full game for Panama in their 10 win against Bologna.

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It is yet another clean sheet for the defender and his side. How very Italian

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of them. Jackson Irvine was subbed on in the 68th minute

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of St. Pauli's 30 loss to Bayer Leverkusen in midweek league

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action. It only helped his side secure a much needed victory over Stuttgart

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in the Bundesliga at the weekend. Irvine started and played the full game for his

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side and it is good to know that that is his first start for his

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side St Pauli since returning from that injury earlier

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in the year. Now let's head to Spain where Matt Ryan started and played

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all of Levante's 42 loss to Athletic Club which

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given the scoreline you'd think that Matt Ryan might have had a howler

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but he actually had a really good game and it could have been a lot

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worse had he not been in goal similar to Joe Gauche earlier. Our mobile

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was subbed on in the 64th minute of Castellon's 40

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win over Real Vale Dolid. Now to Croatia where

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Frani Karasic started and played a full game for Asjek as

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they went down 2:1 to Varazdin. Anthony Kalik

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was subbed on in the 77th minute of Hajic Split as they beat Slavian

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Sunil. Now to the Netherlands where Jordan Boss started and played

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82 minutes for Feyenoord in their 10 win against Utrecht.

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Max Ballard started and played a full game for NAC Breida in

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their 20 loss to Excelsior. Arun Justic started and played

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all of Heracles Elamelo's 41 loss to NEC Namingen

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Reece Boznowski was not in the matchday squad.

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Now to Austria where Jed Drew was a late substitute getting 11

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minutes for Hartberg in their one all draw with rapid Vin. There was

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no sign of Marco Tillio in the Rapid vein side either

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in worrying signs for Marco. Now to Denmark where Paul Itzo kept

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a clean sheet for Anders as they Drew nil or with Bronby as the Danish

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league resumed after its winter break. Massatura came on at halftime

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but was unable to spark his side's attack, noting that Nil all draw there.

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Let's head to Cyprus where Milos Degenerek

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started and played the full game for Apoll nicosia in a

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21 loss to AEK Lana Cool to

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Czechia where Garon Qual started and played 69 minutes for

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Spasa Prague as they won 3 nil against Zelin.

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Rounding out the action in Japan where Kasuni Yengi came

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off the bench in the 71st minute for Setuzo Osaka

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as they lost to Gamba Osaka in the first round of the J League.

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It was Kasuni's debut for his new club. Now just a quick

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one. The game actually ended Nil or but as this is an experimental

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season for the J League whilst they rearrange their calendar to align it with

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the the European leagues, every game that is a draw will go to penalties.

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So in the interest of letting you know how that one went,

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the shootout ended 54 in Gamba Osaka's favor

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in the Osaka Derby. Rounding out the action in Japan

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will drop down a division to the J2 where Jason Guerrier

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started and played the full game for Alberto niigata in a 10 win

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over Uhmi. That is it for the weekly wrap.

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Next up is Players of the Week and I'll wrap up this week's show.

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All right, Players of the Week time and let's start with our

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Women's Player of the Week. It is Winona Heatley who started and played the full

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game for Roma, helping her side keep a clean sheet in their 10 win over

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AC Milan. The victory helped her side stay five points clear at the top of

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the table and is the very reason why she is our Woman's

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Player of the Week this week she's becoming a bit of a regular as

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the Women's Player of the Week. Great stuff. Keep it up and let's

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see you in that green and gold for the Asian cup soon.

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Now to our Men's Player of the Week. I gave you a bit of a

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hint earlier. Let me know in the comments or via social

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media if you got this one right. But our Men's Player of the Week

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this week is Mohamed Toure who made an ideal start to his Norwich City

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career, scoring the second goal in a 20 win against Lewis Miller's black Blackburn

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Rovers. He was substituted on to the pitch after 51 minutes

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of the game. What a start. And Philip Clement, his coach,

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is already raving about him, thinking that him and his coaching

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staff at Norwich can turn him into a bit of a wonder. And wouldn't we

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absolutely love to see that? Well, that is it for another

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week of the Aussie football passport. I hope you enjoyed this episode.

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Let me know if you'd like to hear an Asian cup preview show.

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social media for the show. Or you can also leave a comment on the podcast

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episode if you're listening to this on Spotify. I don't think Apple Podcast has a

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comment feature at this point, but let me know if I'm incorrect

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

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Goodbye for now.