The Matildas Book Their Spot in the Semifinal and World Cup

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Hello and welcome to the Aussie Football Passport, your one

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stop pod for updates on your favorite Aussie men and women footballers who are

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playing their club careers abroad. I'm your host Alex and this

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week's episode has it all the time. Matilda's progress in

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the Asian Cup, a potential socceroo changing his allegiance,

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the Matilda's hopefuls that didn't make the Asian cup squad returning

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to club action and our men scoring some worldies and then

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everything in between. Also a quick note that I'm recording

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this episode on the night of the Matilda's semi final, so I'll update

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you on that result later on and keep your eyes peeled for maybe

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a potential bonus episode. Anyway, let's get on

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with it with the headlines.

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And let's start with the transfer rumor mill. We have a

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transfer rumor already and we're only in March.

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Gotta love football, don't you? It's Newcastle jets striker

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Lachlan Rose who is reportedly set to join the Scottish

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outfit Dundee United from next season according to the

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Daily Record and the Career United will finalize a pre

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contract with Rose this week with terms agreed

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on a two year deal. It is reward for a productive season

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for the striker leading the line for the high flying jets with

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eight goals so far this season and he'll be looking to cap this season at

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the jets with not only the Golden Boot but but the A League

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Premiership, the toilet seat as it's lovingly known.

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Now let's get to some other headlines as I alluded to in

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the intro. Let's start with the shock news of Adrian Sega

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changing his nationality on the FIFA International

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database from Australia to Croatia.

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He was quoted on the Croatian Football Federation's website as

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saying it wasn't easy to make this decision making because I grew up in Australia

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which I represented at youth levels. So I would

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like to express my gratitude to the coaches and teammates with whom I shared

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the dressing room. Football Australia and Socceroos staff

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have been blindsided by this decision. It was only a matter of

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months ago when he did an interview with Simon Hill that he stated his desire

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to wear the green and gold after being called into the Socceroos

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camp during the September international window. Of course there

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is still a very slim chance that Sega Chic can backflip and choose

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to represent Australia as he would have to be capped in a competitive

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senior men's game for Croatia to lock him in with the nation.

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This does look like a very slim chance now as that database

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change has happened and for the time being I'll stop covering Adrian

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on the pod. We wish Adrian all the best and I guess this does

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open up a bit of a debate about those dual national players.

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It's fair to say over the years Australia have, well in

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more recent times anyway, have won the battle. You think of

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the Scottish cohort, particularly Martin Boyle and Harry Soutar that chose

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to represent Australia. Of course there's been some high profile ones

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that have gone the other way, particularly with Josip Simonic

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choosing to represent Croatia. But for every Josip Simonic,

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there's a Mark Feduco who does choose to represent Australia. You have to respect the

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player's decision at the end of the day and who they feel most

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loyal to or who they feel will they will get a better opportunity with.

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So Adrian clearly feels that is with Croatia and

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as I said before, I wish him all the best in the Croatian

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system now under 20s coach Trevor

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Morgan has named a 23 player squad for two matches against

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China later this month and it's headlined by the

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selection of Manchester United fullback James Overy.

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He's already played in the senior team, Socceroos that is,

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and no doubt would have been a good chance considering the season ending

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injury to Lewis Miller. However, he's been selected in the

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under 20 side, so that might allude to Tony Popovic assessing

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options elsewhere, you'd imagine. But getting back to the under 20 side,

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the new faces in that side are midfielder Alex Bolton

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who recently jo Swedish club AIK from Per

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Flory Sampdoria, left back Delano Cecchi,

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Leeds United goalkeeper Robbie Cook,

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glory midfielder Giovanni Diabraou and

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Newcastle jets star Will Dobson. Another name of

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note is Marcus Neil, the son of Socceroo's great Lucas. He's been

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called into the under 20s side despite being just 17 years

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old. He's been killing it in front of goal for Sunderland's youth sides

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and that's why he's been selected here, you'd imagine. Also of

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note is the selection of Monza Central midfielder

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Danilo Trafaletti, who has previously been capped by

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Australia at under 17 level, but interestingly also by Italy

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at under 16 level. So going back to that dual national debate that I just

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talked about with Adrian Sega, there's another primary example there.

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Anyway, let's get on to what I think

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a fair chunk of the listeners want to hear. It's how the

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Matildas got on with their game against North Korea in

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the quarterfinal. Well, I can tell you if you've been under a rock recently,

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that the Matildas defeated North Korea 2:1 to book

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their place in the semi final of the Asian Cup. The result also means

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that the Matildas have directly qualified for next year's FIFA

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Women's World cup which will be held in Brazil. So congratulations

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for the Matildas and fair to say they've got the pass mark for the

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tournament. The pressure is off but let's see if they can knock over

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the semi final next. But let's get back to the quarterfinal game

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against North Korea because Joe Montemuro made two changes

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to the side that drew three all with Korea Republic in

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that final group game. Caitlin Torpy replaced the injured

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Steph Catley at left back whilst Emily Van Egbon started

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in midfield in place of Claire Wheeler.

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Alana Kennedy scored in the first half before Sam Kerr,

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the hometown hero in this one doubled the lead in the

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second half. North Korea was the more pleasing

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on the eye. I think you'll probably agree with me if you caught the game.

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They had slick passing moves and they were pressing without

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the ball which resulted in a number of turnovers and ultimately

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in them dominating possession. In this one, to be Precise, they had

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62% of possession which goes against Joe

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Montemuro ball where he likes to dominate. Well, he likes his

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sides to dominate the ball but in this case North Korea,

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well they also had more shots than The Matildas had.21 4

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and 10 shots on target to two. But in the end the

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Matildas were the ones that came out with the victory 2 1.

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Again the structuralist midfield provided both benefits.

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You can see Alana Kennedy's goal as a perfect example of that and then the

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negatives because North Korea's attacks just seem to slice straight through

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the midfield of the Matilda's. So it'll leave coach

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Montemiro with something to think about before the next game as to

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whether he changes this or not, whether he provides a little bit more rigidity there,

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a little bit more structure or whether however he continues down the same path.

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No doubt he will have a bit of a tactical battle on his hands with

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the Ante Milicic coach. China of course, Ante Milicic,

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a former Matilda's coach himself and good thren and

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good friends with Joe Montemuro. So no doubt it

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will be a very interesting tactical matchup between the two

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sides in the semi final. Now let's hear the thoughts

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of Joe Montemuro and Sam Kerr on the

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game against North Korea. How do you feel for that? How do I feel qualifying

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for the World Cup? Yeah, look, I mean that was the, the biggest thing I've.

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I've Never been to Brazil, so I'm really looking forward to it. We had to

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do a job tonight, so. Against an excellent team. Against an excellent team

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and, you know, we, we move forward. How about you?

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Yeah, just happy to win. Really good team

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performance. I thought everyone really dug deep and I think

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that type of performance as a team can give us a lot of confidence.

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Go forward. So really happy with not only the win, but how

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we stuck in and worked together. Hi, Jo. I guess you

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spoke a lot after the South Korea game about tournament football and

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every game, the job being to improve. Do you think that's what

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we saw tonight? And like, how do you compare. I guess the,

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the grit the team showed at the end of that game compared to

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South Korea. Look, let's, let's, let's, let's be frank and

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honest here. You know, I mean, obviously, you know, winning football games like that,

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it usually sort of happens in, in tournaments. I mean, I've, I've done

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it a few times like that in Champions League. I think there was a game

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against Chelsea. We went and went and got a draw. Were you playing with the

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Juventus? Oh, yeah, yeah, we got a draw. I mean, they had 450 million

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shots and we had one. That's tournament football. We knew, we knew that they were.

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They're a great side for me, you know, and I'm probably extending.

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They're the best. They're the best. They're the best team in the tournament. They really

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are. They're. They're a great side. You.

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But, you know, they have their reasons for the way they play. And, you know,

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it's very difficult and it's very unpredictable.

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So we just had to be methodical.

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And where we won the game, I think were the, were the little bits in

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between as we were losing the ball or as we were winning the ball to

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keep our shape and keep our organization? Yeah, we didn't create much.

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We had to resist a lot of. But again,

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it's, it's the way, you know, it's the way you beat these teams.

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You have to be. You have to manage the game in a certain way and,

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you know, fortunate enough for us, we, we did it. Thanks to Football Australia

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and the AFC for that audio.

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Now, let's go around the grounds at the Asian cup to bring you up to

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speed on all the results that have happened in the last week.

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So in the remaining match day, three group games. India lost 31

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to Taiwan, which saw Taiwan progress to the quarterfinals.

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Japan then comfortably defeated Vietnam 4 nil.

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This set up some interesting Quarterfinal fixtures to say the

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least. In particular, there was a game between China

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and Taiwan in which China won 2 nil in extra

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time in the first game on Saturday. South Korea then

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demolished Uzbekistan 60 in the evening game on

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Saturday and then on Sunday afternoon Japan dismantled the Philippines

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with a 7 nil win. Just to note

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again that all of the semifinalists have secured direct qualification

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into next year's World cup whilst the other four teams go into

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playoffs for the remaining two spots. So that means that China,

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South Korea and Japan will join the Matildas with that direct

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qualification to the World cup, whilst Uzbekistan will play the Philippines

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and Taiwan will play North Korea to decide who

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goes through to the FIFA Women's World cup next

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year. Both of those games will be held on the Gold coast as well,

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so get down if you're available. They should be two very interesting

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games in terms of the semi finals as I've

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noted already or as you can probably tell from what I have

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just spoken about. Australia will play China in Perth

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while Japan and South Korea will play each other in Sydney

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to determine the finalists. Come on the Matildas.

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All right, now to the least favorite sub segment of

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the Aussie football passport. It is injury news and

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let's start with some positive news for once because Joe Montemuro has confirmed

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that Hayley Rasso and Steph Cutley will be available for the semifinal

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against China after passing their concussion tests.

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In fantastic news for the Matildas, both players no

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doubt will come straight into that side for the game against

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China. Derby county head coach John Eustace confirmed

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that Callum Elder will be sidelined for up to six weeks after suffering

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with a knee injury across recent matches. He also sustained

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a toe injury in last month's fixture away at Hull City,

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so he's getting both of those fixed up and hopefully he will

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be back after the international break, which is in a couple of weeks.

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So that's why he's been missing from Derby county side

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in recent matches. Now Motherwell have confirmed

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that fullback Johnny Katrumbas will continue to be out for a further few

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weeks with a calf injury, explaining his absence in recent weeks from

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that Motherwell side. 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, let's start with the Weekly Wrap and our ladies who

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were unfortunate to make the Matildas side. Yes,

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I'm still going to keep you updated on those players as they return to club

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action after the FIFA international window ended. Now to start with

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in the USA with Courtney vine who played 29 minutes

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as a second half substitute in North Carolina Courage's

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21 win over Racing Louisville. Now to Mexico

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where Emily Gilnick played 30 minutes for Monterrey, coming on as a

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second half substitute in her side's two nil win over Mazlatan

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FC. Now to France where Clara Uaru

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played 18 minutes for Fleury in their two nil loss to Nantes.

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Now to Germany where Leia Valley started and played the

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full game for Nuremberg in their 21 loss to Freiburg and

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rounding out our ladies action in Italy with our Aussie pair

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at Seswolo. Unfortunately they went down 30 to Inter Milan.

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Jacinta Galabadarachi came on as a second half

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substitute specifically in the 64th minute whilst

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fellow Aussie Jessica Nash did the same however in

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the 68th minute. Now let's check in on

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our men in the championship. Riley McGree played

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75 minutes for Middlesbrough in a one nil loss to Charlton

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in midweek action at the weekend. He backed up playing

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60 minutes for Middlesbrough in a one all draw with Bristol

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City. That makes it four games without a win for Borrow

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and could affect their automatic promotion hopes.

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Nestry iron Kunder played 84 minutes for Watford

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in a one all draw with Sheffield Wednesday at

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the weekend. He came on in the 64th minute with his side two

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nil down to Stoke City and scored an absolutely stunning

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goal for his side. However, it was not enough to spark

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a comeback as they lost 31 in the end.

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Cameron Burgess played a full game for Swansea City in

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their 21 win over Portsmouth who had Hayden Matthews on

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the bench. He then played another full game for Swansea

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City in a two nil loss to Wrexham at the weekend.

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In a bit of Welsh derby there, Daniel Benny came on

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in stoppage time getting a solitary minute of game time in

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QPR's 31 win over Leicester City. Keely Adamson

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was on the bench for QPR but did not get any minutes.

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Now down to League one where Joe Gauche

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started and played the whole game in goal for Port Vale in a two

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nil loss to Bradford City in midweek action. He then

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started and played the whole game for Port Vale keeping a clean

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sheet in a nil or draw with Huddersfield Town. Rafael Borges

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Rodriguez came off the bench in the 83rd minute

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in a 30 loss to Plymouth Argyll. However,

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on the winning side there was Caleb Watts who started, played 85

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minutes and scored one of the goals. Now going back to Rafael Borguis

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Rodriguez who started and played a full game for Wigan

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Athletic in their two nil win over Bradford City at the weekend.

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Caleb Watts repeated the trick with another goal for Plymouth Argyle

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in their two all draw with Reading this time around at the weekend

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heading north of the border to Scotland where Oscar

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Preespen was a second half substitute getting 13 minutes in

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Motherwell's 31 loss to Celtic. Martin Boyle

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replaced Jack iredale in the 62nd minute

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whilst Soccero hopeful Ante Suto was substituted at

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the same time for Hibbs in Daniel Ordraul with Livingston. Ryan McGowan

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remained on the bench for Livingston in that match and did not get any minutes.

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Ashley Maynard Brewer started and played the whole game for Dundee United

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in their two all draw with Dundee in the Derby there.

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His Aussie teammates were second half substitutes with sacks

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Hapsford getting 19 minutes and Ryan Strang getting 8 minutes.

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Now to Italy where Alessandro Circati started and

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played a full game for Parma in their 41 loss to Torino.

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In Germany, Jackson Irvine started and played a full game

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whilst Connor Metcalfe came off the bench in the 89th minute for

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St Pauli in their two nil lost to Borussia Munchen. Gladbach to

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Spain where Matt Ryan started and played the full game in

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goal for Levante in a one all draw with Rayo Vallecano.

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He made three saves in the match as his side are five points

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from safety in La Liga to Croatia where Fran

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Karachic started and played the whole game for NK Ossiak

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in their nil or draw with Hnk Ghodika. Anthony Kallik came

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off the bench in the 90th minute for Hajuk split in their 21 win

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over NK Locomotive. Now to the Netherlands where

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Jordan Boss started and played a full game for Feyenoord as

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they defeated Excelsior Rotterdam 2 1. Boss provided

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his 8th assist of the season in the victory continuing his

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good form of late. Max Ballard started and played a full game

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for NAC breda in a 60 loss to go Ahead Eagles.

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Arden Rustic started and played the full game for Heracles

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alamello in a 40 loss to AZ Alkmaar. His Aussie

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teammate Reece Bozanowski started but was substituted at halftime

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in that one. Now to Austria where Jacob Italiano played at

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47 minutes for Grazer AK in de 2 nil win

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over Wolfsburger AC in Denmark. Paul Itzo started

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and played a full game in goal whilst keeping a clean sheet for

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Randers FC in their 30 win over FC.

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Frederica Musatur was not in the

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matchday squad. Now to Norway where Gianni Stenzner started and

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played 47 minutes for Viking in their 21 loss to Hama

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Kamatarana. It was an eventful match for

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Gianni, scoring a goal, receiving a yellow card and then being

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substituted at halftime. Gee whiz. Hopefully it gets better

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for Gianni after that one. Now to Poland where a

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particular striker reminded Tony Popovic of his skill

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set. It's Danny Uric who started, played the full game and scored

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the winner for his side Visla plok in their 21 win

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over Krakowia. Now to Cyprus where Milos Degenerek

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came on as a second half substitute in the 77th minute for Applewell

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in their 21 win over Aris Limassol FC.

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Now to Czechia where Garon qual started and played 47

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minutes for Sparta Prague in their 21 loss to AZ Alkbar

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in the first leg of his side's Europa Conference

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League round of 16 match. The return leg is to be held next

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week. He then came on in the 87th minute for Sparsa

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Prague in their 52 win over FC Slovakia

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in Czech League action at the weekend. Now to

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Northern America, specifically the usa.

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Patrick Yazbeck started and played the full game for Nashville in

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a nil or draw with Inter Miami in midweek CONCACAF Champions

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cup action at the weekend. He came off the bench in the

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62nd minute for Nashville in their one nil win over Columbus

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Crew. In MLS League action,

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Kyros started and played a full game for D.C.

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united in a 21 win over Chicago Fire. Clive Truin

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and Aidan O' Neill both played full games for New York City FC in their

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31 win over Colorado Rapids. For the Rapids,

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Lucas Harrington started and played the full game. Archie Goodwin

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played nine minutes as a late second half substitute in Charlotte's

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nil draw with Inter Miami. Now rounding out

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our men's weekly wrap in Japan,

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Tetangi started and played 68 minutes, scoring his

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first goal in the J League to lead his Maida

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Zelvia side to a 10 win over Kashiwa Rasol.

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Finally, Jason Guerrier started and played a full game for Albrecht Sniigata

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as they drew nil or with NARA club.

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The game went to penalties where Jerry's side won 4 2.

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All right, that is it for the weekly wrap. Next up, Players of

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the Week and I'll wrap it this week's episode.

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All right, Players of the Week time and our Women's Player

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of the Week. Well, it's basically a copy and paste job from last week's show.

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I'll be completely honest with you, it's Alana Kennedy. She continued a

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hot streak in the front of goal this time opening the scoring for the

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Matildas in their quarterfinal encounter with North Korea and laid

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the foundations for that victory. I think it's pretty fair to say,

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it's hard to believe, but she is now a red hot chance

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of winning the Golden Boot at this tournament. Really, really like

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incredible stuff and it's great to see from Alana. As I mentioned in last

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week's episode, her role in the side was being really

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questioned and she's not only come out and played really well, but she's

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scored a lot of goals, which is definitely not in her role description. Let's say

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her fluid role in midfield I guess has allowed her to

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do this and take advantage of the space that the attackers in front of her

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have provided. And hasn't she done so long? May it continue.

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I say now to our Men's Player

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of the Week. It is none other than Alex Robertson who,

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well, he just stuck in front of Nestori Iran Kunder for this

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award this week. He was a goal scorer and let me

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try and do this justice with words. He exchanged a 12

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with Ryan Wintle on the edge of the box before curling in an

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unstoppable effort into the top right corner of the goal which is what won him

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the award over in Nestery. In that goal scoring performance, he played

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79 minutes for his side Cardiff City in their four

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nil win over Exodus City on the weekend. In Midweek,

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he played 69 minutes for Cardiff City, their one all draw with Barnsley which

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helps push them closer to automatic promotion

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to the championship. All right, well that is

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

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the next episode is out, the Asian cup will have wrapped up,

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so keep your eye out, as I said at the top of the show,

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for some additional content that will come your way.

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

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episode. Goodbye for now.