World Club Champion Matildas, A Socceroo Brace, and the Return of a Star Matilda

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

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

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abroad. I'm your host Alex and guess what? We have some world

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champions to talk about. Thanks in particular to a

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Matilda's goal no less. Speaking of goals, it was a great week for our Aussies

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in front of goal and I can't wait to update you on all of that.

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That plus there are also some last minute transfers as

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the transfer window closes, including a couple of the next generation of Matildas,

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an injury return for a current Matilda, some red mist for a socceroo,

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along with the usual goals, assists and clean sheets from our Aussies abroad.

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Let's start with the headlines in just a second.

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It's the headlines and let's kick it off with some

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transfer news in particular with a couple of moves for the

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next generation of the hopeful Matildas. Let's call them and

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the first one is Anneliese Rasmussen, who has joined Juventus.

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Yes, that's right, Juventus on a deal until the end of the 20272028

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season. She'll be the first Australian woman to play for the club, but the

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fourth in total with James Troisi, Jess Van Stratten and Max

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Fieri having played for the men's team. Rasmussen was level with Holly

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McNamara in the race for the Golden Boot in the A League women, having scored

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11 goals in 14 games for the Central Coast Mariners. 2. She's yet another

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youth academy product from the club who has produced so many

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national team stars over the years despite operating on a shoestring budget.

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And we can't wait to see what Anneliese does in the famous black

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and white of Juventus. Now to Alana Murphy who has moved from SC sand

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in the German second division to Nottingham Forest in the English second division.

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She has signed a contract until June 2027.

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She'll now face up against Caitlin Torpy who recently joined

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Newcastle, are coached by Aussie Tanya Ostby.

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Now to a transfer that just happened before I've

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recorded this episode and it's Leah Valley who's secured an immediate

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transfer to FC Nuremberg in the German First Division Bundesliga.

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It's for a significant undisclosed fee and she departs

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Brisbane Raw. Now to the men's where Clyde Truan's move to New

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York City FC in the MLS was confirmed not long after last week's

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show, which I did put in there as a rumor. Initially, he signed

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a contract with the club until the 20282029

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season with an option for a further year. Melbourne City and New

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York City are sister clubs so the transfer fee has not been disclosed

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now to the Yengee Brothers and it has finally been

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confirmed that they will now meet up in Japan with their moves

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being finalized. Teti is heading to Machida Zelvia

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and Kusuni to Setuzo Osaka. As I mentioned in

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last week's rumor mill, both moves are initially on loan until 30

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June this year. There is an option to buy in both

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of those deals I do believe now the Aussie contingent at QPR

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is up to four after the club has added 18 year old Christian

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Pulella to its development squad. He joins from Perth

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Glory and is a left back one for the future perhaps and it seems to

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be a perf world trodden with of course Daniel Benny and Jaylen Pearman

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both joining from Perth Glory. So all the best to Christian.

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No doubt we'll see him in the first team very soon. Ashley Maynard

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Brewer has joined Dundee United from Charlton Athletic on an initial

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six month deal as he chases game time. He made only one

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appearance for Charlton Athletic in League one. He will join fellow Aussies Zach

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Sapsford and Ryan Strain at Dundee United. Motore has

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joined Norwich City on a four and a half year contract with the option

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for a further year. He departs randers having scored 12 goals and

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providing nine assists across 48 appearances. It means we

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have yet another Aussie in the championship. A league 2.0

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anyone? Now here's a left field one. Hibs have signed Ante Sutor

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from Slaven Benlo in the Croatian top

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division. Ante is eligible to represent Croatia and Australia due

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to his ancestry. He's a versatile forward who can play on either flank

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or through the middle and assigned a two and a half year contract with

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the club. Will Martin Boyle and Jack Idaho get in his ear to

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represent the green and gold? Only time will tell. And will he pop up on

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Tony Popovich's scouting radar one to keep an eye on?

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No doubt now. So the rumour mill it has wound down a fair

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bit considering that the transfer window is now shut in most of

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the top European leagues. However, it's still open in a couple of other leagues

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around the world, including the A League. It is believed that Jacob Farrell is on

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his way back to Australia in the hope of getting some minutes after an injury

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ravaged time at Portsmouth. It's believed that it will be

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a loan move for the rest of the season. Which club he ends up at

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is unknown at this stage, but I'll bring that to you once the news breaks

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and that's being reported in several outlets over in the uk.

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A last minute deal that is being pushed for is Heracles Alamello's

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move for Reece Bozanowski. The Perth Glory player has attracted the interest of

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Ernest Faber, the coach of Heracles Alamelo, after missing out on

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Adelaide defender Panagiotis Kikianis. If he does join, he will

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have a fellow Aussie in the form of Adam Justici at the club to help

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him settle in there into the Netherlands. And in even better news there

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is in fact no injuries to bring you. So how good is that?

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Absolutely love that. Anyway, let's move on

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to the weekly wrap in just a moment.

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Now let's start with the FIFA Champions

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cup, which is essentially the Women's Club World cup and

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it started in midweek last week with Arsenal defeating Far

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rabat, a Moroccan side 60 in the first ever FIFA

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Women's Champions cup semifinal to advance the final on

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the weekend. Caitlin Ford was substituted on to the field at halftime and provided

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the assist for the final goal of the game. Steph Cutley and Kyra Cooney Cross

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were unused substitutes. Now let's talk about the final because as I alluded

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to earlier in the show, we have some world champion Matildas because Arsenal defeated

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Corinthians 3:2 in extra time to become the first ever

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winners of the FIFA Women's Champions Cup. Steph Cutley

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started and played the whole game for Arsenal. Kyra Cooney Cross was an

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unused substitute and you may notice that I've left someone out of that.

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So that's a little hint for later on the show. So hopefully you stick

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around to find out who our Women's Player of the Week is, but I reckon

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you may well know. Anyway, let's turn our attention to

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WSL action in England where Tottenham had to come from behind

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to defeat West Ham 2 1. Clay Hunt started and played the full

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game while Charlie Grant remains unavailable due to injury for Spurs.

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Katrina Gorey played the full game in midfield for the Hammers.

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Claire Wheeler started and played the full game in midfield at Everton as they beat

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Aston Villa 2 1. It was an important three points for the Toffees as

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they look to secure their WSL status for next season. The London

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City Lionesses defeated Brighton and Hove Albion 2 1.

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A recurring theme with these WSL games.

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Charlie's Rule started and played 70 minutes for Brighton whilst Alana

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Kennedy was a second half substitute for the Lionesses. Playing nine minutes,

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Manchester City took a big step towards winning

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the WSL with an emphatic 51 victory over Chelsea.

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It was a statement victory for City. However, you'll have to excuse me because

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it's not the headline I'm interested in. I'm much more interested in

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a second half substitute for City. Yes, it was Mary Fowler.

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She made her return to the pitch in the 76th

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minute after rupturing her ACL last April. Interestingly,

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she came on and played as a center forward and it's a role that we've

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seen her play for the Matilda's before. She's much more accustomed to

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playing on either flank or in behind a striker, but it is

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something to take note of and will give Joe Montemiro

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something to think about rotating those forward players in the

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Asian Cup. Oh yeah, and there were two Aussies playing

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for Chelsea weren't there? Ellie Carpenter started and played the full game while Sam Kerr

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was a second half substitute getting 41 minutes rounding out the action in

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the English Women's Second Division. Caitlin Torpey started at left back playing

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62 minutes in Newcastle's 1 all draw with Ipswich Town who are

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bottom of the table and puts a little bit of a dent in Newcastle's momentum

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as they push the for promotion. Now let's head to

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France where Clara Ural played 65

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minutes in midfield for Fleurier in their one to

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win over Montpellier. Kaia Simon played 11 minutes of Dijon's

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three nil win over Strasbourg. Now to Italy where Winona

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Heatley started and played the full match for Roma as they kept a clean

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sheet and defeated city rivals Lazio 3 nil in the copper Italia

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semifinals in midweek. Shem backed it up at the weekend

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as a second half substitute for Roma playing 33

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minutes in their entertaining three or draw with Panama. Alex Schidiac

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started and played the full game in midfield for Cornwall in their

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10 draw with Lazio. We just can't seem to get rid of Lazio

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in this week's show. Sassuolo suffered a

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heavy defeat by Juventus. The final score was 4

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nil. Jessica Nash started and played the full game while Jacinta

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Galabadarachi started and played 56 minutes for Sassuolo.

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Now let's talk about the men in the

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championship. Callum Elda started and played a full game providing

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an assist for Derby County's first goal as they beat Bristol City

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5 nil. Riley McGree provided the assist for

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the winning and only goal as Middlesbrough beat Norwich City 1

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nil. The midfielder started and played an hour in a result that moved his

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side level on points with Coventry City in first place in the Championship.

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Sam Silvera was on the bench but did not make it onto the pitch and

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there's been a couple of transfers in those wide positions.

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That means Sam Silvera's position in the side is not guaranteed

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and minutes might be a little bit harder for Sam to come by, but let's

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hope that is not the case and he wins his spot. Back now to a

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game that I alluded to earlier in the show regarding the Red Mist. No,

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it wasn't Cameron Burgess but he played a massive part in Swansea City's clean sheet

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playing a full game as they defeated Watford 2 nil. Now to the man

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that suffered the red Mist. It was Nestry Irancunda who came on in the 76th

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minute for Watford before being sent off for a bit of a shove

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on one of the Swansea City players who, let's be honest,

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made the most of it but shouldn't be shoving fellow players like that.

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Nestry and we know he does have a bit of a temper.

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Hopefully he can reign it in. We did see some lovely scenes

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as the referee was making his decision. Cameron Burgess

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came over to calm down Nestry In a sign of that Socceroo's

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brotherhood, Lewis Miller played the second half for Blackburn Rovers in a

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one nil loss to High flying Hull City. Adrian Segacic

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started and played at 75 minutes for Portsmouth as they defeated

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West Bromwich Albion 3 0. There was no Jacob Farrell on the be as

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that loan move looks to be playing out and of course Thomas Waddingham

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and Hayden Matthews are both continuing their recovery from their respective

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injuries. Daniel Benny started and played 67 minutes of QPR's

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shock 2:1 victory over TableTop in Coventry City

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and of course that result helped Riley McGree and Sam Silvera's

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Middlesbrough out massively. So a little bit of an Aussie helping hand. Let's say Aussie

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teammate Keely Adamson was on the bench but did not see any minutes for QPR

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in that game. Now let's drop down a division to League one

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where we had midweek and weekend games. Joe Gauche started and played

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the full game between the sticks for Portvale in their 31 loss to Exeter City

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in the midweek game. He then backed it up with a big performance in Port

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Vale's 10 win against Leighton Orient at the weekend. He made two

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big saves helping his side to a clean sheet. Gauche has

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now played three of the last four games after a spell on the bench before

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that and we love to see it. Rafael Borges Rodriguez

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came on in the 62nd minute for Wigan Athletic in their two nil

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loss to Wigan. Wonders in midweek. Torres Francois was not in the

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matchday squad for that one. He backed it up as a late sub for

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Wigan. That's Rafael Borges Rodriguez in their 10

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loss to Lincoln City. Torres Francois was not in the matchday squad for

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a third game in a row which is a little bit of a worry.

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There's no news on an injury to Tyrese so not too sure if there

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is an issue off the field there or there is an injury that has

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not been reported. We'll find that out for you in next week's

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show. Caleb Watts started and played 72 minutes for Plymouth Argyll

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in their one all draw with Mansfield Town in midweek. He then backed it up

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with his side's only goal in their 21 loss to Stockport at the

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weekend. He started and was substituted at halftime. Now let's

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head to Scotland where Martin Boyle started and played 66 minutes for

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Hibbs as they drew nil with Rangers. Jack Idaho started and

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the full game for Hibbs at centre back. Ryan Strain started and

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played a full game for Dundee United as they lost three nil to table

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topping Hearts who are still without Cameron Devlin. Sachs Hapsford joined

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the action as a halftime substitute whilst Ashley Maynard Brewer

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made his debuting goal, starting and playing the full game. Ryan McGowan

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played a full game for Livingston in a two nil lost to Motherwell. In opposition,

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Oscar Priestman started and played the full game in midfield whilst Johnny Katrumba

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started and played 85 minutes at left back and upon Hostos Damatilopoulos

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was an unused substitute. Now to Italy where Alessandro Cicati

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started and played a full game in Parma's 41 loss to Juventus.

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Despite the difficult result, Gircati was the instigator

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for Parma's only goal of the match. He was in an unusually high position on

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the pitch considering he is a center back inside the left channel

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of Juve's penalty area where he drilled a dangerous ball across the face of goal

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which was turned into his own net by Andrea Cambiasso.

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Out to Germany where Jackson Irvine was substituted on in

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the 76th minute of St Pauli's crucial come from behind draw

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with RB Leipzig which ended one all in midweek. The result meant

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St Pauli are four points away from getting out of the relegation spots

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in the Bundesliga. Was then substituted on in the 71st

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minute of St Pauly's 21 loss to Augsburg at the weekend

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in a far from ideal result for his side meaning they stay in

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those relegation positions. Now to Spain where Matt Ryan started and played a

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full game for Levante as they drew nil or with Atletico Madrid in

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a real David Verska life battle. It took a masterclass of goalkeeping

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from the Socceroos captain to keep out an atletic attack that includes the

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likes of Julian Alvarez, Alexander Solo, Thiago Almada

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and Nico Gonzalez. In fact he made four saves to preserve that

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clean sheet. Now to Croatia where Fran Karasic started

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and played all of Ostrich's 10 win against Raika which helped

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steer them clear of the relegation zone. Now to the Netherlands where

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Jordan Boss played an hour of Feyenoord's two unlossed Terrell Batis

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in midweek Europa League action. The result means that

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Feyenoord have been eliminated from the tournament. Unfortunately he

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then backed up by starting and playing a full game as his side of Feyenoord

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this time losing 3 nil to PSV Eindhoven

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as they extended their lead at the top of the table and it

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is looking increasingly likely that they will take out the Ed of

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the dizzy for this season. Arun justice opened the scoring with a lovely

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goal. He brought the ball down expertly with his chest before rifling home

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a volley. The goal helped his side Heracles Alamello to an important 21

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victory over Fortuna Sitard. The midfielder started and played 84 minutes

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in that one. Max Ballard started and played 83 minutes in

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midfield for NAC Breda as they drew 2 all with 20.

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To Austria where Marco Tillio started and played the first

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half of Rapid Veens heavy 30 loss to Reid.

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Now to Poland where Denny Iric made his long awaited return,

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going on to score Viswa Plotsk's second goal

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and winning goal might I add in a 21 win against Rakuf.

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He started and played 76 minutes. Now to Cyprus where

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Milos Degenerac started and played a full game for Apoll as they

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defeated their crosstown rivals Olympiacos Nicosia Sudil

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Rounding out the men's action for this week in Czechia

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where Garon Qual was substituted on in the 66th

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minute of Sparta Prague's 30 win against Dukla Prague in

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the local derby. All right, 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 episode

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of the Aussie Football Passport.

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Players of the Week time and you've probably guessed it,

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it is Caitlin Ford who is our Women's Player of The week.

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Let me tell you why. She was introduced in the second half of the FIFA

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Champions cup game for Arsenal against Corinthians in

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the 64th minute to be precise. And she went on to have the

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desired effect of a substitute on the game. She scored the match winner

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in the 104th minute, which falls in extra time

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of course, to win her side the World Championship. A girls,

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of course. Caitlin Ford, Seth Cutley and Kyra Cooney Cross became

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the first World Champions at club level for Australian football

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players. How good. So it was of course a no brainer when it

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came to awarding Caitlin this week's Women's Player of the Week award.

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Now to our Men's Player of the Week. It is Alex Robertson

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who scored a brace for Cardiff City in a two all draw with Burton Albion.

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The midfielder scored twice after halftime to put Cardiff in the lead before

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being substituted in the 74th minute of the game at the weekend

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and it's fair to say his substitution may or may not have affected the result

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there as Burton Albion came back to level that game up. I should

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update you. Of course he did play in midweek as well. He played the first

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half of Cardiff City's four nil win against Barnsley. A great week for the midfielder

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of course, and hopefully it means he will link up with the soccero squad in

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March as he looks to confirm his allegiances to the Green

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

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I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you can please share the podcast to anyone

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Socceroo squads, particularly with that Women's Asian cup

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Thanks for listening and I'll catch you in the next episode. Goodbye for now.