Everyone wants Nestory Irankunda, Cristian Volpato and Mohamed Toure to start together. For Socceroos coach Tony Popovic, it’s not that simple.
Patrick Beach didn’t come into this World Cup with many expectations. Getting a beach in Melbourne named after him wasn’t one of them.
The exciting duo dovetailed brilliantly, rotating with sharpness throughout the opening 45 minutes, overlapping and overloading the right flank to repeatedly bamboozled Paraguay’s defence.
Aged just 18, Lucas Herrington became the youngest Socceroo to start at a World Cup – and the central defender was one of Australia’s best in the vital 0-0 draw with Paraguay.
A single flare has ignited over a sea of green and gold at Federation Square ahead of Australia’s high-stakes World Cup clash with Paraguay.
We rate the Socceroos’s efforts from their nil-all draw with Paraguay, which secured their spot in the round of 32 at the World Cup.
Despite a disappointing loss to the US, the Socceroos’ World Cup fate is still very much in their own hands.