Aussie Glory: Arsenal Ladies Conquer Women's Champions League

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Foreign hello

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and welcome to the Aussie football passport, your one stop pod for

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updates on your favorite Aussie men and women who are playing their club cruise aboard.

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I'm your host Alex and this week I will take you through the men and

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women getting minutes influence in their club seasons whether

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they are winding down and chasing silverware or they are in the

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middle of their season. This week there's been silverware for some of our ladies,

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relegation playoffs for some of our men, and transfers abroad for

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some of our Aussie based players. So there's plenty to cover this week.

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Let's get into the news headlines.

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The Arsenal ladies have done the unthinkable

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and they've gone and won the Women's Champions League against Barcelona with

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a one nil win in that one. We had vested

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interests of course with three Matilda's players in that Arsenal squad.

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Steph Cutley playing the full game, Caitlin for

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getting 85 minutes and Kyra Cooney cross on the bench.

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So well done to Arsenal ladies. Their first Champions

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League victory. Well winning the whole thing of course

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since 2007. 2007 I should say

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so that is fantastic news. Well done to the ladies.

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Speaking of London and European conquerors, well,

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Ange's Tottenham Hotspur, they've won the Europa League beating

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Manchester United 1 nil. So that is incredible.

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The first Australian men's coach to win a European

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trophy. Absolutely incredible. And I'm sure there

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will be a lot of English pundits who will be eating some humble

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pie this week. Congratulations Ange.

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Now to Northern America and Portland Thorns clinched

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third place at the CONCACAF Champions cup with a 30 win

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over Club America. Caitlin Torpy started

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and played the full game at right back in that one. So congratulations to

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Caitlyn Mackenzie Arnold still out with that lower leg injury

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so hopefully she will be back soon. Now flicking

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back over to the men and another international tug of war

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is apparently beginning with Nectar Trantis

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apparently called up to both the Australian and Greek men's

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squads. This is according to Malky Mackay, the sporting director

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at Hibbs. So it will be very interesting to see how this

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one plays out. Nectar did pull out of the men's,

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well, the socceroo squad. So whoever it is that

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he will join up with the Greek national squad remains to be seen.

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We will keep you posted on that one.

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Now sticking with the men and some news out of the

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west of Australia, Jalen Pearman, he's off to QPR

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to join his good mate Daniel Benny there. And they

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will be playing in the English championship next season. So that is

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off the back of a great season or back half of the season I should

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say for per glory and also some wonderful performances at

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the Under 20s Asian Cup. So well done. Jalen. We look forward to

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covering you playing next season for qpr.

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Staying in England. Caleb Watts has joined Plymouth Argyle

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from Exeter City and that is in League one in England.

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So that should be an interesting move for Caleb.

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Now to national team selections. Tony Vidmar he's selected a 23

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man squad for the upcoming June international window.

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This is for the under 23 men's team and

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that is in preparation for the Asian cup qualifiers. The squad

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is predominantly made up of a league based players, however there are a couple of

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notable overseas based players in that squad. They include Giuseppe

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Bovalina, he plays for Vancouver Whitecaps in

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the mls. Garen Kwol the forgotten man really after

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that transfer from the Central Coast Mariners to Newcastle United where he is currently

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playing. Unfortunately not playing for the first team. However he's

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playing for their reserve team. Ariaf Pjell

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from Rael Salt Lake in the MLS and of

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course Motore from Randers in the Danish League.

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So the lads will play the South Korean under 23s in

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a two match series, the first game of which is on Thursday the

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5th of June and the second is Monday the 9th of June local

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time. So check your local guides for that one. All right,

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so that's the news headlines for this week. Next will be the weekly

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All right let's start with the ladies and in the

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US and A Alana Kennedy played a full game for

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Angel City FC. However they went down 32

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to Racing Louisville in that one so

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commiserations to Alana there. Morgan Aquino, the recently

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returned Matilda she got a full game for DC Power

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in a 2 nil loss to Tampa Bay sun. So not

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very successful for our ladies in the NWSL there

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going north the border to Canada and Carly Johnson another recent

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call up to the Matilda squad that will be playing next

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week. She got a full game for Calgary Wild in a one

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all draw with Vancouver Eyes and I think I've forgotten your name.

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Carly Johnson that was there in Canada now heading

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to Sweden. Jada Wyman she got a full game in a 4

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nil lost to Jen on Monday.

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Sorry for the pronunciation. So that was Bunday

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last week local time. She then backed up on

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the weekend and played another full game between the sticks for Ayek in

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their two nil win over Vaxjo dff. So that

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is her fourth clean sheet of the season and she is firming

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for firming favorite for the gloves for the Matildas.

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You would imagine given these performances staying in Sweden,

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Amy Sayer got 71 minutes and a goal and for Christian

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Stud in a two nil win over Hammerby. High Flying Hammerby

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who are near the top of the ladder there in Sweden.

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Her compatriot Remy siemenson She got 17 minutes off the bench in that

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one. AV Lewick the forgotten lady

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of the Matildas, she got 32 minutes

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for BK Hacken in their 10 win

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over Rosengard. So good to see Avi still doing well over there in Sweden.

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Similar minutes for Polly Doran. She got 30

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in fact for Linkoping in their 21 loss to Patea

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there. So that is the ladies wrap up

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for the week for the men. Let's go back to the

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US and A where midweek they had the US

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Open cup and there were plenty of Aussies involved in

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this. Jake Girdwood Reich he continues to start in central

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midfield for St. Louis. He got 65 minutes in their narrow

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32 loss to Minnesota United there. He then

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backed it up with an 80 minute performance in the league MLS

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of course on the weekend and unfortunately the

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losing streak continued. They went down one nil to the

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Colorado Rapids. Now Ky rolls

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he had a busy week for D.C. united. He played the full

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120 minutes of course extra time there in that cup tie. It was a 3

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all draw for for DC United with Charlotte

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however DC United won on penalties so correcting

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that luck that Jake would Reich face there. So then

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at the weekend he went the full game in

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the MLS as D.C. united went down 2

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nil to New York Red Bulls. Now Patrick Gazbeck he

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had an outstanding game for Nashville SC in their 32

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Open cup win over Orlando City in the midweek game and

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he did play the full 1 full 90 minutes I should say and provide an

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assist which is great to see for Patrick. He then backed it

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up for Nashville playing 85 minutes in their ML weekend

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fixture. It was a 21 win over Toronto FC. So great

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stuff for Patrick as he continues to really

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cement his spot in that Nashville side.

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All right. Ari afpo he got 20 minutes off the bench for Rail Salt

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Lake in their unfortunate 32 loss to Vancouver.

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Vancouver Whitecaps rather. He did register a shot

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and looked lively in that cameo off the bench so that's great to see.

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Aidan o' Neill he played another full game for New York City FC

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on Monday as they beat Chicago 31

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in the MLS. Now to Scotland where

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the promotion relegation playoff pitted

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a Couple of Socceroos against one another and they were

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in the form of Ryan McGowan who started in defense and played the full

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90 minutes in that one all draw with Ross County. Teti Yangi,

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he got a brief appearance off the bench for Livingston,

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nine minutes in total. In opposition,

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Joshua Nisbett, he played the full game for Ross county in midfield.

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The and it should be noted the second leg will be

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played on the morning we release this episode. So stay tuned for next week's

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edition to find out how this one plays out in the Socceros playoff

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derby. Okay, let's head to Switzerland where Nestry Iron

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Kunde came off the bench and played 15 minutes for Grasshopper in their 2

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nil win over St. Gallen. That is

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great to see Nestry continuing to get minutes.

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Grasshopper unfortunately not quite out of the woods. They now face a

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playoff to continue to be in the Swiss top division.

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They they play a role in midweek.

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Now let's head over to Austria and Jed drew, he got 14 minutes off the

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bench for Hartberg in their 1 nil win

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over Austria. Klagenfurtz Jacob Italiano,

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also in Austria, he started and played 64

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minutes for Grazer AK in a 10 draw with WSG Tyrrell

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there. So good to see our boys in Austria doing well.

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Anthony Kalik, he got 45 minutes for Sibonek

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in their one nil lost to Hajic Split in Croatia.

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Let's head to Japan. And Thomas Deng, he got a

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full game for Yokohama F Marinos in a 31 win over Kashima

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Antlers. And of course they are coached by Patrick Kisnorbo,

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another Aussie doing their thing abroad. So great

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to see for our Aussie lads in that one. And the winning theme continued

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for Jason Guerrier. He got a full game for his side Albrecht's Niigata

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and they beat Shonan Belmar

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2:1 in the J League. Mitchell Duke, he made an

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instant impact for his side. Makeda Silvia coming

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off the bench for 29 minutes and scoring in a two all draw against

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Fudgy Okayama. All right to England. And Massimo

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Luongo got three minutes in Ipswich's last game in English Premier

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League before their relegation back to the championship.

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They went down to West Ham 3 1. I believe it

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should be noted that Luongo is now free agent after his contract ended

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with Ipswich. So it will be interesting to see where Mass ends up.

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You'd imagine he will probably end up back in the A league,

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but let's see how that one plays out. All right let's head over to

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Denmark where Paul Idso was between the sticks Verandas in a tough 32

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loss to Michieland. He made six saves,

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but it wasn't enough to prevent the loss, unfortunately.

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In further good news, well, I guess good

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news for our Aussies, but not so good for Randers itself. But Motore,

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he featured in that match and got 59 minutes playing up

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front in that one. Now let's head over to Italy

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and the return to form for Alessandro Chirati

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continues. He played a full game in Palmer's 32

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win against over 32 win against Atalanta.

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I should say. What a massive way to end the season. And it

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is absolutely outstanding to see Alessandro back fighting fit

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just in time for this June international window where we

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will no doubt need him desperately to keep out the Saudis

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and the Japanese in these Asian cup,

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sorry, Asian World cup qualifiers, I should say.

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All right, so that is it for the weekly wrap.

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Shortly we will have our players of the week.

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All right, time for our players of the week

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and it is pretty hard to go past one of our Arsenal

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ladies. We've gone with Caitlin Ford,

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who contributed fantastically, of course.

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Unfortunately didn't get the goal for Arsenal in that 1

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nil victory over Barcelona, but Gold.com rated her performance an

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8 out of 10, noting of course her defensive

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work, which is quite rare of course for a winger,

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isn't it, these days, but also her productivity

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getting forward and of course hiring the

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Barcelona players as they attempted to play out from the back in

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their traditional style. So well done, Caitlin,

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props to you and hopefully you're not

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too hungover for this June international window, but we will

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forgive you if you are. As for the men,

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Fran Karachic, it's pretty hard to go past him this week.

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He's got a goal in NK Locomotive's 30

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win over Gorica in the Croatian League. He played the

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full game and the goal was the third in the three nil win.

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It came in the 89th minute and it was a cross that actually ended up

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in the net. So it was, you know, it's a goal,

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they all count. But you know, it might not be

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the prettiest, but well done to frown. He's had a fantastic season for

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NK Locomotive. He's played 34 games in total

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for them and no doubt will be in the thoughts of Tony

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Popovic once he settles on his squad. Of course, the squad that

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he did call up recently was a train on squad and

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didn't involve players that were still playing for their club sides because,

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of course, they were playing for their club sides. Well,

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that's it for another week of the Aussie Football Passport.

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