Matildas Announce Squad: Key Returns and Surprising Omissions, and much more!

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Foreign hello

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and welcome to the Aussie Football Passport, your one stop pod for updates on your

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favorite Aussie men and women who are playing their club careers abroad. I'm your host

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Alex and guess what? We have more national teams news to bring you this

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week, headlined by the return of our greatest ever goal scorer to

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the Matildas. We've got that as well as Socceroos

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action against Canada, a couple of rumors about coaches abroad

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and then the usual updates from clubland for our Aussies abroad.

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Let's wait no more and get straight into the headlines.

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With the men's game on an international break, I thought I'd give you a

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quick update on a couple of our coaches who are working abroad abroad.

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Ange Postecoglou is under pressure due to his winless start at

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Nottingham Forest. Boy oh boy, poor Ange. Rumors are swirling

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that Forests have been in contact with Sean Dyche to determine whether

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he would be interested in taking the job if Ange's horror run

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continues. Forest faced Chelsea on Saturday in the

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early kickoff in the English Premier League, so all the best to Ange and hopefully

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those rumors stay rumors and he fights on for

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the rest of the season at Forest. But it isn't looking good for Aussie

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Ange. Now speaking of Ange, who of course coach Celtic,

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their bitter rivals. Rangers have been on the hunt for a new coach

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after Russell Martin was sacked. Steven Gerrard

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was the leading candidate for the job. However he has turned them down.

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Can you believe it? So will Rangers look to their former player Kevin

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Musket to take over watch this space? Of course Kevin Muskett is coaching

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in China as we speak, so it won't be easy Rangers to get him out

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of that contract. But no doubt Muskie will want to go and try himself

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back in Europe. He did have an ill fated spell in Belgium earlier in

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his coaching career, but we'll keep you updated on that one

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if any news breaks in the next week or

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so, which you'd imagine it would because Rangers will be looking to get someone in

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charge as they return to Scottish Premier League action this

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weekend. All right, now let's get to some other headlines and Matilda's

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squad for the October international window has been announced.

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And as we alluded to earlier in the introduction,

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Sam Kerr is named. It is the first time she

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is in a Matilda squad since November 2023.

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Can you believe it? Of course she sustained that acl injury in January

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2024. So our greatest server goal scorer returns

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to the Matildas and it is such exciting stuff.

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We can't wait to see Sam back and Gold.

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The October camp also marks the return of two fan favorites,

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Courtney vine and Katrina Gorey. So good to see them

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back. Courtney has been getting sporadic minutes at her side

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in the nwsl, of course,

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North Carolina Courage, Katrina Gorey, of course,

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consistent minutes and was left out of the last couple

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of squads. So it'll be good to see Katrina back in that midfield and she's

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got a bit of competition with the likes of Kyra Cooney Cross there as well.

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Hayley Russo she stands to mark her 100th

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appearance for Australia. Can you believe that? It's an achievement that

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would see her become just the 17th player in Matilda's history

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to reach 100 caps. So wouldn't it be

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great to see Hayley do that in this next international break?

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No doubt her family will be flying over to the UK

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to hopefully witness that happen either against Wales or England.

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There now our goalkeeper Jada Wyman.

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She comes into camp and she is the only uncapped

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player in Joe Montemuro's squad. The goalkeeper has been

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impressive this season for aik, as you would know if you're a

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regular listener to the pod, she's kept seven clean sheets

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for AOK as her club sits in eighth

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place in the Swedish league. However, curiously,

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there is no place for Daniela Galic despite her red

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form for Vitio also in Sweden. So I found

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that one quite interesting. I I would have thought that Daniela would have got in

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the side based on that, but here we are, she's not. So let's

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see. Of course there will be another international window I believe in November

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for our girls. So maybe that is when

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Daniela will crack into this Matilda squad.

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Let's hope so. I I think she is a talent that

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needs to be in this squad, a player that would certainly

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bring a bit of X factor and someone that I

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don't think we've really got the player profile of in the current squad.

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So in summary, Australia, the Matildas

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they're taking on Wales at Cardiff City stadium on Saturday 25th

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October local time. However, depending on what part of Australia you are

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in, it will at midnight if you are on

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daylight savings time. So still so that'll be Sunday the 26th

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of October, but Saturday 25th of October elsewhere.

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So that will be the first game and then the second game

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they're heading to Derby in England to face the Lionesses at

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Pride park stadium on Tuesday 28th October local time.

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However, that will be 6am Wednesday the 29th. If you

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are in A daylight savings state. It'll be when? Wednesday morning,

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just a bit earlier if you are in any of the other states. All right,

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so that is it for the Matildas. Now let's do a

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bit of a analysis this week on the Socceroos because they

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won 1 nil against Canada on the weekend to continue

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coach. Wow, incredible starts. Can you believe it? I mean,

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just the team wasn't doing very well when he came

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in charge. I do remember going to watch them play Bahrain

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on the Gold coast and losing one nil in what can

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only be described as an absolute bludger of a game.

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But however, let's get back to the positivity around Tony

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Popovic and his 11 game streak of undefeated

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results. So well done, Popard. That's incredible

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stuff. But let's have a bit of a look at that game against Canada.

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For me, the side is looking very tournament football

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ready. They're nice and compact, strong in defense.

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They really know what they want to do in defense.

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You know, limiting the opportunities, closing the spaces for,

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for teams to work and then if that all fails, you have a

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red hot goalkeeper informing Paul. It's so of course between the

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sticks, but we'll talk about him a little bit later.

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And in terms of the attacking side of things, it's starting

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to come together now. I mean, earlier in Popper's reign

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you weren't quite sure where the goals were going to

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come from. And even, you know, stretching as far back towards the end

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of Graham Arnold's time in coach in charge of the

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Socceroos, where, yeah, you really weren't sure what.

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You just weren't sure where the goals were going to come from. But that doesn't

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look like it's going to be an issue at the moment for this current Socceroos

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squad because we have a couple of young lads named Mo Ture and

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Nestry Iran Kunda. Not only are they proving

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to be clinical finishes of late, I think they've combined

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for four goals in their past two Socceroos appearances.

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Between them, they look to be a genuine threat

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on the counterattack, which looks like it's going to be the way that

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the Socceroos play under Popper, a bit of

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Popper Ball, if you like to, to use one of these modern catchphrase

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kind of names for the way that teams are

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going to play, named after their coach, of course. But yes,

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the pace that Mo and Nestery have, I mean, an absolute

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weapon, something you can't teach players, of course and there's

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a really nice relationship between building between them

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on the field and potentially off the field in terms of

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their mateship. They look like they're hanging

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out a fair bit in camp, which is great to see. So, yes,

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it's looking good. It's not the most pleasing

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brand of football to watch if you're a purist, but it's

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definitely tournament football, I think. And if

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the results keep coming, I don't think you can really argue with

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Popper's methods. Now let's talk about another young

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lad that is proving pretty valuable to this current

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soccero squad. His name is Jordy Boss. He's winning plaudits to

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clubland. Of course, in last week's episode we let

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you know that he won the Eredisi Player of the Month award

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for September. So he's being recognized by his peers and

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his league. And he certainly made a

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difference when he came on the field for the Socceroos the other day.

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His pace and technicality and physicality all

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stood out on that left hand side. And he's a real threat.

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He adds creativity

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but work rate and defense. It's exactly what you want from the

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modern day fullback or wing back in his case.

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And we just need to make sure he stays fit.

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That's the crucial part. He's looking very,

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very good. So speaking of defenders,

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Alessandro Cicati, well, his impressive rise

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continues. One year and ten days after ACL

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surgery, he's back and he's now captained his national side in

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two matches. He's just, he's so

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impressive, so impressive, isn't he? I'm really

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enjoying watching Alessandro and look

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and an able vice captain

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to the likes of Matty Ryan, or captain in this case,

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another one we want to see staying fit and continuing to

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get minutes at Parma. It doesn't look like it should be an issue. There I

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think is what is sewn up in that side. All in

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all, I think it's some serious depth building in this Socceroos

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squad which will leave Popper with some headaches come eight

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months time when he has to announce this socceroo squad for the 2026

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World Cup. But it is a wonder place to be. We should

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be very excited about this squad. We don't get

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too excited. We don't want to put too much pressure on these young lads.

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But this is I think the best generation

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since that golden generation of the mid 2000s

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that broke the World cup curse. Can you believe a whole

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generation of Australians have known nothing

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but World cup qualification for our men?

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Incredible. Isn't it? So the next game is

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against USA on Wednesday morning if you're

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outside of the states that are on daylight savings. If not, it is

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midday on Wednesday for you if you do have daylight savings.

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One quick note is Adrian Sega. I think he

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really does need to come into this side. Of course he was in the

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September squad but didn't make it onto the field along with a couple of

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others like Noah Bott and Nicholas Milanovic.

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No doubt they will get another chance hopefully in the November

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window. There are bits and pieces of rumors that

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Sega Chic and Popovic might not get on or didn't get on

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in that September window. Others believe that it might be

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that Sega Chic has stayed at Portsmouth to help build

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his fitness, which I think is the more plausible reason

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why he was left out. Of course, Sega didn't

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really play a whole lot of minutes last year for Sydney

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fc. It was predominantly a super sub. This year he's

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playing championship football. A lot more physical,

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a lot tougher and you know, playing two, three times

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a week. So you know, six going from 60 minutes

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a game to 20 or 30 or playing 70. It's a

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big ask for him and he's still developing

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body. So look, let's hope he gets into this November

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side because I think he is an absolute serious threat.

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He is one of the most talented players in this current generation

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and I think he can add just a little bit more X factor

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to this side. That would really unlock our attack and unlock those

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low defensive blocks that we will come up against in tournament

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football. All right, well that's it for the Socceroos

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analysis. Hope you enjoyed this new addition to the pod that we

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will try and do for every international window.

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Of course looking to fill some space as well in the podcast, otherwise it'd

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be very short. But anyway, let's move on to the weekly Wrap.

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

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in the US and they with Portland Fawns unless fortunately

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they went down to Orlando Pride one nil. And it

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doesn't get any easier to say this, but they

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conceded their own goal in second half stoppage time.

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That is absolutely heartbreaking. For the Ladies.

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The result means that they have not secured a playoff

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place just yet, but they remain in the box seat to do so.

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So fingers crossed that the Thorns can turn it around next weekend.

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In goal was Mackenzie Arnold. She started and played the full game.

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Unfortunately for Caitlin Torpy, she was an unused substitute

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now to Courtney vine who recently was

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recalled to the Matilda's squad Of course this week

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she played 12 minutes for North Carolina Courage in their

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1 all draw with the Washington Spirit. Now to

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Canada where Carly Johnson made her first start since

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that injury a few ago and she managed

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61 minutes for Calgary Wild in their 31 win

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over Halifax. So that is fantastic news for Carly.

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We look forward to seeing her build her minutes and hopefully

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come into Matilda's consideration in the next

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squad that Joe Montemuro names. Now to Sweden where Courtney

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Nevin she started and played the full game for Malmo as they defeated Linkoping

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2 1. Polydorin played the full game for Linkoping

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and unfortunately was on the losing side in the battle of

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the Aussies in Sweden. Now Remy Seemson

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and Amy Sayer both started for Christian Stud with Siemensen playing 69

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minutes and Seiya playing 82 minutes. Unfortunately for

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the girls they lost 1 nil to Norcoping.

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That result means Christian Stadter all but out

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of a chance to qualify for European football next season.

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They will be relying on other results to go

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their way and of course them to have a perfect rest

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of the season which is always difficult to do, isn't it? So watch

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this space. But yes, it's highly unlikely that Christian Stud

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will be playing Europe European football next season.

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Now to someone who's absolutely flying In Sweden, it's AV

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Luik. She played the full game for BK Hacker in their 2 nil win over

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Hammerby. They are doing extremely well at

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the moment. Now we've got some UEFA

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Champions League action to report on and

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let's start with one of our English sides who competed in

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the Champions League this week. It was Arsenal

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and they played Lyon and it had the potential for

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Matilda's Derby. However, Tegan Mykart remained on the bench for Leon.

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She is very much the backup keeper for them.

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However, her side beat the defending champions Arsenal

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2 1. Steph Cutley started and played the full game at center

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back while Caitlin ford played for 35 minutes

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as a substitute and Kyra Cooney Cross was also a substitute playing 16

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minutes. Arsenal did manage to turn things around at

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the weekend. In WSL action they squeezed past Brighton

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and Hove Albion one nil thanks to an own goal.

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So is it really a bounce back? I'm not sure. Arsenal looking like

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they're in a bit of a rut at the moment. Caitlin Ford and Steph Cutley

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started for Arsenal with Ford playing 88 minutes and Cutley the

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whole game. Charlie Rule got a full game for Brighton.

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Kyra Cooney Cross was a second half substitute

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for Arsenal getting 27 minutes. Speaking of sides

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under a bit of pressure, the pressure is firmly on Sonia

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Bonpastore and her Chelsea side as they drew one all with

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20 in the Champions League in midweek.

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Ellie Carpenter started and played the full game while

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Sam Kerr played 19 minutes as a second half substitute.

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Chelsea then went on to beat Tottenham 1 nil at the

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weekend in a game which involved four Aussies. Claire Hunt

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started and played the full game for spurs while Charlie Grant was a second half

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substitute, playing a grand total of three minutes.

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Sam Kerr was introduced for Chelsea in the 78th

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minute while Ellie Carpenter started and picked up

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the assist for the winning goal in that one.

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Now to staying in London, I should say there was a London

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derby between the London City Lionesses. How many times can

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you say London in one sentence, Alex? I don't know. Someone out there

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will keep count for me. Yes, the Lionesses, they beat West

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Ham, who they remain win in this

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WSL season. The score

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was 1 nil. Katrina Gorey, of course, recalled to the

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Matilda squad. She started and played the full game for the Hammers in

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midfield while Alana Kennedy was a second half substitute for the Lionesses.

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Playing 25 minutes now, Emily Van Egbon,

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we've seen her play as a striker in green

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and gold. Well, she's now doing it for a club side.

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And Leicester City, that is of course her club side,

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they drew one all with Aston Villa. She played 62 minutes

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in that one. So a bit of food for thought for

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Joe Montemuro. Of course, with Sam Kerr working her way back to full

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fitness, you would only imagine she'd be getting a cameo

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role in these upcoming Matilda's games. So Emily Van

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Egbond, will she be starting up front? Let's wait and see now

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as we round out the action in England. Claire Wheeler, she played the

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full game in midfield for Everton in their 41

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loss to Manchester United. All right now Germany,

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Eintracht Frankfurt. They took the lead twice, but ended

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up losing 3:2 to Freiburg. Oh, that's gotta hurt.

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Of course, Hayley Rasso was a last minute substitute

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as Frankfurt tried to level the score in that one to

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no avail. Now, Jamila Rankin, she started and played

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69 minutes at left back for Hoffenheim in their

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two nil loss to Bayer Leverkusen. Now to round

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out the weekly wrap in Italy with our ladies

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there. Winona Heatley, she played the full game for Roma in

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Goal Fest, but it was unfortunately a loss TO Real

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Madrid 62 in UEFA Champions League action in midweek.

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She backed it up with Another full game again at center

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back for Roma in their come from behind victory over AC

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Milan 2 1. That was Winona's first Serie

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A game, her debut if you will. So congratulations

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to Winona there. Now on the opposite

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end of the same score line and story were Sussuolo.

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They went down to Palmer by that same scoreline, of course,

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two 1. Jessica Nash, she played the full game for Sassola in

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the heart of defence while Jacinta Galabadarachi was a second

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half substitute, getting a grand total of four minutes

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there in that one. Now to round out

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the action in Italy, Alex Chidiak. How about this? She was a second half

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substitute playing 23 minutes for Como in their one

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nil win over Juventus. Wow. Wait, that's a massive

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upset there. So congratulations to Alex and her teammates.

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That was also Chidiak's Serie A debut. The weekend

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for it for our ladies. All right, so that's it for the ladies. Now in

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terms of the men, there wasn't much in the way of club action for our

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lads given it is the international break. But there are a

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few leagues still cracking on and friendly that we'll get to

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later on. Let's start in England in in League one

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where Rafael Borges Rodriguez continued in that

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unfamiliar right wing back role for Wigan

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as they went down one nil to Wickham. He was a

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halftime substitute in that one, which you know,

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back when there were only three substitutes usually meant you weren't

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having a great game. Now with the five substitutions it

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could actually just genuinely be a tactical change. But let's

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hope that Rafael continues to get minutes for Wigan and

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see that progression. Go on. Now it was a similar

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story for Ari Piol. He only played 1/2 for

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his side Rail Salt Lake in the MLS which continued over

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the international break. Rail Salt Lake, they went down 1 nil to the Seattle

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Sounders there. So that was in the USNA, of course.

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Now let's head to Spain, the second division

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where our mobile played 60 minutes of Castra

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Yon's nil all stalemate with AIBAR.

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Now as I made mention, there was a friendly that we'd

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like to have a quick chat about because young former

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Western United defender Dylan Leonard he debuted

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for Schalke in a friendly against Bohemians in Ireland which

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ended 32 to the Irish side. But good to see Dylan making

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his debut. Hopefully some minutes will come in competitive

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football next weekend when the second division in Germany returns

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to action. Well, that is it for the

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weekly wrap. Next up we've got Our Players of

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the Week and we will round out the show.

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All right, Players of the Week time and our

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Women's Player of the Week. Well,

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one of our favorites, she's won the award a couple of times now, Daniela Galic.

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She was on the score sheet once again for her side of Vitio as

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they narrowly defeated Brom Polkiana

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3 2. Galic started for Vizio and played 74

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minutes and that is why she is our Women's Player of the Week.

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So she certainly let Joe Montemiro know that

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she's about and she's in red hot form. And again, I will repeat

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myself. I'm very surprised she's not in this

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Matilda squad. However, no doubt she'll be knocking on

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the door of Joe Montemuro and potentially will

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hopefully get in the next squad. Now our Men's

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Player of the Week. It was difficult to go past Nestori Iron Kunda for his

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match winning goal against Canada. And of course he has won the award a couple

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of times before. So I thought I'd mix it up and give it to someone

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else. But not only just because Nestor's

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already won it, but because this man was an absolute standout and for me was

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the man of the match in soccer's action against Canada. And that

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man is Paul. It's so out Men's Player of the Week. He delivered

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an absolute masterclass in goalkeeping. He kept Canada out,

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you know, even though they laid siege to his goal. I think

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that's probably a fair description for anyone that

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watched the game. Please let me know if you agree or disagree on that one.

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But Idso was not beaten,

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even though there were a couple of one on ones that he managed to save

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as well. So congratulations. And it's so. Well, I mean

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Matty Ryan's going to have tough time getting his number one jersey back

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off him after that performance, if you ask me.

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Well, that is it for another week of the Aussie football

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