More Silverware for Socceroos, Matildas Five Star Performance and Joeys Qualify for the Asian Cup

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Hello 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 abroad.

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I'm your host Alex and this week we've got plenty of news to bring you.

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We've got more silverware for some of our Socceroos, a wrap of the Joeys and

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Young Matildas performances both here at home and abroad,

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along with how the Matildas went in their first game against New Zealand

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and of course our usual wrap of club action. Let's get

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straight into it with the headlines.

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Now. You know it's almost transfer window time when the transfer

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rumors begin and we have a couple of quick ones straight off the

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bat in early December for you. And the first rumor is that

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Daniel Benny has asked QPR for a loan move away due to his lack

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of playing time with the club. He's recently been playing for their development

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squad and it's not enough for him at this stage.

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He of course would have thought that he might be in Socceroo's

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calculations making this move to qpr, but that' not worked

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out to be the case for Daniel and it will be interesting to see if

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he first of all gets the move and then where he ends up. Of course

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we will keep you updated on that one. The other rumor is Kasuni Yengi

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and we'll get into that a little bit later when we talk about his minutes.

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But he's in and out of the matchday squad currently for Aberdeen

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as they look to have turned around their difficult start to

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the season and Kasuni Yengi hasn't really hit the ground

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running there. So as mentioned with Daniel, we'll will keep you

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updated whether that move happens to occur or not.

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Now, just before jumping on to record the pod this evening,

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there has been news from Football Australia where Tim Cahill, Sharon Black

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and Rory Hay were all inducted into the Football Australia hall of Fame

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and we congratulate all three of them, of course, great contributors

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to the game here in Australia. It has

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been confirmed by FIFA since our last episode that the Socceroos

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will be in Pot two for the World Cup. This could well be good news

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for our chances at the draw to be held this weekend. Of course,

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Pot two means that we're less likely to avoid stronger

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teams that fall into Pot 1 and 2. However, Pot 4 does hold

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some potential banana peels or some very

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strong teams in terms of ones that have to go through the playoffs,

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which will happen in March next year of course, but we will find out not

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only are Opposition but where our games will be played and we

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will bring you a wrap of all of that in next week's episode.

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Now let's get down to some national team news

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and let's start with our Joeys who completed their

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four game qualification group stage for next year's

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Asian cup in the under 17s. Of course last week

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we brought in news of their one nil win over host Jordan. They then went

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on to win 3, 0 over Bhutan and a 6, 0 win over

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Philippines which meant that their last game against Iraq they only

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needed a point to top the group and to qualify for next year's

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Asian cup in Saudi Arabia. And they did just that with a three all draw

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with Iraq of course in host nation Jordan. And the man

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that we made mention of last week, Max Court of course the Appiah

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like up midfielder, he scored twice in four first half minutes

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in that game against Iraq before Iraq fought back and put

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themselves ahead going into the first 20 minutes there now

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Melbourne FC attacker Luke Bechinovski scored the Joey

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Serg goal and the equalizer and the most important thing, the one

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that got them the point to top their group. So that was a

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fantastic result. 10 points in total over the four matches, meaning that the draw

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against Iraq was the only game in which they dropped points. So incredible

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stuff. But it was marred by an all in brawl

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at the end of the game as emotion spilled over of course qualification

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on the line there between the two sides. If you are out of one they

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would have qualified instead of Australia. So an unsavory

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way to end the game. But the Joeys go through to next

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year's Asian cup and we can't wait to bring that to you in

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podcast next year. Now a late goal

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from Thailand denied the Junior Matildas a winning end to

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2025 with coach Mike Cooper's side instead forced to settle for

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one all draw. They did fall to Thailand in the

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previous game, Western Sydney 2 nil. And it was

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only a two game series of course to celebrate Asean Australia Football

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Week. But it is something for Mike Cooper to build upon as they

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look to work towards the Asian cup next year.

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Now let's talk Matilda's who of course played in New

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Zealand last Friday night and got well they,

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they put on a five star performance, quite frankly, pardon the pun in a five

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nil win. Of course they do have another game against

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New Zealand which will be tonight as we're recording this and we'll

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bring you all the coverage of that game in the next episode. However,

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let's talk goal scorers because they came in the form of Amy

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Sayer, Hayley Russo, Ellie Carpenter, Kyra Cooney Cross and Katrina Gorey

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in what was a dominant performance by the

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Matilda's. Let's be fair to say it's quite possibly the best

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performance under Joe Montemuro for the Matildas. You, you would

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say as well and hopefully a sign of things to come as we

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only have that one game left for the Asian cup next year.

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Can you believe it? Wow. Incredible. Of course New Zealand isn't

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the best measuring stick, but you can only play what's in front of you.

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The movement and control were very good for the Matildas along with their pressing which

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was particular impressive. The interchange of positions was something

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quite noticeable, particularly in attack with Ellie Carpenter not

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only inverting into midfield but also making those,

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I guess, runs that she's renowned for down that right flank

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providing the width. But she also ended up in some

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striking positions or as, as the main center forward if you like.

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So incredible to sort of see how this Matilda's team

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is forming and of course as I mentioned, New Zealand probably let them get away

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with it a little bit more than what some of the teams that the Matildas

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will face in the Asian cup will. Let's be honest there.

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But some key notes or key takeaways from the game were the

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move of Steph Catley to center back where she parted Winona Heatley,

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allowing Courtney Nevin to play a left back. And it's fair to say that Catley

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picked up where she left off from with her club side

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Arsenal where she is playing as a centre back. And look,

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it looked quite well and there was an instant partnership

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between her and Winona Heatley in those centre back positions.

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They both knew when to cover for one another, both knew once one stepped

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out that the other one had to hold the line. Things like that,

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just things that don't necessarily click when you're playing as a centre back partnership

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for the first time. But it certainly looked like it was the case in

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this game against New Zealand. Now Hayley Rasso's performance outlined

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why coach Joe Montemuro is looking for or another winger with that

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sort of raw pace and power that Rasso has. Of course no one

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can repeat or be a mimic of Hayley Rasso, but what

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she does need is some help and some cover and hopefully that is in the

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form of Carly Johnson who coach Montemuro

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will take a closer look at no doubt in the second game against New

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Zealand. Kairakuni Cross. Well, she's arguably the most important midfielder

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in this team right now, I would say. And, and for

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me, she has to be picked for every game. I know that she's not getting

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consistent full games for Arsenal right now, apart from

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the two before she departed for this international window.

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But when she's in the green and gold, she just shows

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a really good understanding with whoever she's playing with in midfield. And in particular

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in that first game, it was Emily Van Egbond and Katrina Gorey, of course,

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both very experienced midfielders at both club and international

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level. But the interchang between the three of them, knowing when

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one had to sit and one pushed on,

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very, very pleasing on the eye, let me tell you. But Clay

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Wheeler is the other name you can throw in there. But for me, Kyra is

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the number one pick in midfield. Now we'll round out the headlines

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with some injury news. Sam Kerr's calf injury seems to have flared

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up again with the striker left on the bench for the first game as she

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felt that calf tightness since arriving in Australia. So it will be interesting to

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see if, if Joey Montemuro does give her some minutes in the second

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game or whether he takes a cautious approach and leaves her

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on the bench for that one. Now, in some devastating news for an Australian

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striker, Austria Veen have revealed that Noah Bottic fractured

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his ankle and suffered tears to his syndesomosis and medial collateral

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ligaments in a training incident. Surgery is scheduled for next week,

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but the injuries is expected to keep him on the sidelines for

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six to nine months. Is a massive blow for Noah, who was hoping to

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make a la charge into soccero's calculations for next year's World

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cup squad. So our thoughts are with Noah and hoping for

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a speedy recovery for his sake. All right, that is it for the headlines.

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We'll move on to the weekly wrap in just a second.

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All right, weekly wrap time. And of course, with the women's international

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window, it means that there's no club action for our ladies this

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week, but they will return to club action next week in a shorter program

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with a lot of the Scandinavian leagues and North American leagues wrapping up.

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But we will bring you that action next week. Now, plenty going

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on in the English championship, English and Welsh championship, I should

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say, of course, some midweek and weekend games. And we've

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got it all covered right now for you where Callum Elder continued his

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outstanding run of form for Derby county, playing the full 90 minutes and

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delivering an assist in a 21 win over Cam Burgess's

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Swansea City. Cameron played the full match for Swansea.

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Then at the weekend he backed up and played another full game for his side.

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Unfortunately another loss this time 42 to West Brom.

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Now to Middlesbrough where Riley McGree played 59

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minutes and Sam Silvera played the full game in midweek for

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Middlesbrough as they lost 42 in a top of the

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table clash with Coventry who are absolutely flying at the moment.

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Then the weekend Callum Elder going back to Derby played

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another full game for his side. This time they lost 21

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to Middlesbrough. So a quick return to form for borough in that

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one. Riley McGree came off the bench in the 54th minute while Sam Silvera

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was an unused substitute in that game on the weekend. Now Nestry

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Iran Kunde came off the bench in the 75th minute for Watford as they drew

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one all with Preston North End. Watford then came out prior

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to their game against Birmingham Birmingham on Monday night stating that Nestry

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will miss Watford's next two games as he's flown home to Australia

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to be with his family with some issues there.

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So we wish Nestry and his family all the best and hopefully it's resolved

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and we can see Nestry back on the pitch sooner rather than later.

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Lewis Miller he played another full game for Blackburn Rovers

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in their one nil loss to qpr. None of our Aussie contingent made

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the matchday squad for QPR as we made mention earlier. Daniel Benny

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being the one want to move on and get some minutes

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elsewhere and hopefully you can get that. However returning to Lewis Miller

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he backed up with another full game at the weekend for Blackburn. This time it

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was a one all draw with Wrexham. Now to our Aussies

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at Portsmouth. Adrian Segaa started and played the first half of Portsmouth's

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30 loss to Sheffield United in midweek action.

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Hayden Matthews was an unused substitute in that one.

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Adrian Sega then started and played 81 minutes in Portsmouth

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1 nil lost to Bristol City and of course Hayden Matthews was an unused

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substitute in that one as well. All right now dropping down

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in division to League one where Joe Gauche played a full game in

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goal for Port vale in their 1 nil loss to Lincoln City

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FC. Alex Robertson came on in the 80th

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minute for Cardiff City in a 30 win over Mansfield Town.

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Then to round out league one action, Wigan Athletic drew nil

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with Stevenage Town. Rafael Borges Rodriguez played

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the full game whilst Tyrese Francois played 75 minutes.

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Now let's head north to Scotland where Nicholas Milanovic came off

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the bench in the 70th minute while Kasuniangi and Nick Suman were

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unused substitutes for Aberdeen in their Conference League one

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all draw with FC Noah in midweek. Then at the weekend

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Nicholas Milanovic came off the bench this time in the 78th minute for

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Aberdeen in their one nil win over Livingston. Nick Suman was on

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the bench whilst Ksuniengi was not in the Matshay squad for Aberdeen

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with rumours of course surrounding his future at

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the club. It also unfortunately robbed us of a brotherly derby

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because Tetie Enghi played the full game for Livingston. His compatriot

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Ryan McGowan remained on the bench for his side as he works his way back

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to full fitness after that nasty infection that we've mentioned over

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the past few weeks on the podcast. Now Martin Boyle he played 79

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minutes in Hibbs 2 nil loss to Motherwell in midweek action.

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Jack Idahl played 38 minutes coming off the

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bench in that one. Now on the winning side Johnny Katrumbas

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played 61 minutes whilst Oscar Priestman started and played 83

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minutes. Apostolos Damatilopoulos was not in the matchday squad for Motherwell.

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Then at the weekend for Hibbs and in deja vu Martin Boyle played 79

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minutes again. Surprise surprise, but this time he scored a penalty

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but unfortunately it wasn't enough for hibbs as they lost 21 to

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Celtic. Jack Aydahl came off the bench in the 38th minute adding to

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the deja vu theme, but just in a little bit of a twisted way this

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time. He came on to replace injured teammate Nick Caden,

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now back at Motherwell. Sorry for the jumping around

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here but it's a bit difficult when you've got midweek and weekend games

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to cover. But Motherwell they drew with table topping Hearts

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nil all. Cameron Devlin played the full game for Hearts whilst in opposition

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Johnny Katrumbas played 83 minutes and Apostolis Damatilopoulos played

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7 minutes. Oscar Priestman was an unused substitute

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for Motherwell in that one. Now Ryan Strain played 76 minutes

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only to be outdone by fellow Aussie Zach Sapsford who played 77 minutes for

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Dundee United in their one all draw with Kilmarnock

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Keanu Backus rounding out the action. In Scotland he played a full game

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for St Mirren in a three. Won the loss to Dundee.

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Now it's in Germany where Jackson Irvine started and played 68

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minutes whilst Conor Metcalfe came on in the 87th minute for St

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Pauli in a 31 loss to League leaders Bayern Munich.

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Now over to Spain where Matty Ryan played the full game in goal as Levante

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lost 2 nil to Athletic Club or Athletic Bilbao which keeps

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them in the bottom three of La Liga. Also the relegation places,

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so let's hope that Levante can turn it around ASAP for Matty

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Ryan's sa. All right now dropping down a division to the second

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division in a nice little segue there if I don't say so myself. Al Mobile

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played another full game for Castellon in a 10 win over Las Palmas.

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Now to Croatia where Fran Karasic played 30 minutes

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whilst Anthony Kalik was an unused substitute for Hajic

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split in a 10 draw with NK Varazdin. To the

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Netherlands where we've got some fantastic news that Jordy Boss made his return

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from injury in Feyenoords 2 one away win over Telstar.

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The defender was introduced in the 58th minute as his side snapped

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a two gain losing streak in the league. Adan Khrustic played a

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full game for Heracles Elimelo in a 10 draw with Fortuna

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Sitard and Max Ballard played the full game for NAC Breda

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as they lost 1 nil to Excelsior Rotterdam. Now to Austria

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where Marco Tillio started and played 61 minutes for Rapid Veen

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in a 3 nil loss to Lask. Now to Denmark

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where Paul Itzo was in goal for Raiders whilst brothers

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Mohamed and Musa Toure played in that nil or draw with

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Silkborg if Musa was the odd one out getting 65 minutes whilst

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his brother Mo and Paul Itzo both played full games. Now it's

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a Czechia where Garon Qual is starting to see some minutes for his

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side Sparta Prague where he came off the bench in the 85th minute in

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their one nil loss to Legia Warsaw in Europa

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Conference league action in midweek. Then at weekend he came off the

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bench in the 75th minute for Sparta Prague and provided an assist.

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Unfortunately it didn't help his side as they went down 4:2 to FK

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par Dubiche. Now to Northern America,

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US and Canada where MLS is down

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to the business end of the season. We had the Eastern and Western

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Conference finals and we had Australians involved in both of those and

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let's kick it off with the unfortunate news for Aidan o' Neill who played the

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full game as New York City FC lost the Eastern Conference

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Final 51 to Inter Miami. That means the season

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is over for o' Neill and his teammates, but of course it means that

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Messi and his teammates carry on to the final.

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However, in more positive news Giuseppe Bovalina was

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a late substitute coming on for the final three minutes as his side at Vancouver

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Whitecaps beat San Diego FC in the Western Conference final.

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So that sets up a tasty final between Vancouver Whitecaps

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and Inter Miami, which is on this weekend. Check out your local

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guides to see where you can catch that one. Now to round out the action

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for the weekly wrap. This week we will finish off in Japan

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as per usual, where Mitchell Duke played 62 minutes, scored a goal

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and provided an assist for Makaida Zelvia in the J league

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in their 31 win over Nagoya Grandpus. The three points leave them

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in sixth position with one J League match remaining, which is

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this weekend as well. All right, that is it for the

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weekly wrap. Next up is Players of the Week and we'll wrap up up

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this week's episode.

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

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Player of the Week. It was a difficult one and we've done something a little

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bit different because there were five goal scorers to choose from in that Matilda's

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victory over New Zealand. But I've gone for a young woman that gave her coach

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Joe Montemiro goosebumps with her decision to keep her brother's passing

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from her teammates until a day before the first game last

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week. It is of course Winona Heatley, the definition of

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a team player and someone who could well be a future Matilda's captain with

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qualities like this going alongside her.

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Wonderful qualities as a defender on the pitch

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as well. Incredible focus from her during a really sad moment

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in her and her family's lives currently. We wish you

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and your family all the best, Winnie, but you are our Player of the Week.

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Now to our Men's Player of the Week, where a couple

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of fringe soccer, shall we say, got their hands

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on some silverware in Norway as Viking FK

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secured their first Norwegian top flight title in 34 years,

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edging out Bodoglympt by a point with their 51 win

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over Vallarenga. Our Men's Player of the Week, however, out of

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Nick d' Agostino and Gianni Stenzness goes to the ladder. Gianni Stenzness,

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who played the full game in that 51 win and provided an

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assist for that opening goal, the one that I guess you

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could say just broke the duck for them if you like.

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Dagasino, however, was not in the squad as

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he still remained sidelined with that injury that he picked up in Soccero's

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camp. The title means Viking FK will enter next season's UEFA

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Champions League in the playoff stage, which is the last stop before the

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group phase. All right, well, that is it for another week of

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the Aussie football passport. I hope you enjoyed this episode. If you can share the

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episode with your friends, families, enemies, anyone who will

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listen, that would be fantastic. And the podcast as well, of course.

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Hoping to have a website up and running soon as well,

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but I'll be sure to let you know when that is live via the

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social media accounts for the show, which you can find in the

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show notes of this episode on whatever platform you are listening to

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this on. All right, that is it. Thanks for

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