Adelaide United favourites to progress against Binh Duong in ACL
ADELAIDE United are confident ahead of their ACL match against Vietnamese club Becamex Binh Duong at Hindmarsh Stadium tonight. A win tonight will put Adelaide in the box sear to progress to the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League.
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Melbourne Victory with nothing to lose against Gamba Osaka
MELBOURNE Victory will head into tonight’s do-or-die match against Group G leader Gamba Osaka with nothing to lose. Nothing less than three points are required for the Victory to have a serious chance of progressing to the knockout stage.
ACL: Adelaide United favourites to progress against Binh Duong in ACL
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Marquee Lite - update
Les Murray, in his latest opinion piece on the World Game site, has come out strongly in favour of the FFA’s “Youth Marquee” initiative. He states his case fairly enough, but in mentioning the current glut of young talent at the Queensland Roar, he has in fact touched on one of the weaknesses of the plan.
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Déjà Roos
If the Olyroos’ opening round group at the Beijing Games has a familiar look, that’s because it’s very similar to that of 2004. Re-attach Montenegro to Serbia and replace Côte D’Ivoire with Tunisia, and you have the Olyroos’ round-robin opponents from Athens.
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Marquee Lite
Another interesting initiative from the FFA…but this one comes with plenty of relevant questions attached.
First, the old Sydney FC conflict of interest chestnut.
Frank Lowy, of course, remains in an obviously anomalous position in the Australian game, and the cynics have been laughing heartily (or grumbling mightily) today. The point being that two of the most coveted Olyroos still playing in Australia, Mark Bridge and Stuart Musialik, have recently signed lucrative contracts with…Sydney FC. Olyroo marquee? No worries.
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Olyroos drawn in tough group for mens Olympic football
THE AUSTRALIAN mens Olympic football team the Olyroos have been drawn to face Serbia, Argentina and the Ivory Coast at the Beijing Olympics.
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A-League and Socceroo transfer news
Derby County has signed ex-Sydney player Ruben Zadkovich on a 2-year deal after becoming a free agent. Manager Paul Jewell was impressed with the 21-year-old after a trial spell at the club.
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Melbourne Victory and Juventus to clash at Telstra Dome
MELBOURNE Victory have confirmed that they will host Italian Serie A club Juventus at the Telstra Dome later this month and Juventus are expected to bring their star-studded squad.
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A-League clubs to get junior marquee’s at $150k per season
FOOTBALL Federation Australia have approved changes to the salaries allowed to be paid to their players starting from this season 2008/09.
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More Asian Observations
I’ve finally managed to have a look at last week’s two Asian Champions League games involving the Australian sides. Time for some tragic thoughts.
The Melbourne v. Gamba Osaka game was, above all, fantastic entertainment. It is a real credit to the Japanese side that they pushed up and played for the win throughout, even after they’d brought the scoreline back to 3-3 in the second half.
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