Tag: Australia
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A-League Review: Brisbane hold leaders Perth
Simon Wilderspin brings us all the latest action from the A-League, which saw Melbourne Victory leapfrog Adelaide United and Perth Glory held by Brisbane. BRISBANE 1-1 PERTH GLORY Brazilian Henrique gave new Brisbane Roar coach Frans Thijssen a point in the Dutchman’s first match in charge with an equaliser against Perth Glory four minutes from…
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A-League Review: End of the line for Brisbane manager
Simon Wilderspin takes a look at the weekend action in the A-League, which saw Mike Mulvey sacked as manager of Brisbane Roar. Melbourne Victory 1-0 Brisbane Roar Brisbane failed to make it consecutive wins as the Victory edged a tight encounter at Etihad Stadium, which proved the end of the road for Roar manager Mike…
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A-League Review: Wanderers struggle after Cup success
Melbourne City have recorded their first win of the season as they put current champions Brisbane to the sword at Suncor Stadium with a 3-1 victory. Without the influence of their Spanish star David Villa (who has ended his loan spell with City), the visitors stormed out of the blocks and were two-up within ten…
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A-League Review: Great day all round for Sydney
Western Sydney Wanderers made history this weekend without even kicking a ball in the Hyundai A-League. The Wanderers drew their second leg of the Asian Champions League Final 0-0 in Saudi Arabia against Al Hilal to record a 1-0 aggregate victory to become the first Australian side to win the competition. Tomi Juric’s first leg…
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A-League Review: Sydney FC complete derby turnaround
Sydney FC came from two goals down to win an epic derby 3-2 against a 10-man Western Sydney Wanderers in front of a record crowd at Allianz Stadium on Saturday night. The visitors looked on course for a comfortable victory as they raced to a 2-0 lead inside 24 minutes thanks to goals from Mark…
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Liverpool tell Benitez to increase offer
Liverpool will reportedly allow goalkeeper Pepe Reina to rejoin Napoli on loan if the Serie A outfit agree to pay more than half of his wages. The Spaniard spent last season with the Italian side, who funded 50 per cent of his salary for the duration of the 2013-14 campaign. However, according to Il Mattino,…
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Liverpool star urged to make Serie A switch
Napoli winger Dries Mertens has urged Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina to return to the Serie A club. The Spain shot-stopper, who played in his national side’s final World Cup game against Australia yesterday before heading home, spent the 2013-14 campaign on loan in Naples under the guidance of compatriot Rafael Benitez. He played some of…
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WC Group B Round Up: Villa bows out, Netherlands win
Group B came to an end on Monday evening in Brazil as both Netherlands and Chile qualified for the next round, leaving Australia and World champions Spain to return home. It was sealed after the second round of group games that Netherlands and Chile would be advancing to the knock-out stages, meaning the winner of…
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World Cup players set for the sideline this week
With a brand new week of World Cup fixtures kicking off today, Football Express News take a look at which players are not certain to feature in their next instalment of international campaign owing to injury and illness. Cameroon captain and striker Samuel Eto’o, whose recovery from a knee operation left him out of last…
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FT: Netherlands 3-2 Australia
The Netherlands battled from behind to beat Australia 3-2 in a thrilling World Cup tie in Porto Alegre. The Aussies started the match well and came close as the experienced Mark Bresciano saw his effort go just wide of the post. Netherlands, who has started slowly, took that as a reminder of Australia’s talents and…
