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The Suba-roos (Australian Men's Team)

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Posted March 21, 2025 01:30 · last edited March 21, 2025 01:31

HattyCW
Will be interesting to see how much of a threat Indonesia will pose at a fairly packed SFS.

Indonesia, with the home advantage, did manage to keep the Socceroos to a 0-0 draw last time they met.
Indonesia - sacked their successful South Korean coach Shin (coach of S. Korea in the last World Cup) in January and appointed Patrick Kluivert.
A risky move - Kluivert doesn't have a great coaching record and tends to get jobs more because he's a big name.
 The Indonesian FA calculated that because Indonesia have seven players of Dutch heritage who have come up through Dutch football, that Kluivert might be better able to communicate with them and the other foreign-born players. Five of the squad play in the Eredivisie - Twente, PEC Zwolle etc., three in Belgium's top tier, plus two even in Italy (Serie A, Serie B), one for Wolves in the Premier League, two at Oxford Utd and one at Swansea City in the Championship. Only seven play in Indonesia. A strong squad, with more players playing in strong leagues than the All Whites:


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HattyCW
Will be interesting to see how much of a threat Indonesia will pose at a fairly packed SFS.

Indonesia, with the home advantage, did manage to keep the Socceroos to a 0-0 draw last time they met.
Indonesia - sacked their successful South Korean coach Shin (coach of S. in the last World Cup) inn January and appointed Patrick Kluivert.
A risky move - Kluivert doesn't have a great coaching record and tends to get jobs more because he's a big name.
 The Indonesian FA calculated that because Indonesia have seven players of Dutch heritage who have come up through Dutch football, that Kluivert might be better able to communicate with them and the other foreign-born players. Five of the squad play in the Eredivisie - Twente, PEC Zwolle etc., three in Belgium's top tier, plus two even in Italy (Serie A, Serie B), one for Wolves in the Premier League, two at Oxford Utd and one at Swansea City in the Championship. Only seven play in Indonesia. A strong squad, with more players playing in strong leagues than the All Whites: