Qantas Socceroos Head Coach Holger Osieck today named his squad for the upcoming international friendly match against Germany National Football Team �The "Mannschaft", at Borussia-Park in M�nchengladbach on Tuesday 29 March 2011.
Osieck has selected a reduced squad of 17 players comprising of 15 who were part of the Qantas Socceroos squad that finished runners-up at the recent AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2011.
Striker Nikita Rukavytsya returns to the squad after last being selected for the international friendly against Slovenia, whilst goalkeeper Mitchell Langerak receives his first ever call-up to the Qantas Socceroos squad following some impressive performances with his German club Borussia Dortmund.
Germany finished in 3rd place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup�, is currently ranked 3rd in the FIFA World Rankings and most recently drew 1-1 with Italy in a friendly match last month.
This will be the fourth meeting of the two nations at senior men�s international level with the Germans victorious on each of the three previous occasions which includes their 4-0 victory over the Qantas Socceroos at the 2010 FIFA World Cup� in South Africa.
QANTAS SOCCEROOS SQUAD � Tuesday 15 March 2011
Player Name
Club, Country
A-International Appearances (goals)
Position
Tim CAHILL
Everton FC, England
52 (23)
FW
David CARNEY
Blackpool FC, England
38 (5)
DF
Brett EMERTON
Blackburn Rovers, England
83 (17)
MF
Brett HOLMAN
AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands
45 (6)
MF
Mile JEDINAK
Genclerbirligi SK, Turkey
24 (2)
MF
Harry KEWELL
Galatasaray SK, Turkey
53 (16)
MF
Neil KILKENNY
Leeds United FC, England
7 (0)
MF
Robbie KRUSE
Melbourne Victory, Australia
4 (1)
FW
Mitchell LANGERAK
Borussia Dortmund, Germany
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GK
Jon McKAIN
Al Nassr, Saudi Arabia
14 (0)
DF
Matt McKAY
Brisbane Roar, Australia
13 (0)
MF
Lucas NEILL
Galatasaray SK, Turkey
70 (0)
DF
Sasa OGNENOVSKI
Seongnam Ilhwa, Korea Republic
8 (1)
DF
Nikita RUKAVYTSYA
Hertha Berlin, Germany
7 (0)
FW
Mark SCHWARZER
Fulham FC, England
88 (0)
GK
Carl VALERI
U.S. Sassuolo Calcio, Italy
35 (1)
MF
Luke WILKSHIRE
FK Dinamo Moscow, Russia
56 (3)
DF
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Langerak, Langerak! Mitchell Langerak!
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Well done Kruse (can't believe what I'm saying!) and McKay for getting in there from the A League.
Holger's attitude way ahead of Pim's in that regard.
Holger's attitude way ahead of Pim's in that regard.
I know, I know, its serious!
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Ah McKain, you've done it again.
We will never fully decide who has won the football.
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no Jade North... Maybe Holger saw wat i saw this season.....
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Shit. Well played Oz.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Shit. Well played Oz.
Why the surprise?
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Shit. Well played Oz.
Why the surprise?
You're kidding right?
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Even without Oezil + co., still expected them to win. Pretty huge upset
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http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=39436
Qantas Olyroos to face Yemen in Olympic Games Qualifiers
Thursday, 31 March 2011
The Qantas Olyroos have been drawn against Yemen in the second round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2012 London Olympics men�s football tournament.
The Qantas Olyroos are scheduled to play the home leg of the tie on 19 June 2011 and the away leg on the 23 June 2011 with venues and kick-off times to be confirmed.
One of the most interesting pairings of the second round sees Iraq matched up with their local rivals IR Iran, whilst other fixtures include Japan meeting Kuwait, DPR Korea facing UAE, Korea Republic playing Jordan and China up against Oman.
Asia are allotted 3.5 slots for the 2012 London Olympics men�s football tournament.
The 12 winners from Round 2 will be divided into three groups of four teams each in the third round.
Again, a home-and-away format from 21 September 2011, to 14 March 14, 2012, will determine the winner of each group who will represent the continent in the Olympics.
Three second-placed teams from the third round will clash in a playoff at a centralised venue from March 25 to 29, 2012, and the winners of this group will meet the representatives of CAF (Africa) for a berth in the Olympics.
2012 London Olympic Games � Asian Qualification Second Round Match-ups
Qatar vs India
Iraq vs Iran
Bahrain vs Thailand
Australia vs Yemen
Japan vs Kuwait
Syria vs Turkmenistan
DPR Korea vs UAE
Korea Republic vs Jordan
Uzbekistan vs Hong Kong
Saudi Arabia vs Vietnam
China vs Oman
Lebanon vs Malaysia
Notes:
� Home Leg: 19 June 2011 and Away Leg: 23 June 2011
� Venues and Kick-off times to be confirmed
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Even without Oezil + co., still expected them to win. Pretty huge upset
I watched the game twice. In the first 25 mins the Germans never gave them a kick of the ball, and when Oz did get it, they gave it away almost straight away. After the Germans scored, the game changed.
For me I think that all the other games (and the last WC ) that Oz have played against Germany were playing on their mind. There was no confidence at all.
They were one down at half-time. According to the coach he told them that they had nothing to fear from Germany and to get out and show them that Australia deserved some respect.
Whatever he did say seemed to work cause they really were pretty good in the second half.
If one is honest, the Germans will still be very pissed off that they lost cause a draw was probably a much fairer result.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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That penalty looked pretty dodgy.
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That penalty looked pretty dodgy.
At the time I thought it was a penalty. Have seen it from a few different angles and some of them are not that clear cut. I think that as Kewell was sandwiched, it made the decision a lot easier for the ref. Have seen a few penalties give for a lot less.
If you are old and wise you were probably young and stupid
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