Quelque chose-roos
May 12, 2006 by Dave Earley
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The Socceroos squad for the World Cup was announced Wednesday and shown live on SBS. This was a cheerful reminder of the fantastic football I’ve got to look forward to, even before the World Cup gets here in exactly 28 days. As an aside, why is Australia’s national football team still called the Socceroos? The national body is now the FFA, Football Federation Australia, but I doubt we’ll be calling the team the Footballeroos anytime soon. I digress.
Yesterday morning I watched Middlesborough (English Premier League) play Sevilla (Spanish Primera Liga) in the UEFA Cup Final, where unfortunately the English side lost 4-0 to the Spaniards. Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and striker/captain Mark Viduka both play for ‘Boro, so it would have been nice to see them do well. Obviously they did not. Until 15 minutes from the end they somehow kept the score at 1-0, and even looked likely to score, but they fell apart rapidly following Sevilla’s second goal.
So what’s coming up? My team of choice, Liverpool, play against West Ham in the FA Cup Final (England) late Saturday night. Early next Thursday morning Arsenal (finished fourth in English Premier League) take on Barcelona (Spanish Primera Liga winners) in the Champions League Final and the following Thursday night Australia play Greece! The best thing is, all three of these games are live on SBS, as are all 64 World Cup matches.
If you’re as interested as I am, SBS has a World Cup wall chart (pdf direct link) with all the Australian kickoff times in each group – for your viewing convenience.
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