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The Guardian
5 days ago
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Australia v Japan: World Cup 2026 qualifying
Update: Date: 2025-06-05T10:09:54.000Z Title: Content: The Socceroos have not beaten Japan for 16 years. Coach Tony Popovic insists that can change tonight. Every game is significant for the Socceroos. But, obviously, these last two games, for automatic qualification, we know what we need to do; we need to put that into action, and we're confident we can do that. Update: Date: 2025-06-05T10:06:05.000Z Title: Joey Lynch Content: My colleague is on the ground at Optus Stadium to bring you the match report later. #AUSvJPN Update: Date: 2025-06-05T10:04:42.000Z Title: Jack Snape Content: On to those pesky permutations. Here is where things stand: The general gist is the Socceroos can all but secure their place with a win tonight; a draw or loss make things a bit more complicated. has broken everything down in more detail here: Even if they win tonight, we won't know whether Australia have qualified automatically for absolute 100% fully certain sureness until after the Saudi Arabia v Bahrain match kicking off at Friday 2am AEST. Update: Date: 2025-06-05T10:00:45.000Z Title: Preamble Content: G'day and welcome to the Guardian's live coverage of the World Cup 2026 qualifier between Australia and Japan in Perth. My name is Jo Khan and I'm here to take you through the pre-game news, live football and some post-match analysis. At the moment my brain hurts from thinking about the Group C permutations and what it means for Australia but one thing is locked in – the Samurai Blue have already booked their spot at the North America tournament. However, it is most definitely a crunch match for Australia, can they lock in an automatic qualification? Looking back to the Socceroos most recent outing in this Asian qualifying campaign, it was goals from Jackson Irvine and Nishan Velupillay that gave Australia a crucial 2-0 win in China in late March. This solidified their spot just below Japan in the Group C table – I'll get to those details shortly. To the task at hand now, if you have any comments or questions feel free to send me an email. Kick-off is in just over an hour: 7.10pm local / 9.10pm AEST / 8.10pm JST Let's get into it!
The Guardian
30-05-2025
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- The Guardian
Australia v Argentina: international women's football friendly
Update: Date: 2025-05-30T09:23:40.000Z Title: Content: Update: Date: 2025-05-30T09:20:09.000Z Title: Preamble Content: Hello and welcome to the Guardian's live blog of the first of two international friendlies between the Matildas and Argentina. It's Jo Khan here, and I've got you covered for all the pregame news and minute-by-minute football action. The last time we saw the Matildas on home soil was in April when they took two wins from two against South Korea. The overarching feeling after the second match was, 'how good is Mary Fowler?' Oh dear. That sentiment, while remaining true, amounts to little since Fowler now faces a long recovery from an ACL injury sustained during Manchester City's FA Cup semi-final defeat in mid-April. With no Fowler, no Sam Kerr, other injuries, personal absences and several veterans coming off heavy seasons overseas, the fresh faces in the Matildas camp are going to be called on to do heavier lifting than usual. It could make for a surprising game, and one debutant is in the starting XI! If you want to get in touch, shoot me an email. Where are you following along from? What's for dinner/breakfast/lunch? Who are you most excited to see stretch their legs today? Let me know your thoughts, and let's get into it.
