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The Age
30-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Matildas vs Argentina LIVE: Johnson impresses on debut as Matildas beat Argentina 2-0 in Melbourne
Go to latest Pinned post from 10.02pm FT: Matildas 2, Argentina 0 By Roy Ward Forward Kahli Johnson scored on debut and Kaitlin Torpey found the back of the net in unusual fashion as the Matildas beat Argentina 2-0 at Marvel Stadium on Friday night with 43,020 attending the match. Johnson started on debut and added her name to the list of scorers for the national team with a headed goal late in the first half following a cross the back post. Torpey's goal came as a shock because the player was attempting to cross the ball from the right side of the box. But her cross went off her shin and directly onto the goals giving the keeper no chance to make a save. Torpey looked surprised and a little sheepish but she happily took her goal. Australia had more chances as the match went on, Argentina only had one shot on Tegan Micah's goal and that was in the 80th minute and went straight into her hands. Matildas coach Tom Sermanni, in his 150th match in charge of the team, opted against playing his three Arsenal players who only returned home to Australia on Wednesday night after winning the UEFA Women's Champions League final last week. They will hopefully get some time in Monday night's match. The Matildas finish the series against Argentina with a second match in Canberra on Monday night. 10.06pm Matildas continue to win fans By Brittany Busch No wonder the cheers from the crowd are so thunderous here at Marvel tonight – 43,020 fans have turned out for the friendly match. That's despite the game clashing with AFL premiership favourite Collingwood at the MCG, and soccer fans also selling out the A-League men's Melbourne derby grand final on Saturday. Melbourne's rectangular stadium, AAMI Park, can hold a little over 30,000 for comparison. 10.02pm FT: Matildas 2, Argentina 0 By Roy Ward Forward Kahli Johnson scored on debut and Kaitlin Torpey found the back of the net in unusual fashion as the Matildas beat Argentina 2-0 at Marvel Stadium on Friday night with 43,020 attending the match. Johnson started on debut and added her name to the list of scorers for the national team with a headed goal late in the first half following a cross the back post. Torpey's goal came as a shock because the player was attempting to cross the ball from the right side of the box. But her cross went off her shin and directly onto the goals giving the keeper no chance to make a save. Torpey looked surprised and a little sheepish but she happily took her goal. Australia had more chances as the match went on, Argentina only had one shot on Tegan Micah's goal and that was in the 80th minute and went straight into her hands. Matildas coach Tom Sermanni, in his 150th match in charge of the team, opted against playing his three Arsenal players who only returned home to Australia on Wednesday night after winning the UEFA Women's Champions League final last week. They will hopefully get some time in Monday night's match.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'I don't think we will ever have many' - what next for multi-club model?
Academy director Stephen Torpey joined Brentford in January 2023 to lead what he feels is a "clean slate" having worked with the likes of Enzo Maresca, Pep Guardiola, Cole Palmer and Phil Foden at Manchester City, while also working with Rodolfo Borrell, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Curtis Jones at Liverpool. Torpey is taking charge of the revamping of Brentford's academy after they decided to reintroduce the youth system. Speaking at the launch of Brentford's news academy building, Torpey explained: "I was so fortunate to be around great people at City and Liverpool - a lot of people I worked with have gone onto great things - a lot of players I've worked with have gone onto play for their teams, but I'm proud of those who didn't succeed, became coaches or play at a lower level." Brentford's growth off the field extends to owner Matthew Benham's restructure of the club into a new holding company - Best Intentions Analytics, which bought Spanish third division club Merida. Director of football Phil Giles further explained the strategy behind the expansion: "Merida will be run for its own success, first in Spain but it is also close to Portugal, so it is one of the markets many clubs look at. It was an opportunity as the previous owner Mark Heffernan was looking to sell, did good work and knew Matthew Benham already and it was sensible numbers. "There will be a conversation about a link but that's very early in the process. We will look at how Brentford can help Merida grow and win, and help players develop for Brentford. It is easy to say it but hard to do it in practice so both are successful. "I don't think we will ever have many clubs [in the multi-club model]. At this stage, we are not looking for another club but it doesn't mean we are not open in the future. We just want to do this really well and we are trying embed the relationships on the ground, settle it down and that will take time." Read more from Giles on the academy and profit and sustainability rules below.
