sidelined

The Socceroos motor along at the top of their group, seven of the minimum ten points already in the bag and nine more up for grabs. After a patchy victory over Iraq we now travel to Dubai for the first of two night games played in searing 26-degree heat.
Iraq, needless to say, won’t be [...]

Sanity prevails.
Iraq’s WCQ campaign is now officially on soapie melodrama turf but tomorrow it switches to full on Sports Movie triumph-of-the-underdogs mode. “Two Teams. One Grudge. On a rainy night at a sold-out Lang Park, the universe hangs in the balance”, etc.

Last night @SFS wasn’t a game for the ages, but in broader strategic terms there was a fair bit going on.