Post by leicesterlass on Nov 2, 2006 15:02:54 GMT -1
Australia's 2007 AFC Asian Cup preparations continued when the 18-man Socceroos squad to face Ghana in an international match at Loftus Road on November 14 (November 15 AEDT) was announced.
The majority of the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad have been included with Brett Holman, Scott McDonald and Patrick Kisnorbo also retained from the squad that played Kuwait in Kuwait City during September.
Head Coach Graham Arnold picked an all European based squad, deciding against selecting A-League players due to the short space of time between their round of matches and the match in London.
Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell were not considered due to injury with Craig Moore recalled after his ill-fated trip to Australia last month for the internationals against Paraguay and Bahrain.
Socceroos squad is: John Aloisi (Alaves, Spain), Mark Bresciano (Palermo, Italy), Tim Cahill (Everton, England), Scott Chipperfield (Basel, Switzerland), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Vince Grella (Parma, Italy), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City, England), Scott McDonald (Motherwell, Scotland), Craig Moore (Newcastle United, England), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers, England), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England), Josip Skoko (Wigan, England), Shane Stefanutto (SK Lillestrom, Norway), Mile Sterjovski (Basel, Switzerland), Luke Wilkshire (Twente, Netherlands).
"Similarly Patrick Kisnorbo has been playing well and we will take this chance to bring him in. It's important to have some rotation so we can continue to build depth."
Fantastic news for Paddy, I'm over the moon for him. He's been fantastic for us this season, if he could learn to pass a bit better he'd make a damn good international. ;D
The majority of the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad have been included with Brett Holman, Scott McDonald and Patrick Kisnorbo also retained from the squad that played Kuwait in Kuwait City during September.
Head Coach Graham Arnold picked an all European based squad, deciding against selecting A-League players due to the short space of time between their round of matches and the match in London.
Mark Viduka and Harry Kewell were not considered due to injury with Craig Moore recalled after his ill-fated trip to Australia last month for the internationals against Paraguay and Bahrain.
Socceroos squad is: John Aloisi (Alaves, Spain), Mark Bresciano (Palermo, Italy), Tim Cahill (Everton, England), Scott Chipperfield (Basel, Switzerland), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), Vince Grella (Parma, Italy), Brett Holman (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Patrick Kisnorbo (Leicester City, England), Scott McDonald (Motherwell, Scotland), Craig Moore (Newcastle United, England), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers, England), Michael Petkovic (Sivasspor, Turkey), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England), Josip Skoko (Wigan, England), Shane Stefanutto (SK Lillestrom, Norway), Mile Sterjovski (Basel, Switzerland), Luke Wilkshire (Twente, Netherlands).
"Similarly Patrick Kisnorbo has been playing well and we will take this chance to bring him in. It's important to have some rotation so we can continue to build depth."
Fantastic news for Paddy, I'm over the moon for him. He's been fantastic for us this season, if he could learn to pass a bit better he'd make a damn good international. ;D