SOCCEROOS V COSTA RICA

[adelaidebloke]

Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the Federación Costarricense de Fútbol (Costa Rican Football Fédération) today announced that the Socceroos will meet the Costa Rican Men’s National Football team, Los Ticos.

The international friendly match at Allianz Stadium, Sydney on Tuesday 19 November 2013 (kick-off at 7:30pm AEDT).
The clash with the Costa Ricans will be new Socceroos head coach Ange Postecoglou's first match in charge of the Australian national team.

Like the Socceroos, Costa Rica has already qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finishing in second position from the CONCACAF qualifiers behind the USA.

This will be the first official meeting between Costa Rica and Socceroos at senior men’s international level.

The match between the Socceroos and Costa Rica will be broadcast live and exclusive on FOX SPORTS.

Tickets will be on sale to the Football Family from next Monday 12 noon and to the public on Friday 1 November. For details visit http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/tickets

[Shintaro]

tip is that Neill will be in the squad

[DMT]

stream anyone?

[Steve#4]

Buy fox u tightarse...

[DMT]

Buy fox u tightarse...

I'm not at home you idioto!

I just discovered foxtel go...just got the smartcard from the wife!

[thewesterner]

stream anyone?

http://firstrownow.eu/watch/222359/2/wa ... -rica.html

[DMT]

On the evidence of this side and the style of play, Holger should have gotten the chop ages ago!

[Steve#4]

Buy fox u tightarse...

I'm not at home you idioto!

I just discovered foxtel go...just got the smartcard from the wife!

That's not very nice...

[Steve#4]

They are playing the better of the 2 sides our boys.... It's only a matter of time till we bury one... Ryan has had heaps of the ball but all from our defense.

[Rookie]

Buy fox u tightarse...

I thought SBS could now show the socceroos games albeit in delay?

[MegaBonus]

No offence against Mori but when the majority of your games have been against Fiji and Tonga, I'm glad he's not the sole holder of the national goal scorers record.

[DMT]

Don't need Bresciano to start games, just use Rogic what a player!

[DMT]

Holger looking like a twat...

[Red-4-Life]

Decent performance, good result knocking off a fellow World Cup side. Plenty to work on but a step in the right direction for sure

[adelaidebloke]

the big 5

Oar Davidson Rogic Kruse Leckie

[DMT]

Hopefully Gumby watching how to play the ball forward! Oar, Rogic, Jedinak, Franjic, Kruse all very good, Leckie looking a bit green still.

[Steve#4]

No offence against Mori but when the majority of your games have been against Fiji and Tonga, I'm glad he's not the sole holder of the national goal scorers record.

Tough call....... If I had the record I wouldn't give a crap who I scored goals against for my country. The guy deserves respect for just earning the right to pull on that shirt.

[abcdefg]

on YAHOO 7 website 1030pm
AUSTRALIA CRUSH COSTA RICA was the title
went into the article to find out it was 1-0............what a joke!!
so I wonder what 0-6 and 0-6 was against france and brazil........a close match!!
MUPPETS

[Ga Pala]

Gee what a difference in intensity by Australia. Great movement off the ball and looking to go forward and keeping possession . Thought Milligan was very impressive . Great to see Leckie given an opportunity and I think he can cement a spot in the team. Would like to see Mitch Nicolls and Zadkovich in the squad . Believe they are better options than Vidosic and McKay. Troisi is another one I'd have in there ahead of a player like Bozanic.

[totsreds08]

There has been plenty of people saying that the socceroos are in a but of strife for coming years without enough quality coming through but if you look at a team that'll have rogic, oar, kruse, Ryan, amini, Spiranovic etc. then we certainly have some flair about us.

[totsreds08]

Also, I reckon ange being coach will make the aleague stronger. Players will get picked from this league and it'll be a place fringe players can come and impress ange.

[fossil]

On the evidence of this side and the style of play, Holger should have gotten the chop ages ago!

every player interviewed said they were training harder and trying to hold spot no one liked lucas for saying it but the younger guys didn't deserve the caps for the effort they put in and you can bet Ange painted a new line perform or your out there was no evidence of players dropping performance but it did highlight player skills are still in need of improvement with 1st touch

[Black_Panther]

We were definitely a lot more motivated than previously with guys out to impress the new coach.

Leckie needs time but he is ideally suited to that role in this system.

[adelaidebloke]

needs to get out of div 2 germany

[Bomber]

Expected better from Costa Rica, but Aussies did enough to give hope to the future, albeit I think being competitive at the WC is asking a bit much.

[adelaidebloke]

lucas sprayed the crowd after getting jeers

[Black_Panther]

It was in very poor taste to boo the captain when the side wins and he puts in a good game.

Shows a lack of class.

[BPBC]

It was in very poor taste to boo the captain when the side wins and he puts in a good game.

Shows a lack of class.

Yep shiraz p!ss poor lack of respect shown to a player who has captained his country so many times, win lose or draw. Some people are plain thick as shiraz bricks

[adelaidebloke]

so what they paid there money, they can say what they like in reason!!

[Black_Panther]

so what they paid there money, they can say what they like in reason!!

They can say what they like, it just shows a lack of class.