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Kusini Yengi warms up before the Socceroos face Lebanon in the first of two World Cup qualifiers in Australia. Kick-off at Commbank Stadium in Sydney is 8.10pm. Follow for live scores and updates.Kusini Yengi warms up before the Socceroos face Lebanon in the first of two World Cup qualifiers in Australia. Kick-off at Commbank Stadium in Sydney is 8.10pm. Follow for live scores and updates.
at the quarter-final stage in February. It was a tournament that ended with an agonising defeat to South Korea, a result that snapped an eight match unbeaten run. It also highlighted that while the Socceroos are clearly capable of dismissing the continent’s weaker sides they lack the guile to overcome sterner tests. With the limited talent at Graham Arnold’s disposal it’s hard to see that pattern changing any time soon.
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