Former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Gustavo Poyet delivered one of the great press conference performances ahead of Sydney FC’s showdown on Thursday night with his South Korean club.
Kevin Muscat’s first season at Shanghai Port is on track to break all sorts of records – and elevate his standing as Australia’s best coaching export since Ange Postecoglou.
The Socceroos legend has taken the baton from Ange Postecoglou and Kevin Muscat at Japan’s Yokohama F. Marinos,who have reached the final of the AFC Champions League.
Ten years after the Wanderers lifted the AFC Champions League trophy,the Gosford-based Mariners have sealed another remarkable achievement. Now an unprecedented treble beckons.
Imagine an A-League team playing the UEFA Champions League winners on Australian soil – in a competitive match,for a real trophy. It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds.
Football Australia says it will take an open mind into talks over the creation of an Asian Super League barely 12 months since a similar idea pushed by Europe’s top clubs was crushed by an avalanche of fan anger.
Sydney FC beat Philippines side Kaya FC 5-0 to reach the Asian Champions League,where they will face Kevin Muscat’s Yokohama F. Marinos.
Sydney FC’s two highest profile players have been left out of the squad for their Asian Champions League qualifier against Kaya FC on Tuesday night.
Australia’s men’s national team is in the midst of its longest period of inactivity in almost 50 years.
As many as 19 of Asia’s best football teams could fly into the country if ambitious plans to bring the AFC Champions League’s group stage to Australia come off.