Germany finished third in the standings in group E,behind Spain on goal difference,with Japan top following their 2-1 win over the Spaniards,which had VAR drama critical to the victory.
Germany have suffered a shock defeat to Japan,becoming the second powerhouse after Argentina to get off to a poor start,while there were no such issues for the 2010 champions.
Could Kevin Muscat be the next coach of Australia? That’s a question he won’t answer out of respect for the incumbent,but he does have some free advice for Graham Arnold.
Some of the game’s most recognisable names will be missing from football’s biggest tournament when the World Cup kicks off next week.
On a dramatic final day of the J.League season,the Melbourne Victory legend secured his greatest managerial triumph – and it could put him on the radar of European clubs.
North Asia correspondent Eryk Bagshaw reports from outside the door of Tetsuya Yamagami,who assassinated Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8,2022.
Mitch Langerak has been Australia’s most in-form custodian at club level for the past few years,but says he has made peace with his decision to prematurely retire from international football.
The Socceroos’ hopes of a direct qualification into the 2022 World Cup have been dashed after losing to Japan in Stadium Australia.
The most important week for the Socceroos in this World Cup cycle has been,thus far,a disaster so unmitigated that it actually beggars belief - but the team is grabbing onto their last remaining flicker of hope ahead of Thursday night’s showdown with Japan.
Injuries,positive cases and other availability issues have left COVID-stricken coach Graham Arnold with the barest of squads for Australia’s most important World Cup qualifier in years on Thursday night against Japan.
The Socceroos need Bruno Fornaroli to rescue their World Cup qualifying campaign – and Football Australia admits it’s a poor reflection on the state of the game.