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There is a connection J.League in the escape Australia ke 2022 World Cup. The Kangaroo Country made history in Asian football, sending six representatives for the first time.
Australia has qualified from the intercontinental play-offs of the 2022 World Cup qualification which will be held at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar, on 13 June 2022. Socceroos won on penalties with a score of 5-4 against representatives of South America, Peruafter a 0-0 draw for 120 minutes.
This is not the first time Australia has qualified for the World Cup, but Socceroos make history for Asian football. The upcoming World Cup will be the first time that the Yellow Continent will send six representatives to the four-year event.
They followed five other countries that had already qualified, namely Qatar (the host), Iran, South Korea, Japan, and Saudi Arabia. There is a special role J.League in an attempt Australia became one of the six representatives of Asia.
There are two players Japanese League coach Graham Arnold brought in his squad against Peru: Adam Taggart (Cerezo Osaka) and Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama).
Mitchell Duke started out as Australia’s lone striker. He played 69 minutes before being substituted for Awer Mabil, with Duke continuing to pose a threat to Peru as long as he was on the pitch.
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Australian national team player, Mitchell Duke, appeared in the Japanese League with Fagiano Okayama. (Photo: doc. J.League)– |
While Taggart did not play in the match against Peru. Nevertheless, he contributed three goals in the eight qualifying matches that Australia played.
In its history, not a few players from Australia have experienced the harsh atmosphere of the Sakura Country football era J.League. There are at least 39 players from the Kangaroo Country who have played in the J.League from the top-level competition to the third level.
This includes the current coach of the Australian national team, Graham Arnold, who played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima from 1997 to 1998.
Arnold recorded playing 28 times in the J1 League and scored seven goals at that time, before then returning to the Australian League and is now a coach. At that time, Arnold joined compatriot, Anthony Popovic, who was the first Australian player in the J.League.
Tony Popovic, who performed exceptionally with Sydney United in the Australian League, was brought in by Sanfrecce Hiroshima in mid-1996. Popovic spent five years at Hiroshima, playing 100 times in all competitions with a record of 16 goals before moving to the Premier League with Crystal Palace in the summer of 2001.
After their era, there were many Australian players who played in the World Cup and also played in the J.League such as Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds), Milos Degenek (Yokohama F. Marinos), Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus), and Mark Milligan (JEF). United Chiba).
Now, the footsteps of Australian players in J.League not only to be found in Mitchell Duke and Adam Taggart. Besides the two, there are names such as Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Stefan Mauk (Fagiano Okayama), and Mohamed Adam (FC Imabari).
 Mitchell Langerak, an Australian player who plays in the Japanese League with Nagoya Grampus. (Photo: doc. J.League)– |
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