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Of the 20 games Australia played on its journey to qualify for this year’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 16 games were held abroad. Australia has been a member of the Asian Football Confederation since 2005, and its players’ passports include stamps from Kuwait, Taiwan, Jordan, Vietnam, Japan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. But several members of the Australian team can claim an even longer journey to the tournament.

“Pressure is me as an 18-month-old baby fleeing a war. Pressure is me as a 6-year-old being in the middle of a war. Pressure isn’t a must-win football game because you can win or lose, but I don’t think anyone’s going to die,” defender Milos Degenek told ESPN before Australia’s Nov. 26 group-stage game against Tunisia.

Degenek was born in Knin, Croatia, in 1994. The city was the self-declared capital of the unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina during the 1991 to 1995 conflict that led to the breakup of Yugoslavia and was taken by the Croatian military in 1995. Degenek’s family fled to Belgrade, Serbia, in 1995 to avoid the worst of the war before immigrating to Australia as refugees when he was 7 years old.

“I can remember pretty much everything from that time,” Degenek said in a 2017 interview with FIFA.com. “Not knowing if you are going to wake up tomorrow because of the bombings. You would see a lot of crazy things the next morning when you woke up. A lot of things in flames. And a lot of things that a normal human mind can’t comprehend. You just have to deal with it at a young age.”

Australia’s national soccer team has long revealed the country’s migrant history. Its teams of the 1960s and 1970s featured mostly first-generation migrants from Europe. At the 1974 World Cup in West Germany, Australia’s squad included a roll call of immigrants from England, Scotland, Germany, and then-Yugoslavia—with Australian-born players a minority. Decades later, Australia’s 2006 “golden generation”—who reached the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time ever—included just one player born outside Australia, New Zealand-born Archie Thompson. But the team nevertheless championed its multicultural origins. Soccer was a constant presence in migrant families, and Australian-born children and grandchildren played soccer rather than rugby or Australian rules football. Media coverage at the time celebrated how this particular team reflected Australia’s makeup rather than the cricket or rugby teams.

Australia’s 2022 squad is diverse once again. And if the results of today’s group stage matchups hold, the team may also advance to the knockout rounds. Four players were born in Africa, and three of those were refugees. Forward Awer Mabil was born in 1995 in the United Nations-run Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya after his family fled war in Sudan. Mabil lived at Kakuma until the age of 10, when his family received asylum in Australia. Defender Thomas Deng was similarly born in Kenya in 1997 to parents who had fled Sudan and moved to Australia in 2003.

Garang Kuol is the third Australian player with Sudanese heritage. Kuol was born in Egypt to South Sudanese parents in 2004 before moving to Australia with his family at the age of 6. Twelve years later, during the closing minutes of Australia’s 4-1 loss to France last week, he took the field to become the youngest player to represent the Socceroos at a World Cup. After Australia qualified for the tournament in June 2022, Mabil said the country had given him and his family “a chance of life.” In January, he will join the English Premier League Newcastle United.

“On the journey my mum and her parents went through to reach the camp, many people died,” Mabil told the Guardian in an interview. “They were captured by the rebels trying to leave. The way they escaped, we could talk about it all night. It sounds like something from a movie, but it’s something they actually went through. The war, the journey, what they faced. For me, hearing it, it’s like: ‘Woah.’ What people do to keep their kids safe, what they sacrifice to give them a better life. They didn’t know how long they would be in the refugee camp; they thought they would return home. But there’s no returning home.”

The racial makeup of Australia’s 2022 team reveals an uncomfortable truth about the country’s immigration history. In 1901, the Immigration Restriction Act became one of the first laws of the new Australian federation. Alfred Deakin, then attorney-general and soon-to-be prime minister, said the new law “means the prohibition of all alien colored immigration … the policy of securing a ‘white Australia.’” It was not until 1975 that the Gough Whitlam government formally ended the policy with the introduction of the Racial Discrimination Act. Local Black faces are rarely seen in mainstream media in Australia, and while Australians with Indigenous or Pacific Islander heritage have played prominent roles in the sport, it is only in recent years that African Australians have stepped into the spotlight.

Australia’s more recent policies toward refugees and asylum-seekers have also been mired in controversy. Players like Mabil entered Australia through formal offshore refugee application programs, but informal arrivals to Australia face huge hurdles that have often proved insurmountable. The government began detaining asylum-seekers who arrived on the country’s shores by boat in 1992. The policy was politicized and hardened by then-Prime Minister John Howard, who governed from 1996 to 2007, and had a no-compromise approach to asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat.

In 2001, in the run-up to the federal election, Howard’s government refused to grant permission to the MV Tampa, a Norwegian cargo ship, to enter Australian waters. The Tampa had rescued more than 400 mostly Afghan refugees from a fishing vessel stranded in the Indian Ocean. Australia’s stance sparked a diplomatic incident among Australia, Norway, and Indonesia over which country had responsibility for the initial rescue and subsequent destination of the asylum-seekers. Ultimately, New Zealand accepted many of the refugees with the remainder detained by Australia on the Pacific island of Nauru. In another incident in 2001, top officials in the Howard government claimed refugees had thrown “children overboard” when a Royal Australian Navy ship intercepted another boat carrying asylum-seekers. An Australian Senate inquiry later found the story to be untrue.

“We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come,” Howard said in 2001, announcing what would become known as Australia’s Pacific Solution. It included establishing an Australian-run offshore detention center on Nauru, the third-smallest country in the world, and on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island. The Manus Island facility became infamous for its brutality—in 2014, an asylum-seeker was murdered by facility workers during a riot protesting living conditions, and in 2015, detainees held a hunger strike by sewing their lips together—and was briefly shuttered between 2008 and 2012. In 2021, the Australian government handed control of the Manus Island facility to the government of Papua New Guinea. Nauru’s detention center remains open.

The Pacific Solution has remained popular with the Australian electorate even as asylum-seekers are held indefinitely without charge and criticism that conditions are inhumane remain. Detention centers on Australian soil have also been criticized for being dangerous; asylum claims take an average of 761 days to process, and asylum-seekers are held in what are effectively jails for that time. The new prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has said he’s investigating alternatives.

Australia’s soccer players put a positive face on the refugee experience in Australia, and Mabil acknowledges that his story is alluring to the media.

“I’ve got that title now of ‘oh, refugee kid,’” he told the Guardian. “It’s more for the headlines, for people to try to feel sorry for me, but they never try to understand who I am. … I want to tell that story too, inspire people from my country, my mother’s country, around the world.”

Mabil, Deng, and Kuol are prominent positive examples of African Australian success. Since the mid-1990s, approximately 30,000 people identifying as South Sudanese have immigrated to Australia. The community has produced top athletes in multiple sports, fashion models, musicians, and prominent lawyers. It has also been marginalized, associated with crime and violence in the media, and subjected to racism.

“There were times where I’d play for [Melbourne] Victory [his local team] on the weekend, then I’d be walking through the shops and there will be security guards looking at me strangely or following me around, thinking that I’m going to steal something,” Deng said in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “I’ve had that multiple times in my life, but I’ve just learned to ignore it. … I’ve tried to block it out.”

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Football news 2023 Teen sensation Garang Kuol scores as Socceroos nail Ecuador 3-1 in Sydney

The Socceroos flexed their muscle and delivered an inspiring performance for home fans in their 3-1 win over Ecuador in Sydney. Graham Arnold named several new faces with the stars that took Australia to the round of 16 at the World Cup, In their first clash since Qatar. READ MORE: Ricciardo shares ‘different’ plan for year off READ MORE: Shark’s admission amid early-season slump READ MORE:…

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Newcastle: Gallagher may replace Longstaff

3 minute read 28/1/2023 | 08:15am The January transfer window is set to slam shut in a matter of days and Newcastle United are yet to make a first-team addition to their squad. Dan Ashworth and Eddie Howe have enjoyed a quiet month up to now as the only signing that has been made is 18-year-old Garang Kuol from Central Coast, who has since left to join Premiership side Hearts on loan until the…

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Newcastle can land Fernandes 2.0 in Ziyech

3 minute read 23/1/2023 | 09:15pm The end of the January transfer window is now in sight although Newcastle United have yet to seriously strengthen their ranks thus far, with the only addition having been that of Australian teenager, Garang Kuol. After a hectic yet effective spending spree a year ago – in which the likes of Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier and Bruno Guimaraes arrived through the door…

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January Transfer Window 2023 - Update

Premier League 2022-2023

January transfer window update for all you sports buffs.

AFC Bournemouth

Out

Ferdinand Okoh (Dorchester) 

James Hill (Hearts) 

Arsenal

Out

Brooke Norton-Cuffy (Coventry)

Miguel Azeez (Wigan)

Arthur Okonkwo (Sturm Graz)

Ovie Ejeheri (SJK Seinajoki)

Aston Villa

In

Aaron Ramsey (loan recall) 

Tyreik Wright (loan recall) 

Alex Moreno (Real Betis)

Out

Cameron Archer (Middlesbrough) 

Tyreik Wright (Plymouth Argyle) 

Jhon Duran (Chicago Fire) 

Frederic Guilbert (RC Strasbourg) 

Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) 

Brentford

In

Byron Wilson (Coventry) 

Conor McManus (Bray Wanderers) 

Fin Stevens (loan recall) 

Mads Bech (loan recall) 

Beaux Booth (Dorking) 

Kevin Schade (Freiburg) 

Paris Maghoma (loan recall) 

Romeo Beckham (Inter Miami) 

Out

Myles Peart-Harris (Forest Green Rovers) Loan extension 

Aaron Pressley (Accrington) 

Lachlan Brook (Crewe) Loan extension 

Edon Pruti (Hartlepool) 

Mads Bech (Groningen)

Brighton & Hove Albion

In 

Facundo Buonanotte (Rosario Central) 

Jamie Mullins (Bohemians) 

Out

Aaron Connolly (Hull) 

Reda Khadra (Birmingham) 

Ed Turns (Leyton Orient) 

James Beadle (Crewe Alexandra) 

Chelsea

In

David Datro Fofana (Molde) 

Benoit Badiashile (Monaco) 

Andrey Santos (Vasco da Gama) 

Joao Felix (Atletico Madrid) 

Mykhailo Mudryk (Shakhtar Donetsk) 

Crystal Palace

Out

Killian Phillips (Shrewsbury) 

Jack Butland (Man Utd) 

John-Kymani Gordon (Carlise) 

Malcolm Ebiowei (Hull) 

Everton

In

Ellis Simms (loan recall) 

Nathan Broadhead (loan recall) 

Niels Nkounkou (loan recall) 

Out

Salomon Rondon (released) 

Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich) 

Tom Cannon (Preston) 

Niels Nkounkou (Saint-Etienne) 

Fulham

In

Anthony Knockaert (loan recall) 

Out

Idris Odutayo (Maidenhead) Loan extension 

Anthony Knockaert (Huddersfield) 

Ibane Bowat (Den Bosch) 

Leeds United

In

Max Wober (RB Salzburg) 

Georginio Rutter (Hoffenheim) 

Out

Mateusz Klich (MLS pending) 

Alfie McCalmont (Carlisle) 

Leo Hjelde (Rotherham) 

Leicester City

In

George Hirst (loan recall) 

Out

George Hirst (Ipswich) 

Ben Nelson (Doncaster) 

Liverpool

In

Cody Gakpo (PSV) 

Billy Koumetio (loan recall) 

Max Woltman (loan recall) 

Jakub Ojrzynski (loan recall) 

Out

Jake Cain (Swindon Town) 

Manchester City

In

Liam Delap (loan recall) 

Out

Josh Wilson-Esbrand (Coventry) 

Liam Delap (Preston) 

Kayky (Bahia) 

Manchester United

In

Jack Butland (Crystal Palace) 

Wout Weghorst (Burnley) 

Out

Martin Dubravka (loan recall) 

Newcastle United

In

Amadou Diallo (free) 

Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners) 

Martin Dubravka (loan recall) 

Out

Garang Kuol (Hearts)

Nottingham Forest

In

Danilo (Palmeiras) 

Gustavo Scarpa (Palmeiras) 

Alex Mighten (loan recall) 

Out

Loic Bade (loan recall) 

Southampton

In

Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb) 

Carlos Alcaraz (Racing Club) 

Out

Dynel Simeu (Morecambe) 

Dan Nlundulu (Bolton) 

Nico Lawrence (Torquay) 

West Ham United

In

Luizao (Sao Paulo)

Armstrong Okoflex (loan recall) 

Out

Thierry Nevers (Bradford) 

Wolverhampton Wanderers

In

Matheus Cunha (Atletico Madrid)

Joe Young (loan recall) 

Louie Moulden (loan recall) 

Theo Corbeanu (loan recall) 

Christian Marques (loan recall) 

Lewis Richards (loan recall) 

Mario Lemina (Nice) 

Pablo Sarabia (Paris Saint-Germain) 

Out

Leo Bonatini (released)

Joe Young (Telford)

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Garang Kuol makes loan move to Hearts joining fellow Socceroos

Garang Kuol makes loan move to Hearts joining fellow Socceroos

Australian forward Alou Kuol has been nominated for the Puskas Award, which is given out annually for the best goal in world football. His extraordinary scorpion kick for Australia’s under-23s against Iraq is among the 11 nominees, alongside some of the world’s best players including Kylian Mbappe’s screamer in the World Cup final, and Richarlison’s remarkable effort in the group stage against…

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Trolls send racist slurs at Socceroos star Garang Kuol after FIFA World Cup loss to Argentina

Socceroos superstar Garang Kuol is the youngest player to play in the World Cup knockout stages since Pele, but that hasn’t stopped vicious trolls from bombarding him with horrific racist slurs on social media in the wake of Australia’s 2-1 defeat against Argentina.

The 18-year-old prodigy from Shepparton in regional Victoria came very close to stamping himself into Socceroos folklore when he came just 15 seconds off the mark in Sunday morning’s...

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Messi 1-1 Australia

One of the best players ever in Lionel Messi scored his first goal in the knock-out stage of the world cup, which was also his 1000th game for club and country. With all 8 of his previous world cup goals coming in the group stage, even in 2014 when he was named player of the tournament leading Argentina to a final they eventually lost.

However, this game will have to share another first. Australia scored a goal for the first time in knock-out stage too. A deflected wayward shot by Craig Goodwin finding its past the keeper after coming defender Enzo Fernandez. Halfing the lead Argentina had built after goals from Messi and Julian Alvarez in the 35th and 57th minutes respectively.

Alvarez's goal coming from wayward play from back at the hands of Australia's goalkeeper and captain Mat Ryan. After Ryan was dispossessed of the ball it was an easy pass and then a shot an empty net.

But the Australians were defiant missing two goals in the final minutes, Aziz Behich going on a fantastic run before getting blocked by the keeper: Lisandro Martinez. Martinez then blocked a fantastic shot by Garang Kuol, managing to control a Goodwin cross before turning and shot.

The socceroos will rue what could have been, Ryan's dispossession and the two blocked chances in the dying embers will sit in the minds of many, leaving them wonder "what if?"

The Australians left their mark on the world stage, with Martinez even praising the Australians, and the way they play: “We knew exactly what we were going to face. They’d done extremely well to qualify and to play these kinds of games.”

Basked in the UK, The Times journalist Jonathan Northcroft wrote of the Australian:

 “They have more reserves of optimism than Qatar has of natural gas”.

“Australia are an incredible story and bowed out with Aussie punch and pride gloriously intact."

"They are a triumph of mentality over pedigree, the Australians, a collection of A-League and Scottish Premiership players pushing one of the World Cup’s leading contenders to the very wire."

The Guardian's Jonathan Liew also talked highly of the Socceroos:

“did you expect Australia to sit down and accept their fate?”

“Australia took the hard road to Qatar and they took the hard road out of it, outgunned but never outrun, even burgling a late consolation goal and threatening a staggering shock."

With a young core and the next major tournament of the AFC Asian Cup also being in Qatar, a place where 2 qualifying games and the world cup was held, the future looks bright for Australian football.

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Catar '22: Messi lleva a Argentina al éxtasis - ZoePost

Catar ’22: Messi lleva a Argentina al éxtasis – ZoePost

Por Mundo Deportivo/Redacción ZoePost. Acabó el partido y Leo caminó despacio hacia la portería buscando a Emiliano Martínez. Se abrazó al portero, que instantes antes había parado con el corazón un disparo potente de Garang Kuol que habría supuesto el empate de los australianos. Se quedó un instante abrazado a Emiliano y después juntos fueron a celebrar con el grupo, primero formando una piña,…

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Argentina Set A Total Football Clash v. the Netherlands to Start the Knock-Out Stage

Memphis Depay celebrated his goal against the United States of America (📸 Reuters via The Telegraph)

The first set of the knock-out stage matches began with the Netherlands taking the United States of America, continued by Argentina facing Australia. On paper, it looked doable for both the Netherlands and Argentina. On the field? This is how everything unfolded.

Netherlands v. United States of America

The tactical view for 15 seconds before the Netherlands' first goal v. the United States (🎥 Kan 11 IL additional feed)

The Netherlands started in fiery fashion as Cody Gakpo led the continued assistance from one pass to another, where Denzel Dumfries cut it back from the edge of the box and was perfectly executed by Memphis Depay to secure the 1-0 lead. While the United States tried to outpace the Netherlands in the first half by attacking more, they did not come to fruition until the Netherlands scored another goal during the injury time (45+1'), where Daley Blind perfectly nailed the last kick from the previous contributions.

A team's capability to accurately convert their defense into offense was tested in the second set, where both teams had their own chances (some were notably close) before the United States minimized its margin 1-2 from Haji Wright's goal, which caught the Dutch defense off-guard at 75', being assisted by Christian Pulisic from the right. While most chances became on-target near the end of the second half, Dumfries scored again at 81' after receiving an assist from Blind in an undefended spot, converting it into a goal to strengthen their 3-1 lead. Both teams hung on until the final whistle, with the Netherlands becoming the first to qualify in the semifinal.

In the quarterfinals, they will face the winner of the match after them, which was Argentina v. Australia.

Argentina v. Australia

Lionel Messi's goal celebration, which secured the 1-0 lead v. Australia (📸 Athletistic)

Both Argentina and Australia started sluggishly in flow (still floating with unclear direction, no one could create offense) before contact between Lionel Messi and Aziz Behich, which resulted in a free kick, where after several passes until it reached Nicolas Otamendi, Messi executed it straight away at 35' to score a goal in his 1000th international match. Both teams held on until the end of the first half.

Argentina tried to maintain its pace in the second half as Australia tried to increase its intensity. However, Argentina's pace maintenance came to fruition in 57', where the misplay from Matt Ryan enabled the Argentinean side to put more pressure, hence Julian Alvarez was able to score a goal on an undefended pitch, securing their lead 2-0. Argentina's ability to maximize their on-target chances enabled them to have several more possible goals (for example how Messi's chance at 64' was saved by the Australian defense) until the moment when they were caught off-guard after a good strike from Craig Goodwin at 77', but deflected towards Enzo Fernandez, hence this being recognized as the latter's own goal.

Australia was then "fired up really late" from several notable chances toward the end of the match, in hopes of an equalizer. One of those chances came from Behich, who sprinted to the box but found himself tackled by Lisandro Martinez in defense at 81'. Toward the end of the match, it must be hurtful for Australia as Garang Kuol "free-ran" himself, fired a shot that was saved by Emiliano Martinez right before the final whistle. When the final whistle blew, it was over for Australia: Argentina advanced to the quarterfinals.

Netherlands v. Argentina: Short Flow Preview

Daley Blind and Lionel Messi back in the 2014 FIFA World Cup semifinal, which ended with the Argentinean victory after the penalty shootout (📸 MLS)

While this outcome sets a total football clash between the Netherlands and Argentina, where effective collaboration and points construction will be tested. One of the moments that was kept brought up was Dennis Bergkamp's goal from the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he completed the shot in an excellent angle, and how he stayed in composure despite the pressures coming from the Argentinean side back then.

Knowing the possible "key players," such as but not limited to Gakpo, Dumfries, and Depay for the Netherlands, and the likes of Messi, de Paul, and Mac Allister for Argentina, among others, this would be an exciting match to follow. One could think of the involvement of the penalty shootouts to settle this match since the level looked equal on paper (a possible close match here), but the team who maximized their offense by executing their shots more accurately will prevail. Definitely worth watching/following, and the intensity will deliver.

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RT @Sachk0: Seriously, Garang Kuol. He’s beyond words now. 41 minutes on the pitch and a brace, including this ridiculous goal - that touch and finish 🤯 Get excited Newcastle fans! #CCMvMAC https://t.co/rhviZmw8R4

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add to this:

our first appearance in the Round of 16 since 2006

our first goal in the Round of 16

our group stage result is our best yet, having accrued more points than any other campaign

more clean sheets than Spain, Germany, Uruguay, Poland or Belgium.

Garang Kuol became the youngest player to play in the knockout stages of the world cup at 18 years and 79 days - since Pele in 1958

not to mention the huge crowds at the live sites across the country. 15k + at Fed Square, 15k + at Darling Quarter, 7k + at King George Square etc etc..

football is doin' alright here. attention now turns to the Matildas and the women's world cup next year.

Socceroos might be out of the world cup but plenty to be proud of:

4 goals in 4 games (scored every game)

All goals scored in free play

2 clean sheets

Not bad for a team that had to qualify the long way

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Newcastle could strike gold by signing Rigg

3 minute read 24/1/2023 | 06:45am Newcastle United are yet to make a senior addition to their first-team squad in the January transfer window, with a week left to go before it slams shut. The only incoming piece of business done by the club so far was the signing of 18-year-old winger Garang Kuol from Australian side Central Coast. Kuol has since gone out on loan to Hearts and this suggests…