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Thirty-THIRD EDITIon sEason 2014/15 ROUND 4 VS Brisbane ROAR PRoUDlY BRoUgHT To YoU BY GET TO KNOW CRUZ AZUL INSIDE THIS editiON JURIC vs solóRzano • WanDERERs ConTInUE To MaKE HIsToRY MaRK BosnICH WRITEs • WHaT THE PlaYERs ExPECT THIs fEsTIvE sEason PLUS CRIsTIano RonalDo This Match This Match 05 fRoM oUR CEo 06 WaRM UP 08 08 gET To KnoW CRUz azUl 13 PlaYERs To WaTCH: JURIC VS SOLÓRZANO 14 WanDERERs ConTInUE To MaKE HIsTory 18 BosnICH: MEMoRIEs of THE ClUB WoRlD CUP 20 ToDaY's MaTCH 22 all I WanT foR CHRIsTMas 26 SLAV's sPoT THE DIffEREnCE 27 THE TWITTERvERsE 29 TaKE fIvE WITH RoMEo CasTElEn 14 30 gUaRDIan fUnERals WanDERCREW MEMBER of THE WEEK: alEx JonEs 31 a DUBIoUs ConvERsaTIon WITH CRIsTIano RonalDo 32 gooooal! 35 HolIDaY ClInICs 37 THE aRCHIvE 38 oUR PartnERs 18 The views in this publication are not necessarily the views of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. Material in this publication is copyrighted and may only be reproduced with the written permission of the NRMA Insurance Western Sydney Wanderers FC. All photography courtesy of Getty Images, George Suresh, Steve Christo, Jarred Stedman and Western Sydney Wanderers FC. sTaY ConnECTED VISIT WsWanDERERsfC.CoM.aU FOLLOW US @WsWanDERERsfC WATCH WsWanDERERsTv C M Y CM A BETTER WAY MY Visy’s food-grade recycled plastic is made right here CY in Australia. Look for the symbol on pack. CMY 13 4479 WWW.VISY.COM.AU K 03 sTaY ConnECTED | vIsIT WsWanDERERsfC.CoM.aU FROM OUR CEO o accept the award on behalf of our There is a belief amongst each and An unbelievable collection of Club at the AFC Awards ceremony as every one of you each time we step onto achievements that has now set the platform TAFC Club of the Year was one of the the pitch in Wanderland. That same for further success. I congratulate you all for proudest moments of my life. belief goes from the Boardroom to the your contribution to what has been achieved. At the start of 2014 we embarked on a changeroom within our Club and is why Tonight as we welcome our Grand Final year that no one outside of this Club would we as a Club have progressed so quickly in opponents from last season - Brisbane have predicted could be possible. But the such a short period of time. Roar, we ask you to believe again and sing belief within this Club and this team is such The past 12 months has seen us qualify us to three points in our last home match that no obstacle is too great. for another Grand Final and Asian of the 2014 calendar year. Winning the AFC Champions League Champions League campaign, seen our Welcome to Wanderland. took the entire Club to achieve. membership tip 19,000 and witnessed our Now let me be clear, when I talk about Club be crowned Champions of Asia and JOHN TSATSIMAS our Club - I include every one of our AFC Club of the Year. We also now have in CEo incredible members and fans who have our midst, the AFC Coach of the Year for nRMa InsURanCE WEsTERn believed in us every step of the way. 2014 - Tony Popovic. sYDnEY WanDERERs fC 05 sTaY ConnECTED | folloW @WsWanDERERsfC WARM UP IN the SHEDS WITH Ian CRooK @chippYCROOK63 rom the moment we beat Al-Hilal the points tally does not match up with the Club World Cup was something that quality of their performances. Feveryone has been looking forward We’ve done enough in the past three to. You’re playing against good teams and games to be sitting on nine points and you have to enjoy the whole experience as though we’re only on three we know the there’s not too many times in your life you results are close. get the opportunity to do this. The players realise our performances Sometimes you can let things pass you have been good enough to win the games by, thinking you’ll be back here again but but it can still be frustrating; we’ve had later on in life you end up looking back balls cleared off the line, balls hit the post ON this daY and see you never got the opportunity and off the bar but that’s part of football. CourtesY of anDREW HoWE again so when we head to Morocco I hope We’ll keep building and we’ll be okay. @ANDYHOwe_stattO the boys soak it up, enjoy the time there It would be lovely to reward our fans and get ready to face top quality teams. with three points tonight, they are second orn (of Arabian parentage) on 3 Tonight’s match will be a tough one; to none. Even without a win this year December 1962 just outside of they’re the Champions of last season and they’ve still been great and we’d love to BBuenos Aires, talented Argentine they still have quality. Similar to us, their give them an early Christmas present. midfielder Osvaldo El Ali played at Argentinos Juniors, Huracan, San Pedro and then Sportivo from where Marconi WE are ON the LINE FIXTURES & RESULTS coach Les Scheinflug spotted him and brought him to Marconi Stadium in 1986. You may have noticed these odd Scan the QR code below for all score After a stint back in Argentina (with looking barcodes (see below right) updates across our Hyundai A-League, Sportivo and Independiente), and in Sao throughout this edition of The Wanderer. Westfield W-League and Foxtel National Paulo Brazil, he returned to Australia in To get the best experience simply follow Youth League matches. 1990 to play with NSL clubs St George and these three easy steps: Parramatta Eagles. From 1991 to 1994 he STEP 1 Download a QR scanner app on was at Bonnyrigg where he was part of the your smart device NSW grand final winning team of 1992. STEP 2 Open the app and scan each El Ali played with several other Western QR code in The Wanderer Sydney state league sides including STEP 3 Enjoy your interactive Fairfield Bulls and Penrith. Wanderers content BURLINGTON — Stone inspired porcelain tile DI LORENZO TILES Pty Ltd Tile Merchants | www.dilorenzo.com.au Bella Vista 02 8818 2999 | Redfern 02 9698 8737 | Newcastle 02 4962 5775 | Willoughby 02 8602 1470 1855-28 06 RoUnD 4 | WanDERERs fC vs BRIsBanE RoaR WARM UP #HASHTAG Every edition we’ll publish the best tweets and Instagram pics you guys tag us in. FIELD repOrter WITH CaTHERInE CannUlI @canNULI_13 he Wanderers qualification into the The exposure and subsequent FIFA Club World Cup is a spectacular storytelling of the Wanderers’ football Tachievement and will place Australian journey will certainly inspire the next football further on the world map. generation of footballers in Australia. The added exposure will bring more They will be looking at the Red & Black’s people to invest their time in the local game, achievements and model their lives to We need a membership now, he says money and energy and this will flow to all achieve similar football journeys. #gowanderers #skimflatwhite levels including the Westfield W-League, Globally people are falling in love with @ANNIE_pea Foxtel National Youth League and grassroots. our club and there is not a single person Having played in a World Cup I that doesn’t know about the Wanderers know how global competitions can be in Western Sydney. We have stamped our infectious. Being amongst the world’s mark on this region. greatest teams is both an honour and It is very important that together a challenge. It is something that all we unite and get behind the Wanderers Australians will hear about for years to journey in the Club World Cup and show come and the players will remember for our support not only in Western Sydney the rest of their lives. but throughout Australia. 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Cup in Morocco with the winner to take Cruz Azul’s squad is filled with some of on European Champions Real Madrid. Mexico’s best players with a smattering of Cruz Azul are one of Mexico’s most quality imports. successful clubs having won 19 major Argentine pair Mauro Formica and trophies, including six continental Mariano Pavone are two of those superstar titles, to be the most successful club in foreigners while Ecuadorian Joao Robin CONCACAF Champions League history.