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www.goalweekly.com $3 INSIDE THIS WEEK... DUE TO THE VICTORY POSTER FOOTBALL FEATURE EASTER BREAK ON BRANDON VASSALLO FOOTBALL FOCUS ON Season 4: Issue 6 Monday 17th March 2008 EAGLES’ RICHIE CARDOZO GOAL! WEEKLY Supporting all colours and reporting in black and white WILL NEXT BE Photo: Nome Risteski AVAILABLE ON MONDAY 31ST MARCH. WISHING ALL OUR CHAMPS FIND READERS A SAFE THEIR ROAR! & HAPPY EASTER. PLUS► ALL THE LATEST FOXTEL CUP ACTION, BLAST FROM THE PAST, WIN YET ANOTHER PAIR OF PUMA BOOTS & HEAPS MORE! PO Box 142 Port Melbourne 3207 p (03) 9645 1440 e [email protected] www.goalweekly.com Goal! Weekly 23 GET REAL. GET SOME BALLS. Front row: Archie Thompson, Leigh Broxham, Matthew Kemp, Kevin Muscat (C), Steve Pantelidis. Back row: Billy Celeski, Danny Allsopp, Roddy Vargas, Michael Theoklitos, Nick Ward, Adrian Caceres. GET SOME A crowd of 23, 656 cheered the home side to a 2-0 win. Kevin Muscat and Rodrigo Vargas were the scorers. GOAL! WEEKLY Nike Australia sponsors the Socceroos & Matildas The Victory lines up prior to its inaugural AFC clash against Korea’s Chunnam Dragons at Telstra Dome last Wednesday night. Nike is the offi cial ball of the A-League EVERY MONDAY. Nike has a range of football strips and balls available for juniors & seniors Ask your local Nike stockist for details PO Box 142 HOW TO ORDER Port Melbourne 3207 To find out your nearest p (03) 9645 1440 Nike Team Wear Dealer call e [email protected] MELBOURNE VICTORY www.goalweekly.com 1300 656 453 Orders not available from Nike Photo: Daniel Flis direct to public and must go through a registered Nike Stockist. Issue # 6 Monday 17 March 2008 Goal! Weekly SOCCERSOCCER HOTLINESHOTLINES 3 [email protected] SOCCEROO SQUAD NAMED This week’s line-up Soccer Hotlines 3 Verbeek keeps options open Qantas Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek has Foxtel Cup Scoreboard 4 “It is vital to win your matches at Scott McDonald (Celtic, Scotland), once again kept his options open while home and China know this which is why they Lucas Neill (West Ham, England), Mark Coburg v Lions 5 naming his squad for the vital 2010 FIFA have been preparing themselves in Kunming Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England), World Cup qualifi er to be played against Pines v Knights 6 since 1 March.” Mile Sterjovski (Derby County, China in Kunming on 26 March. The squad will be fi nalised England), James Troisi (Newcastle, Bergers v Cavaliers 7 A squad of 21 players was following Australia’s international match England), Carl Valeri (Grosseto, Italy), announced but Verbeek has indicated that Zebras v Blues Preview 9 against Singapore at their National Stadium Luke Wilkshire (Twente, Netherlands). not all of those players were guaranteed to on Saturday 22 March. Blast From The Past 11 be called up and some others may also be The matches against China and added. Eagles v Magic 12 Singapore will be shown live and exclusive “We have placed a large group of on FOX SPORTS. Cannons v Suburbs 12 players on notice that they could be called up for the match,” said Verbeek. Football Focus 14 MATCH DETAILS “Some of those players may not Football Feature 15 end up being included in the fi nal squad and 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifi er also players from the team that play against Boo & Katsa 17 China v Australia Singapore could also be added.” Wednesday 26 March 2008 Interstate Football 18 “With the short time difference Tuodong Stadium. Kunming between playing for the clubs in Europe Win a pair of Puma boots 20 and the match we need to have options open PROVISIONAL Tartan Talk 22 for us if players become unavailable due to SOCCEROOS SQUAD injury.” Victory Poster 23 Earlier this week the squad to play Michael Beauchamp (Nuremburg, Singapore at their National Stadium four Germany), Mark Bresciano (Palermo, Goal! Weekly is published every Monday by Alimental Enterprises Pty Ltd days before the qualifi er against China was Italy), Jacob Burns (Unirea Valahorum, PO Box 142 selected and featured all Hyundai A-League Romania), Tim Cahill (Everton, Port Melbourne, VIC, 3207 players. An impressive performance in that England), Nick Carle (Bristol City, Socceroo coach Pim Verbeek isn’t prepared Phone: 9645-1440 match could see those players added to squad England), David Carney (Sheffi eld to show his hand just yet when announcing to travel to Kunming. United, England), Jason Culina Printed by the fi nal squad for the tricky World Cup Streamline Press Australia got off to a great start (PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands), Brett 155 Johstone St to their 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying Emerton (Blackburn, England), Adam qualifi er against China later this month. Fitzroy, VIC, 3065 campaign with a 3-0 home win against Qatar Federici (Reading, England), Vincenzo Distributed by last month but Verbeek knows this will be a Grella (Torino, Italy), Brett Holman All Day Distribution Pty Ltd tougher challenge. (NEC Nijmegen, Netherlands), Josh PO Box 42 “China will be desperate to win Kennedy (Karlsruhe, Germany), Harry North Carlton, VIC, 3054 because they had a draw in their fi rst Kewell (Liverpool, England), Patrick News Room: (03) 9645-1440 match.” Kisnorbo (Leicester City, England), Advertising: (03) 9645-1440 [email protected] [email protected] www.goalweekly.com KEWELL’S POOL OF TEARS? Editor: Costa Koutropoulos Art Director: Carlos Ibarra Harry’s Liverpool future in doubt Production: Gagandeep Singh, MJ Ali. Harry Kewell has been told by Liverpool Liverpool face bitter rivals Manchester Contributors: manager Rafael Benitez that he faces an United at Old Trafford in the Premier League, Nat Adamopoulos, Mark Boric, Richard Bartolo, uphill battle to land a new contract at Benitez said the Socceroo’s prospects of Adrian Ceddia, Bruce Darnell, George Egonidis, Anfi eld. earning a new deal at Anfi eld were not Andrew Fisher, Jason Gillick, Steven Gray, Australia international Kewell, 29, healthy. Roy Hay, Markian Jaworsky, Paul Jefferies, George Katsamboukas, Eddie Krncevic, becomes a free agent at the end of the current “Harry will go with Australia John Kyrou, Sebastian Kipman, Premier League season and no talks have yet because he is not playing in the team at George Kouroumalis, Michael Lilikakis, taken place to discuss new terms that would Liverpool at the moment and I have one or Josip Loncaric, Craig MacKenzie, Joe Novella,Jeremy O’Neil, Teo Pellizzeri, keep the former Leeds United forward on two other options for his position,” Benitez Chris Priftis, Walter Pless, Julius Ross, Merseyside. explained. Mike Salter, George Stogiannou, The injury-ravaged star has made “It is better for him that he goes Reuben Schembri, Richard Sucksmith, just 93 league appearances for Liverpool because sometimes it can be positive for Lachlan Taylor, Nick Townsend, Elias Simopoulos, Michal Skrodsky, Addy Wetzler, Bruno Zovko, since arriving from Leeds in July 2003 for players to play for their national team, 5 million pounds (10 million US dollars) especially if they have not been playing Photographers: and has so far only been able to muster 15 many games. Daniel Flis, Darryl Kennedy, appearances in all competitions this season. “It is more diffi cult for Harry to get John Punshon, Steve Starek. Therese Duffy, George Stogiannou. His failure to secure a regular place a contract now, but if he plays well when he in Benitez’s team has prompted Kewell to comes back, then we can decide at the end of Goal! Weekly endeavours to be seek permission from the Spaniard to link up the season.” as accurate as possible with with Pim Verbeek’s Socceroos squad for next Liverpool, who have been drawn everything it publishes. week’s training camp in Singapore ahead of against Premier League leaders Arsenal, Liverpool´s Australian Harry Kewell, seen The Fair Trading Act 1999 the World Cup qualifi er against China in whom they trail by 10 points in the table, in here in January 2008, has been told by requires Goal! Weekly to Kunming on March 26. the Champions League quarter-fi nals, were Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez that he disclaim any belief in the truth or falsity of And after giving Kewell the green at home to relegation-threatened Reading information which is supplied to it and faces an uphill battle to land a new contract which is published in other than editorial content. light to jet out to the Far East just days before on Saturday. at Anfi eld. Authentic EPL Strips - Accessories - Balls - Team Apparel - Complete Soccer Gear 69 Victoria Parade Collingwood 3066 Tel: 9415 6925 / 9415 6926 Monday 17 March 2008 4 FOXTEL CUP Goal! Weekly Scoreboard FOXTEL CUP STANDINGS UPCOMING FIXTURES Richmond v Melbourne Knights Kevin Bartlett Reserve Fri 29 Feb KO 8:15PM Frankston Pines v Preston Lions Monterey Reserve Sat 1 Mar KO 6:00PM Coburg Utd v Oakleigh Cannons Knights Stadium Sat 1 Mar KO 6:00PM Heidelberg Utd v A.I.S Olympic Village Sun 2 Mar KO 5:00PM Fawkner Blues v Altona Magic CB Smith Reserve Sun 2 Mar KO 6:00PM P W D L F A PTS ROUND 10 Richmond Eagles 5 3 2 0 15 4 11 Fawkner Blues v Melbourne Knights 5 3 2 0 10 4 11 Oakleigh Cannons CB Smith Reserve Oakleigh Cannons 5 3 2 0 5 2 11 Mon 24 Mar KO 3:00PM A.I.S 4 3 1 0 11 5 10 Altona Magic 5 2 3 0 7 4 9 ROUND 5 Preston Lions 5 2 2 1 9 9 8 South Melbourne v Green Gully Cavaliers 5 2 2 1 4 4 8 A.I.S Bob Jane Stadium Coburg Utd 5 2 1 2 8 8 7 Mon 24 Mar KO 4:00PM Heidelberg Utd 5 1 3 1 6 6 6 South Melbourne 4 1 0 3 7 5 3 ROUND 6 Western Suburbs 5 1 0 4 1 11 3 A.I.S v Frankston Pines 5 0 1 4 4 9 1 Oakleigh Cannons To Be Confi rmed Whittlesea Zebras* 4 0 1 3 3 9 1 Sat 29 Mar Fawkner Blues* 4 0 0 4 2 12 0 Altona Magic v RESULTS