Australia Head Coach Tony Popovic spoke to the media ahead of the CommBank Socceroos’ FIFA Series matches against Cameroon and Curaçao.
The press conference covered a wide range of topics from injury updates, to potential players in the mix for squad selection, FIFA World Cup 2026 preparation and much more.
00:00 Injury updates to Socceroos
01:58 Harry Souttar update
02:30 Challenges for the upcoming window
04:01 Cristian Volpato update
06:17 Mo Toure injury and form at Norwich
07:35 Striker options
08:16 Every player has chance to play for Socceroos
10:04 Mile Jedinak settling in well into new role
11:05 Current political climate and training base in Oakland
12:18 Jackson Irvine’s form in the Bundesliga and managing foot issue
13:41 Antonio Arena situation
14:27 Monitoring global situation, comfortable with current plans ahead of World Cup
16:02 Keeping player options open before World Cup
18:02 Experimentation around formation
19:35 Hydration breaks at World Cup
22:11 Current positives
23:43 Players returning to A-League to gain regular minutes
25:46 World Cup preparations, Mexico friendly, training camp in Florida
27:54 FIFA Series matches
29:47 FIFA World Cup squad announcement deadline
32:26 Harry Souttar fitness update
33:54 Strikers missing, chance to experiment
35:18 Squad numbers for pre-camp in Sarasota, Florida
37:33 Riley McGree’s Middlesbrough form
39:31 Keeping an eye on World Cup opposition
40:55 Lucas Herrington’s form in MLS and potential
41:54 Keeping in contact with other football coaches and from other codes to learn new insights
43:41 Breakfast with legendary rugby coach Eddie Jones
45:14 Alex Robertson and Adrian Segecic potential
46:14 Watching hours of football each week, monitoring players
47:43 Ante Suto’s form with Hibernian and adapting to Scottish football
48:45 Talking to AFL coaches about the impending hydration breaks
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