This is the year that Australia finally get a good result, too many times in the past we have let ourselves down at the home-leg. The atmosphere at that night vs. Iran was incredible. As of today there was only 2,500 tickets left. So we are looking at 90,000+ on Tuesday night. Uruguay have already arrived in Melbourne, their start striker Dario Silva is out for the away leg and their coach has said he will miss their home leg, not sure if that is true or not.
Good news for Australia, FIFA has wiped the slate clean on the yellow cards situation, Brett emerton, Josip Skoko, Paul Okon and Kevin Muscatt were one yellow card away from a one match suspension so that is good news.
Relaxed atmposhere in the Australian squad, yesterday at the MCG, instead of tactics being discussed, Aussie Rules was being played.
Can hardly wait for the match to arrive, got my ticket, i think all of Melbourne is gripped with football(soccer) fever. The Bourke St. Mall was packed when the Socceroos where there, some 4th grade school primary teacher of Harry Kewell got into the limelight by producing a class photo with Harry in it. Yesterday at Rebel's Sports Store in the city, Mark Viduka was there to sign Leeds products as Rebel launched their Leeds range, they have had United products out for years.
Sense today came out of the spat between Paul Okon and Paul Wade. Paul Wade suffers from epilepsy and suffered Sunday night while trying to interview Okon for C7 on Sunday night. He suffered a fit and that is why his speech was slurred and why Okon thought Wade was trying to take the mickey out of him.
We need a good result to take to Montevideo next Sunday.