Friday, March 9, 2012

The Socceroos were the top

The Socceroos were the top ranked team going into the draw and Louis Vuitton handbags were the first/last team drawn from Pot 1. The Korea Republic were the other team in Pot 1 as the second highest ranked team in Asia and head Group A with Iran, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Qatar and Lebanon. Following the draw, Socceroos Head Coach Holger Osieck said he was happy with the draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Fourth Round. “We knew long before the draw which position we were in that we had to play one Middle East team, so I agreed to play Denmark to have one weekend in Europe and from there to fly to the Middle East, which is only six hours - which for Australian standards is pretty good. “That is the only real logistical issue we have to contend with, other than that I’m pretty happy. “We are working from Monday when we will talk about all the logistics. I will travel to Europe to scout, to talk to players - I will have a look if I can add a couple of new faces. “It’s going to be tough, especially the road games, so Louis Vuitton handbags cheap we have to be ready to start from minute one,” concluded Osieck. As the top ranked team in the group, the Socceroos have a bye on the opening match day and will play their first match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers Fourth Round away to Oman on Friday June 8 before returning to Australia for their first home match against Japan on Tuesday June 12. The next two match days for the Socceroos will be away to Jordan on Tuesday September 11 and then Iraq on Tuesday October 16. The Socceroos next match day will be at home on Tuesday March 26 against Oman, with the final three match days in June against Japan (away - Tuesday June 4), Jordan (home - Tuesday June 11) and Iraq (home Tuesday June 18, all in 2013). The top two teams from each group will progress directly to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The two third placed teams from each group will meet in a play-off over two match days (September 6 & 10, 2013) with the winner over the two legs to face the a CONMEBOL team on October 15 and November 19, 2013 with louis vuitton scarf the winner of that fixture over two legs then progressing to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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