Melbourne venue uncertain as AAMI Park not suitable for FifaFootball Australia to build on success of women’s tournament
Melbourne football fans risk missing out on Men’s World Cup matches as part of an Australian bid unless Victoria can solve its rectangular stadium conundrum. The warning comes as Football Australia (FA) seeks to leverage the success of the Women’s World Cup into an imminent bid for the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup and another try for the Men’s World Cup in 2034.
The FA chief executive, James Johnson, said there were three options for Melbourne to be part of a 2034 bid. “There would have to be investment into a stadium like the MCG to ‘rectangulise’ or ‘footballise’ it,” he said.
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