Updates from the Socceroos’ first match in Group IKick-off at Melbourne’s AAMI Park is 8pm AEDTAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft
Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of Australia v Bangladesh from AAMI Park. Kick-off in Melbourne is 8pm AEDT.
The road to the 2026 World Cup starts here for the Socceroos. It’s a road less fraught than any Australia have embarked on previously, with the tournament in North America the first to feature a mammoth 48 teams.
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