DOHA: Few coaches successful Australian athletics person been arsenic nether the microscope arsenic Graham Arnold - and the knives were lone being sharpened aft the nonaccomplishment to France.
But arsenic the Socceroos rallied to bushed Tunisia and assertion their archetypal triumph successful 12 years astatine a World Cup, the coach's effect erstwhile asked astir disapproval from fans was classical Arnie.
"Who cares?"
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"They've ne'er coached," helium said - earlier redeeming a spot of venom for immoderate erstwhile Socceroos present successful the media who were slating his tactics.
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"I haven't seen who was critical. Some of them person ne'er adjacent been to a World Cup. I don't perceive to them. They person nary effect connected my life."
A frantic time astatine Al-Janoub was punctuated by Arnold speaking to the property pack, and begging for a reprieve.
"Can I conscionable person 5 minutes to bask this?"
While helium decidedly has his critics, Arnold has ne'er hid his consciousness of nationalist work portion successful the apical job, and took a infinitesimal to code those backmost location who were partying successful the streets connected Saturday night.
"The fans backmost astatine home, it's a infinitesimal they'll retrieve for the remainder of their lives and I conscionable wanted them to bask it," helium said.
"That's what I said to the boys earlier the game: Let's enactment a grin connected the nation's face.
"There's 1 oregon 2 teams that tin bring the federation together: Socceroos and the Matildas. When the Socceroos play astatine World Cups, AFL fans, rugby league fans, cricket fans... they go shot fans. Imagine the celebrations that are going connected astatine home?"
Australia's past radical crippled is against Denmark astatine 2am connected Thursday.
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