'Captivating' teen bolts into World Cup frame

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Australian football's antheral of the infinitesimal is eyeing an "unreal" accidental astatine the FIFA World Cup after making his Socceroos debut and closing successful connected a Premier League deal.

At 18-years-old, Garang Kuol became the youngest subordinate to debut for the Socceroos since Harry Kewell erstwhile helium came disconnected the seat for an eye-catching cameo against New Zealand astatine Eden Park connected Sunday.

Kuol flashed his explosive velocity and fearless cognition successful Auckland and 1 marauding tally led to a punishment successful Australia's 2-0 win.

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The drums are beating for manager Graham Arnold to prime the Egypt-born attacker arsenic an X-factor for Australia's World Cup campaign, which opens against defending champions France connected November 23.

"It would beryllium unreal," Kuol told Stan Sport FC.

"I retrieve Tim Cahill's extremity successful 2014 against Netherlands. Me and my member (fellow nonrecreational Alou) were re-making that successful our backyard, breaking windows."

Kuol, connected the books of the Central Coast Mariners, appreciated the licence helium had been fixed from Arnold and Guus Hiddink, who joined the Socceroos for the 2 friendlies against the All Whites.

"You don't privation to beryllium overcoached, you conscionable privation to beryllium fixed that freedom," Kuol said.

"If you spell successful frightened you're not going to beryllium capable to execute astatine your best. So you've conscionable got to spell successful with nary fearfulness and conscionable bash your thing."

New Socceroos prima Garang Kuol joins Craig Foster and Mark Bosnich aft duplicate wins implicit New Zealand and France adept Philippe Auclair looks up to the World Cup

Former Socceroos skipper Craig Foster said Kuol "did brilliantly" connected debut and lavished praise connected the teen successful his interview.

"Your show against Barcelona (for the A-League All Stars) was conscionable captivating. Every shot instrumentality successful the state loved it," Foster said.

"You conscionable spell astatine people, you privation to attack, instrumentality radical on, it's fantastic to see."

Arnold was cautious not to adhd excessively overmuch unit onto Kuol's slender shoulders but admitted his debut show had fixed him plentifulness to ponder up of Qatar 2022.

"He showed immoderate prime erstwhile helium came on, but this is conscionable the archetypal measurement for him. I'll spell backmost and reappraisal it and person a adjacent look astatine things... but it's conscionable refreshing to spot the young faces, their vigor was fantastic. It's large that they're knocking connected the door," helium said.

"I wanted this to happen, I wanted to person headaches. I didn't privation to beryllium sitting astatine home, and I'm thinking, 'Oh, wherever americium I going to get players from?' They've shown maine today, we tin bash it."

Multiple reports retired of England assertion that Kuol is poised to motion with Newcastle United, portion Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart person besides been linked successful the media.

Mark Bosnich pressed Kuol on his nine aboriginal but the guardant would lone corroborate that "there's thing successful the mixer."

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