Socceroos hero defends gross sandwich order

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DOHA: Breakout World Cup prima Harry Souttar volition nary uncertainty person the satellite astatine his feet successful presumption of some on-field and off-field opportunities aft the tournament, and what much due concern than the Souttar Sandwich?

If you haven't seen it yet, there's a video doing the rounds of the elephantine defender's Subway bid - ham and chickenhearted connected Italian breadstuff with onions, food and bulb crisps sprinkled crossed the top, and past ketchup.

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The champion portion is arguably teammate Martin Boyle's look of sheer disgust - but whose broadside would the wider Australian nationalist beryllium on?

When Souttar was speaking to reporters up of the Denmark game, Wide World of Sports asked the defender if he'd similar to spot The Souttar Sandwich rolled retired crossed Australia.

"It'd beryllium bully wouldn't it? The magnitude of instrumentality I've got for that…"

As helium repeated the ingredients of the bid to much laughter from the property battalion - helium defended his choices, particularly the 3 cookies.

"Look astatine the size of me, I request it!" helium said of the calorie intake.

"The instrumentality I've gotten from that has been beauteous implicit the apical to the honest, but it's my choice.

"He's astir apt not blessed - I've not had a speech with him yet. I don't deliberation Clarky (the Socceroos' caput of precocious show Andrew Clark) oregon immoderate of the sports subject squad would beryllium pleased with the 3 cookies, either."

Baccus backs trading hours call

Sydneysiders who were watching the unbelievable celebrations successful Melbourne's Fed Square with a tinge of jealousy volition person the accidental to marque their ain moments during the crippled against Denmark.

The authorities authorities confirmed that trading hours would beryllium extended connected Wednesday night, each the mode until 5am connected Thursday greeting - 1 hr aft afloat time."

The FIFA World Cup is 1 of the biggest planetary sporting events, with much than fractional the satellite tuning successful for the past Cup successful 2018," hospitality curate Kevin Anderson said.

"With these extended trading hours, fans volition beryllium capable to stitchery astatine their section edifice oregon nine to cheer the Socceroos to victory."

If the Socceroos bash get a effect against the Danes and unafraid harmless transition into the past 16, the curate confirmed determination would beryllium much of the aforesaid for aboriginal matches.

Sydney-raised midfielder Keanu Baccus said helium was delighted to spot however overmuch of an interaction the squad was having.

"It's evidently the champion feeling," helium said.

"I ne'er thought adjacent six months agone that I would beryllium successful this presumption and making the state arrogant and the federation arrogant and that is what each the boys are doing and each the unit truthful we conscionable privation to support doing that and 1 much crippled to get through, we are going to springiness it our champion shot."

Boyle and Leckie, a cleanable match

Plenty has been made astir Martin Boyle's relation arsenic the 'Chief Vibes Officer', but successful crook took clip to praise his roommate, Mat Leckie, for the latter's efforts.

"When I aftermath up successful the greeting helium has got a java there, helium turns the airy on, helium wakes maine up, helium pushes you astir successful the wheelchair, helium helps maine successful the ablution - evidently PG but, he's decidedly helped a lot," Boyle told reporters.

"We conscionable unbend successful the room, play a spot of Call of Duty and it has been brilliant. And if it keeps a grin connected his face, I consciousness we volition astir apt get the champion performances retired of him which is perfect."

Danish expectations astatine a precocious - but manager going obscurity regardless

Despite a dilatory start, there's a consciousness of anticipation from fans successful Denmark who are expecting the squad to bushed Australia, and beforehand to the past 16.

"The anticipation is that Denmark are large favourites - we cognize immoderate players and erstwhile from the Superliga successful Denmark who played for the Australian team, and it's just to accidental they weren't satellite beaters successful the Danish league - whereas we person Christian Eriksen , Pierre-Emile Højbjerg and worldly - truthful determination is this expectation," Victor Risager, a Danish writer from Tipsbladet, told Wide World of Sports.

One absorbing wrinkle is that contempt lone taking 1 constituent from 2 games - there's nary speech of anyone lining up to regenerate the coach, arsenic determination would beryllium successful different nations.

"I don't deliberation Kasper Hjulmand's occupation information volition beryllium up for statement astatine all. There volition possibly beryllium immoderate speech astir it, but I don't deliberation it volition beryllium a question, for sure. The Danish squad has already said that they privation to widen his contract, and they cannot lucifer the salaries of the Premier League, truthful they are acrophobic of him going."

Risager, who said that Denmark are often semi-seriously referred to arsenic 'the Brazil of the North' volition look to effort and outplay Australia, but are wary of their opponent's strengths.

"Australia person besides been referred to arsenic a 'British team' successful presumption of their physicality, their spot connected acceptable pieces and antagonistic attacks, Harry Souttar is simply a large lad and there's been a absorption connected that," helium said.

"Whereas Denmark, since Morten Olsen was manager (from 2000 to 2015), there's been a absorption connected playing shot - and Hjulmand is precise inspired by Ajax and Barcelona - I work his publication past year, helium considers Ajax's grooming campy to beryllium similar a church. So that tells you however overmuch helium loves that benignant of playing."

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