Legend's astonished reaction to Socceroos phenom

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Macarthur FC brag Dwight Yorke says helium was amazed by the endowment of Australia's rising prima Garang Kuol.

The 18-year-old who precocious secured a imagination transportation to English Premier League powerhouse Newcastle United has had an astonishing emergence to fame aft making a splash successful the A-League All Stars clash with Barcelona successful May.

Yorke was 1 of galore shot radical to beryllium up and instrumentality announcement of Kuol for the archetypal clip arsenic helium watched that lucifer unfold, telling Wide World of Sports however helium reacted to the lively teenager's show against 1 of the top clubs successful satellite football.

"I archetypal came crossed him successful the All Star crippled against Barcelona ... and successful presumption of his shot quality I thought 'wow', and evidently helium was sensational successful that came erstwhile helium came of the bench," Yorke said successful Wide World of Sports' 2022 FIFA World Cup preview video.

"I thought thing of him until I really saw him adjacent up and his emergence has been notable, and he's been tremendous to that point."

The erstwhile Manchester United and Sydney FC guardant had a beforehand enactment spot connected Sunday arsenic the A-League squad helium coaches grabbed a precocious victor against Kuol's Central Coast Mariners, but not earlier 2 goals from the 18-year-old - the 2nd an absurd decorativeness from a choky angle.

"Yesterday was conscionable different infinitesimal wherever you thought 'this feline has surely got the x-factor', and he's done it consistently since that determination to Newcastle - he's seemed to get stronger and fitter, and he's 1 to ticker retired for," Yorke said.

"I'm not definite however Graham Arnold volition usage him successful his squad, but he's magical ... yesterday we recovered retired successful nary uncertain presumption that he's a peculiar talent."

Yorke outlines wherever Socceroos tin find success

Yorke believes Australia person a existent accidental to beforehand beyond the radical stages astatine the 2022 World Cup, identifying some the Tunisia and Denmark games arsenic imaginable victories.

Australia statesman their run against France adjacent Wednesday morning, before playing Tunisia connected Saturday nighttime - which apt looms arsenic their champion accidental to triumph a World Cup crippled for the archetypal clip since 2010.

"When you looked astatine the radical successful the archetypal spot arsenic a manager oregon arsenic players, you look astatine a peculiar crippled wherever you deliberation you request 3 points," Yorke said.

"This is astir apt the crippled that they'll look astatine with a batch much assurance going into it, contempt the hard commencement against France successful the opening game.

"There's nary 2 ways astir that - if they person immoderate glimmer of anticipation of advancing into the knockout stage, this volition beryllium the crippled that they request to capitalise on."

There's a realistic script wherever the Socceroos could travel into their 3rd radical lucifer against Denmark with their destiny successful their ain hands.

Four years ago, the teams played retired a 1-1 draw. Yorke said a triumph is not retired of the question, but that the people of the Danes goes nether the radar.

"I've watched Denmark precise intimately successful the European Championships arsenic well, successful presumption of erstwhile they've played peculiarly well," helium said.

"They've truly got a bully portion there, they bash play with a batch of vigor and possibly not household names, but there's surely 1 oregon 2 prime players successful there, players that tin truly wounded the Australians."

Per Sportsbet, the Socceroos are $6 to beforehand beyond the radical stage, $21 to marque the quarter-finals, $81 to scope the past four, and $251 to triumph the tournament.

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"It's not impossible," York said of Australia's chances of getting done the group.

"I deliberation Australia volition astir apt look astatine those 2 games [against Denmark and Tunisia] and deliberation maybe, if we person a chance, these are the 2 games."

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