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Right, Australia, this one’s for you. For all the drab friendlies at empty stadiums you had to sit through. For the endless qualifiers against…
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Right, Australia, this one’s for you. For all the drab friendlies at empty stadiums you had to sit through. For the endless qualifiers against…
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I’d only disagree with this match should have been the final, not the semi.