Time for something a little bit left field as it reaches 85 days to go until the kick-off of Brazil 2014.
Time for something a little bit left field as it reaches 85 days to go until the kick-off of Brazil 2014.
For today, we take a look back at the Socceroos- Group Stage match against Brazil back in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Ok, we admit it-s random but as the teams walked out of the tunnel, if you added together the numbers on the back of the jerseys of Australia-s starting XI, what magical number would you get? You guessed it - 85!
Captained by striker Mark Viduka, the line-up was as follows: 1.Mark Schwarzer (gk), 2.Lucas Neill, 3.Craig Moore, 4.Tim Cahill, 5.Jason Culina, 6.Tony Popovic, 7.Brett Emerton, 9.Mark Viduka (c), 13.Vince Grella, 14.Scott Chipperfield, 21.Mile Sterjovski
For the record, while we-re on the topic of jersey numbers, Brazil-s starting line-up comprised of the numbers 1-11.
Click here to view the squads and the match details as goals from Adriano and Fred saw Brazil hold off a gallant Socceroos outfit 2-0. It-s amazing that eight years on, there are some names in that 2006 squad that could potentially be on that plane for Brazil 2014.
The final chance to see the Socceroos on home soil before they head to the World Cup will be when they take on South Africa in a farewell game on May 26 in Sydney. Tickets for the match, presented by NAB, are on sale now. Click here to secure yours.