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G’day from the glorious Gold Coast, and the brilliant Cbus Super Stadium at Robina, which is slowly filling up. Tonight’s match is sold out. I used to live up here and interned for Clive Palmer’s old Gold Coast United, and I have never seen this place even remotely full, let alone for a game of football, so that’s exciting. The weather is also glorious - perfect conditions for football - but this being the Gold Coast, that’s hardly news.
To the team Graham Arnold has selected: Nestory Irankunda will come off the bench, but there is a surprise in the selection of Alessandro Circati at right-back. He plays as a central defender for Parma in Serie A but has experience playing at fullback and will probably act as a more stay-at-home player in that position rather than be asked to bomb on. Let’s see what that looks like.
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