The Socceroos' shock 3-1 win over a star-studded England side was sparked by an 'Aussie mentality' in response to English arrogance. Graham Arnold's side is hoping to pull off another upset on Saturday.
The Socceroos will try to emulate the efforts of their golden generation when they go up against England's best in London on Saturday morning.The sides face off again on Saturday morning AEDTTwenty years ago, a Socceroos team headed by Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka caused an upset at Upton Park that was viewed as one of those occasional humiliations to be buried in the hall of shame, down the corridor from England's unthinkable loss to the USA in the 1950 World Cup.
"I did a bit with English media earlier this week and they're still talking about Upton Park in 2003 — and that's the type of rivalry that you need." "'Who the hell does he think he is? Does he think we're shit?' We grew the narrative as coaches, 'Look, they have no respect for us,'" Arnold told The Times this week."We walked up the tunnel and all you could hear was Beckham going to Sven, 'We're not f***ing coming off. We can't be down to 2-0 at half-time and come off.' Sven still changed the whole team," Arnold said.
That star power is headlined by Jude Bellingham, Real Madrid's shooting star of a midfielder who left Irvine's brain scrambled when he first played against him in an English league match for Hull when the Birmingham youngster had yet to turn 16."I thought, 'This doesn't make sense.
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