Goalkeeper Shusaku Nishikawa was the hero as Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds beat stubborn Jeonbuk Motors of South Korea 3-1 on penalties to reach the final of the Asian Champions League on Thursday.
The most important week for the Socceroos in this World Cup cycle has been, thus far, a disaster so unmitigated that it actually beggars belief - but the team is grabbing onto their last remaining flicker of hope ahead of Thursday night’s showdown with Japan.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) A growing list of injured players, another one denied a chance to play in a club-vs.-country dispute, and a head coach censured and fined by Football Australia for breaching COVID-19 isolation rules.