Arzani, Cahill make Socceroos’ final World Cup squad
If there was a startling omission from the final squad it was perhaps that of James Troisi. The Melbourne Victory attacking midfielder has not enjoyed the best season at club level by his standards but is an experienced campaigner with the Socceroos being part of the 2014 World Cup squad and winning the Asian Cup in 2015. Beating him to one of the last spots on the roster was Newcastle Jets’ playmaker Dimitri Petratos who only made his debut for Australia in March. Troisi’s journey ended on Saturday night as well as that of Sydney FC midfielder Josh Brillante, winger Nikita Rukavytsya and Croatian-born fullback Fran Karacic. The latter lost out to Josh Risdon for the right fullback role while Millwall left back James Meredith was included despite not having played for Australia since November 2015.“I have been very pleased with the effort and application of all of the players during our time in Turkey, and in Austria” van Marwijk said. “Every step of the selection process has been diff…
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