Alessandro Circati has been made to wait for his Subway Socceroos’ debut, but on Wednesday morning against New Zealand he put in an assured performance in defence.
The centre-back played a role at both ends of the pitch, key in keeping a clean sheet while also contributing to Australia’s first goal.
A ball lofted in towards the back post from the left found the Parma youngster, who nodded it back across goal, where Mitch Duke fired a strike off Harry Souttar to score.
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It got Graham Arnold’s team off to the perfect start and demonstrated what Circati can offer.
Circati explained it was a familiar motion for him in a comfortable first Socceroos’ outing.
“I felt comfortable. I felt like I’d been playing with these boys for many years,” he said.
“The ball came to me – I’ve done that many times now and today I…
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