Published: January 27, 2019
At worst it was an abject failure and Graham Arnold’s over-confidence sticks in the mind
Socceroos manager Graham Arnold has described the 2019 Asian Cup as part of his squad’s “four-year journey” that will culminate with the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, but at some point it would be nice to hear him call it what it was: at worst a failure, at best a disappointment.
In Arnold’s own words before the tournament began, he said that if “we get our game right, I expect to win every game”. Instead, just two regulation time wins – and six goals in five matches – sees his team heading home after defeat to the United Arab Emirates at the quarter-final stage.
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