Australian Youth International Panos Armenakas speaks to Neos Kosmos in a cafe in Sydney’s Hurstville, a world away from the glitz and glamour of the Italian Serie A.

The player’s breakout season with Western Sydney may have led to selection for the AFC but the classy defender is focused on the ultimate goal.

Could South’s Lazarus-style comeback in the FFA Cup prove even more noteworthy than their unveiling of Roberto Carlos as their A-League coach?

The search for the next wave of Socceroos saw Udinese’s Panos Armenakas and Everton’s Con Ouzounidis reunite at a training camp in Spain earlier this year.

After red tape cut short Tom Podaridis’ time with English Premier League side Watford and Cypriot giants APOEL, the Oakleigh Cannons defender has unfinished business.

While there is a great appetite for all levels of the Australian football pyramid to be unified, there are still barriers that are holding back the game’s development.

Coach Ange Postecoglou believes there is no cap on the Socceroos’ potential and will employ his attacking style of play throughout June’s mouth-watering football schedule.

Only 17, and still at school but could he be the next great winger to come of Dutch football’s assembly line?

After a career that saw him reach football great heights, Greece international Avraam Papadopoulos is back where he was born and ready to show what Australia missed out on.

The midfielder is back in Australia looking to resurrect his once burgeoning football career, with one eye on the Socceroos.