The 26-year-old and his fellow Melbourne City defenders barely put a foot wrong in Wednesday night’s cup final.

The Italian Job didn’t quite work out for Panathinaikos, which finds itself in limbo yet again.

Supporters had threatened to boycott Panathinaikos matches if Stramaccioni stayed in charge.

For City, a timely tackle by the excellent Michael Jakobsen, snuffed out a Milos Ninkovic opening in the box, late in the half.

In Germany and Chile Roos will face two of the teams in the top five.

On Wednesday night Melbourne City and league leader Sydney FC will come head to head at AAMI Park.

AEK Athens seems to be stalling when it should be sprinting, and constantly blaming the managers isn’t cutting it.

In his second year playing for the Columbia University team, the footballer has won an Ivy League Championship winners medal.

Honoured on Friday at the FFA headquarters were Olympic legend Raskopoulos and Young Socceroos Class of ’81.

Greece saved from a home defeat.