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.

Club director Bill Papastergiadis is confident about South Melbourne’s position, both on and off the park.

With the match against Bosnia behind it, the national side finds itself in a precarious position, one that needs to be addressed in order to keep Greece’s World Cup hopes alive.

The Roos will play their next qualifying match away to Iraq in March.