Socceroos face elimination after Lucas Herrington's penalty miss

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18-year-old defender and Harry Souttar miss penalties against Egypt Coach Tony Popovic says manner of defeat in Dallas is ‘tough to take’ Socceroos midfielder Jackson Irvine walked up to Lucas Herrington, the teenager whose penalty miss all but eliminated Australia from the World Cup. It was the end of the shootout that just ended the team’s involvement in the tournament in North America, and the veteran wanted to share something, even if he did not know quite how to put it. “There’s not many words you can say to a player in that moment,” Irvine said after the match, the emotion of the defeat still raw. “Just so that he knows we’re there, just to look him in the eye and embrace [him] and know that that’s what this team is about – it’s a team first, and it’s not about any one player in any moment. For him to step up in that moment, this takes incredible steel, [I went up to him] just so he knows that we’re all here for him.” Continue reading...