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Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has backed key pair Mat Ryan and Aaron Mooy to shine for Australia in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Oman in Doha despite their lack of recent club football.

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to overtake Pele as the top international goalscorer in South American football history on Thursday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bolivia in their 2022 World Cup qualifier.

Football will “kill itself” if controversial plans for a biennial World Cup proceed, European officials have warned.

Gareth Southgate admitted England still have work to do to reach the 2022 World Cup after Damian Szymanski’s stoppage-time equaliser earned Poland a 1-1 draw in Warsaw — with the coach under fire for not making a single sub in a 25 year first.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has promised “decisions by the end of the year” on the controversial proposal of staging a World Cup every two years.

The Socceroos claimed a professional, albeit underwhelming, 1-0 win over Vietnam in Tuesday night’s World Cup qualifier.

When coach Graham Arnold named his Socceroos squad for the two World Cup qualifying matches in the last five days, just one Australian-based player was listed among the 27 names.

It was the opposite of a classic, but the Socceroos overcame draining conditions in Hanoi to scrape past Vietnam 1-0 and claim a 10th-straight World Cup qualifying win.

“No one wants to grow up and be a Gary Neville,” Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher once quipped about his Sky Sports co-pundit and how right-back is the most unglamorous position on the football pitch.

Italy broke the world record for the longest unbeaten run in international football with a goalless draw at Switzerland on Sunday, while Germany got their World Cup qualifying campaign back on track by thrashing Armenia 6-0.