The German paid for the twin disasters with his job, and Football Federation Australia turned to a home-grown replacement in Ange Postecoglou, the Melbourne Victory coach. Kevin Muscat, who took on Victory.Credit:Getty Images. But whether he takes a risk with the less experienced Mooy – something he isn’t known for – remains to be seen. Certainly Postecoglou is a realist, but he is also a dreamer and romantic, and says that he is not prepared to compromise his principles by going to Brazil and playing with a packed defence. He rang the changes and brought in several new players for his first game in charge, a 1-0 win over Costa Rica in Sydney, when the national team played, for the first time all year, without fear or trepidation and several new faces put down markers as potential future regulars. Postecoglou, who had played a handful of times for the national team in a career spent entirely in the old National Soccer League, said his first task was to bring back pride and emotion to a squad that looked tired, jaded and lacking in confidence. This year will also be celebrated in Gosford as the season the Mariners finally shook off their grand final hoodoo and took the title for the first time. Given the majority of the squad are in the early stages of A-League club pre-seasons it was to be expected, and regardless of how they achieved it keeping a clean sheet against a sharp Korean side is a positive. In the spotlight: Heart coach John Aloisi. Aloisi's Heart has endured a horror 2013 and slumped to the foot of the table as it struggled for goals and wins, putting Aloisi's future on the line. Australia coach Holger Osieck has been sacked after the Socceroos suffered a second successive 6-0 loss in a humiliating defeat to France in Paris. Under former Socceroo defender Tony Popovic, the Wanderers started slowly: it seems hard to recall now, but they didn't score a goal in their first three games in late 2012 and had only one point to show for their efforts. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund demonstrated the primacy of Germany by winning their way through to the Champions League final, with Bayern triumphant at Wembley Stadium. Aloisi's Heart has endured a horror 2013 and slumped to the foot of the table as it struggled for goals and wins, putting Aloisi's future on the line. The Socceroos‘ 2013 East Asian Cup continues tonight when they meet rivals Japan. Japan also come into tonight with a point after their opening fixture, a 3-3 draw against China. Osieck’s midfield combination of Ruben Zadkovich, Mark Milligan and Dario Vidosic were overrun in the middle and the coach may want to bring in a player capable of better distribution, such as Aaron Mooy or Matt McKay. In truth, Holger Osieck’s side stumbled through the 90 minutes against the home nation, and had it not been for the performance of goalkeeper Eugene Galekovic would have been on the receiving end of a two or three-goal defeat. Australia got back on track when it smashed Jordan 4-0 in Melbourne a few days later, but it still needed to beat Iraq in Sydney to make sure of a spot in Brazil. We’ll have live scores from 9.00pm AEST. Captured a great grassroots sporting moment? By the time they played their last match of the home-and-away season (a 3-0 win over Newcastle in March) they had climbed to the top of the ladder and secured the premiership at their first attempt. Paul Okon coached Australia in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey where they failed to win a game despite scoring the first goal in all 3 fixtures. Love was in the air for Holger Osieck and Frank Lowy. The Socceroos go into the second of their three East Asian Cup fixtures with a point after a 0-0 draw with Korea on Saturday night. David Beckham, the game's most famous - if not necessarily its best - player drew down the curtain on a 20-year career when he bowed out after PSG's championship-winning season. It was a close thing, but the Socceroos managed to scrape home, with Josh Kennedy's header eight minutes from time providing the only goal of the game. If they don’t, it could be a long night chasing it. Heart had chosen to go with rookie John Aloisi, the most inexperienced head coach in the league. In the Netherlands, Ajax took the title for the 32nd time. Postecoglou had stamped himself as the best-credentialled local following his two A-League championships with Brisbane Roar and his makeover of Victory in the 12 months he spent in his home state, and his appointment met with widespread approval. So impressed were all in the sport by the ex-Crystal Palace and Sydney FC centre-back's managerial acumen that he was shortlisted as a potential candidate to replace Osieck even though he had had only one season as a head coach. In the spotlight: Heart coach John Aloisi.Credit:Getty Images. It certainly made Popovic's reputation. During that period, Australia also competed against Canada and India during their tours of Australia in 1924 and 1938 respectively. That might have been written off as a one-off aberration, but for the fact that Australia was humiliated by the same scoreline in Paris a month later as France ran riot over a team that looked lacking in ambition, ideas and technical quality. But the season kicked up in sensational style in round four when they defeated champion Brisbane 1-0 at Suncorp Stadium, and they never looked back.
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