-- Another break in regular transmission --
The Joeys recent 2-1 victory over Uruguay in the U-17 World Youth Championships in September has taken on an entire new level of significance. Although the match was a dead rubber for us, it rubs some mightily useful salt into the wounds of Uruguayans who may have forgotten how our full national team defeated theirs in the 1997 Confederations Cup semi-final in Riyadh.
There is also the reassurance of the World Football ELO Ratings, which show that we're not as far behind Uruguay as the arguably less accurate FIFA rankings indicate:
ELO
18. Uruguay - rating 1816
27. Australia - rating 1752
FIFA
25. Uruguay - 680 points
50. Australia - 593 points
It ain't impossible! Expect more World Cup interruptions ;-)
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