{"id":720399,"date":"2026-06-07T05:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720399\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:05:10","slug":"verdict-on-socceroos-defector-aussie-x-factor-sparks-huge-world-cup-headache-talking-points-fox-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/720399\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdict on Socceroos defector; Aussie X-factor sparks huge World Cup headache \u2014 Talking Points &#8211; Fox Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Verdict on Socceroos defector; Aussie X-factor sparks huge World Cup headache \u2014 Talking Points<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox Sports<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPdGJ6M2UwSldEajJaSzBLbFJxM193VjRhMDFKdVVqX1c4Y3hSckNua3ZrMGN1VlhqTzNNam51N1NZczBxa0xtcHpNOVJaR3d5VnNMdU1wUHlENVd0ZWQwcGcxUy1PdmpZU3ZnNGVvY0JYUG45QUk1VG44azBVaG45Ym00c0Utcm1RVGVrWGFCYjJZTnBkaF91VU1MY3lqV0s1SHg0bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Australia turns its attention to FIFA World Cup after practice games<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxOSFljbEtTc0tzLXBEbm5pT1h6TlptQ2YwYjE1RURVa1VfTzFaRy10dTcwNmlFVW91enp2NTN4c1R5MGRSbzB5Y0UyTjl6SXhFSUQ0STdSQnN6UUNOUEYtOFN1Tnl3VUYyYWFtSlo2aTEyY29PRV9PV0F2Mm4yNVlhLUg2VTZXX0YybDBYZ1FyQXBWcU9aSnVGeUdFamVuMzZrVDBR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Slow-start Socceroos draw with Swiss in final warm-up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxORUh4QlVteVBFUWI1TFVZMWxvV1E5UnliWVh2X1VsY2JkU2xhb2R2VV9lSkFCaHhKYkx1UDBNNEg2ZmhTMTBLcVBkSHlXdk9ob2l6QTNlNlFkQ09aZE1GRmhUNF9sSUp6MEUzV3RGQ1ZrUFFYTC1OZ2hydi1JeTY2UmdIczFpbzdDUFNxSWM5UnRfM2V1RUw5OWNtVXlJeGFOelR1WHZmRE9EejBya204ajIyRWNCNnpqSTVYN09KYVU2OW1BTUVQemgtaXRrWGxvNko2TnBjSUMycFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We looked quite good for 20 minutes\u2019: Tony Popovic content after Socceroos draw with Switzerland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNYkN2RW84bmVzWW1UZ0pnZ25BRURjSGxQcDhIS3NTLWJZN05QWm5tYzI2aWFxMGxpOE50MnZERnFSb01hZTM2T0R6THJiMHNkekVVMy1pX01yMlpScVJkWllYR2tNNERfSkpJS21RTFU5LTZxOU81bnFpbFFrWktUT1BRUGNrU05mdFhtbU5IYW12RmJfMFljbGhDbU1wUDhFTjNMZDVzMnAxS2lNRHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mixed-bag Socceroos hold Switzerland to draw in final World Cup warm-up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Verdict on Socceroos defector; Aussie X-factor sparks huge World Cup headache \u2014 Talking Points&nbsp;&nbsp;Fox SportsAustralia turns its attention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-720399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=720399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=720399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=720399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=720399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}