Tonight’s first A-League Semi-Final sees second-placed Sydney FC host fifth-placed Adelaide United at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium. Adelaide United beat the Brisbane Roar 2-1 in Redcliffe last Sunday.
The winner will play the winner of tomorrow afternoon’s second Semi-Final between premiers Melbourne City and the sixth-placed Macarthur Bulls in next week’s 2021 A-League Grand Final. Macarthur beat Central Coast 2-0 in extra-time in Gosford last weekend, despite losing defender James Meredith to a red card in the 75th minute.
These will be the last few games on Fox Sports for at least the next 5 years, after 10 and to be launched Paramount+ won the rights to Asian Internationals, along with A-, W- and Y-League seasons, this week.
The A-League grand final between Melbourne City and Sydney FC will be held at Melbourne’s AAMI Park this Saturday night (June 26) with 50% crowd capacity.
Will this Matilda’s game be covered by another of the broadcasters? I know 10’s broadcast deal starts August 1, or will it be covered by 7 under the Olympic rights.
Both group winners and runners-up will qualify directly for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with the two third-placed teams will playoff to advance to the inter-continental playoff.
Tough draw for Australia, having Japan and Saudi Arabia in the same group. The Socceroos’ encounter against China also becomes a grudge match given the recent diplomatic tension between Australia and China.
With the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy on tomorrow morning 5am EST, I had a look on my TVs EPG to see what channel it was on here, and I couldn’t see it anywhere, and not on FOXTEL either…
A Google search suggests that only Optus Sport and YouTube have it via streaming. Given the amount of coverage it’s been getting on the evening TV news throughout the tournament, I thought a network would have the final.
I sort of hoped Socceroos World Cup Qualifiers would have been held in Australia for “selelcted matches”, as it looks like their first game after the Olympic campaign will be held in a neutral venue. It was originally suppose to be at Bankwest Stadium.
