{"id":9529,"date":"2017-10-05T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/10\/05\/syria-v-australia-world-cup-2018-qualifying-play-off-live\/"},"modified":"2017-10-05T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T14:01:24","slug":"syria-v-australia-world-cup-2018-qualifying-play-off-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=9529","title":{"rendered":"Syria v Australia: World Cup 2018 qualifying play-off \u2013 live!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updates from the first leg of Socceroos\u2019 Asian play-off in MalaysiaNext Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in the worldGet in touch with Kieran on email or via Twitter @KieranPender 3.01pm BST Before I forget &#8211; Titus Michaeleus tweeted in earlier with a recommendation to check-out this ESPN article on the Syrian team. Titus described it as \u201cone of the best articles &#8211; sporting or otherwise &#8211; I\u2019ve read in the last year\u201d. It\u2019s a long-read so perhaps not best consumed mid-game, but open a tab and digest this later tonight or tomorrow. It is well worth your time. 2.59pm BST 69 min: Syria are really starting to amp up the pressure. This is getting worrying for the Socceroos, who can\u2019t seem to find a safety valve and consolidate their position in the game. Coach Ange Postecoglou pulls goal-scorer Robbie Kruse for Massimo Luongo, a silky smooth midfielder. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2017\/oct\/05\/syria-v-australia-world-cup-2018-qualifying-play-off-live\" target=\"_blank\">Syria v Australia: World Cup 2018 qualifying play-off \u2013 live!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updates from the first leg of Socceroos\u2019 Asian play-off in MalaysiaNext Generation 2017: 60 of the best young talents in the worldGet in touch with Kieran on email or via Twitter @KieranPender 3.01pm BST Before I forget &#8211; Titus Michaeleus tweeted in earlier with a recommendation to check-out this ESPN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}