Graham Arnold's Socceroos head to China to meet Argentina in Beijing. It wasn't too long ago that the Socceroos came up against the South American outfit - with the 2022 FIFA World Cup champions coming out on top in the round of 16 clash in the race to their global triumph.
Arnold and his Argentinian counterpart, Lionel Scaloni, have forged quite the friendship since their meeting. Scaloni has complimented Arnold and his side on multiple occasions after they gave it their all in what turned out to be quite a challenging encounter for La Albiceleste in Qatar last year.
The South American outfit have named a near full strength side that is headlined by the inclusion of global superstar Lionel Messi, Emiliano Martinez as well as Alex Mac Allister.
Socceroos vs Argentina: Preview Show
Turning our attention to the Subway Socceroos squad which sees a raft of changes with regulars Aziz Behich, Jason Cummings, Miloš Degenek, Craig Goodwin, Jackson Irvine, Aaron Mooy, and Bailey Wright missing out due to injury.
This has paved the way for some new faces with 19-year-old, Parma Calcio 1913 defender Alessandro Circati and Melbourne City FC goalkeeper Thomas Glover linking up with the national team for the first time.
Meanwhile, there have been recalls to the Green and Gold for Denis Genreau and Gianni Stensness thanks to their outstanding club form.
Watch the Subway Socceroos vs Argentina on Thursday, 15 June from 2130 AEST live and free on Network 10
Socceroos to Face Argentina in China
SUBWAY SOCCEROOS SQUAD vs ARGENTINA I BEIJING, CHINA – THURSDAY 15 JUNE
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Name |
Current Club, Country | ‘A’ Caps (Goals) | Junior Club (Member Federation/Country) |
| Nathaniel ATKINSON | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 6 (0) | Riverside Olympic FC / Football Tasmania |
| Keanu BACCUS | St Mirren FC, Scotland | 5 (0) | Parklea FC / Football New South Wales |
| Brandon BORRELLO | Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Australia | 6 (1) | Modbury Jets SC / Football South Australia |
| Jordan BOS | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 1 (0) | Hoppers Crossing SC / Football Victoria |
| Alessandro CIRCATI | Parma Calcio 1913, Italy | (0) | Perth Soccer Club / Football West |
| Cameron DEVLIN | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 2 (0) | Sutherland Sharks FC / Football New South Wales |
| Mitchell DUKE | Fagiano Okayama, Japan | 26 (9) | Liverpool Rangers SC / Football New South Wales |
| Joe GAUCI (Gk) | Adelaide United FC, Australia | 1 (0) | Cumberland United FC / Football South Australia |
| Denis GENREAU | Toulouse FC, France | 2 (0) | Brighton SC / Football Victoria |
| Thomas GLOVER (Gk) | Melbourne City FC, Australia | (0) | Menai Hawks / Football New South Wales |
| Ajdin HRUSTIC | Hellas Verona FC, Italy | 23 (3) | Heatherton United SC / Football Victoria |
| Joel KING | Odense Boldklub, Denmark on loan to Sydney FC, Australia | 4 (0) | Shellharbour Junior FC / Football New South Wales |
| Mathew LECKIE | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 77 (14) | Brimbank Stallions FC / Football Victoria |
| Jamie MACLAREN | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 29 (8) | Green Gully SC / Football Victoria |
| Riley MCGREE | Middlesbrough FC, England | 16 (1) | Gawler Eagles FC / Football South Australia |
| Connor METCALFE | FC St. Pauli, Germany | 7 (0) | South Cardiff FC / Northern NSW Football |
| Aiden O’NEILL | Melbourne City FC, Australia | 2 (0) | University of Queensland Football Club (Formerly Kenmore FC) / Football Queensland |
| Alexander ROBERTSON | Manchester City FC, England | 1 (0) | Pagewood Botany FC / Football New South Wales |
| Kye ROWLES | Heart of Midlothian FC, Scotland | 9 (0) | Palm Beach SC / Football Queensland |
| Mathew RYAN (Gk) (Cpt) | AZ Alkmaar, Netherland | 80 (0) | Blacktown City FC / Football New South Wales |
| Gianni STENSNESS | Viking FK, Norway | 2 (0) | Pittwater RSL FC / Collaroy Cromer SC / Football New South Wales |
| Harry SOUTTAR | Leicester City FC, England | 15 (6) | Brechin City Boys Club (Scotland) |
| Ryan STRAIN | St Mirren FC, Scotland | 1 (0) | Aston Villa FC (UK) |
