Know the Football Managers going to the 2014 FIFA World Cup
The men who are held responsible every time a team fails to reach its goal are the football managers. With 2014 FIFA World Cup days away, we take a look at all the football managers who will be taking their squad on a two month footballing adventure in a quest for glory.These professors will be guiding their respective teams through various tactics. Each manager has their own way of playing football. The managers who will extract every possible ounce from his squad will go on to win the tournament.Fun Fact: No foreign manager has ever won a World Cup!
#32 Ange Postecoglou - Australia
Australia at 59th position is the lowest ranked team to have qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ange Postecoglou, having taken over from German Holger Osieck in Oct, 2013 has done considerably well so far given that, Socceroos finished runners-up behind Japan and hence qualified directly for the mega event .
This will be the fourth time that Australia will be heading into the World Cup. The performance in 2006 World Cup under then manager Guus Hiddink was easily their best so far, as they reached the round-of-16 where they got eliminated following a dive from Italian Fabio Grosso in the Australian penalty box in the injury time, which Francesco Totti converted with ease.
Ange Postecoglou is Australia's most successful domestic club coach with two Premiership titles, four Championship trophies and one Oceania Club Championship in 1999. He has also managed and monitored the Australia U-20 squad from 2000-2007, which will come in handy in selecting the right players he wants to take to Brazil. He has already omitted the name of 36 year old defender and former Everton player Lucas Neill from his wish list which is a sign of taking things forward.
Mile Jedinak the Crystal Palace player will take over the captaincy role from Neill. Like other mangers, Postecoglou will have a massive task up his sleeves.