FinancialGame one of this two-game international break was a trip to the Camille Chamoun stadium in Beirut, to play Lebanon on Thursday evening. This was seen as the toughest of the two games, the home game with Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday in Melbourne being a game that was earmarked for a goal-difference-enhancing three points. The overseas-based players would then fly out on Wednesday morning for a gruelling return leg that would see them land, thanks to the different time zones, on the evening of the same day back at Heathrow. Jarrod had no qualms about doing the journey. He was loving the late renaissance of his Socceroos career and felt as though he had an extra reason to be on the plane ultimately bound for Australia.
Jarrod grabbed a copy of The Times on the way onto the plane from the r
