Is it possible for the national football team to win at home? Australia has been hit hard! The 1.98-meter ace was injured for 1 year and said goodbye to the round of 18

On December 30, Beijing time, according to the news from the British media Guardian, Australian central defender Suta, who plays for Sheffield United, will be suspended for one year because of a ruptured Achilles tendon, which also means that the Australian "giant tower" with a height of 1.98 meters will not be able to participate in the key match of the top 18 match with the Chinese men's football team in March next year.

According to the report, Soutar was injured in Friday's Championship game for Sheffield United and the player has returned to his former club Leicester City for rehabilitation and is expected to take nine to 12 months to recover. The 26-year-old has been loaned to Championship side Sheffield United by Leicester City this season and has played 22 games for Sheffield United so far, and is currently valued at €8 million in Germany.

In the first leg of the national football round of 18 against Australia, Suta played the whole game. Not only did he excel defensively, limiting the performance of national attackers such as Fernando, but he also put a lot of pressure on the national team's backline in set-piece attacks.

Now, with Soutar seriously injured for one year, this is a heavy blow to the Australian team coached by Popovich. And in September this year, another Australian defender, Sirkati suffered a cruciate ligament injury and will also be out for almost a year. Both will miss out on Australia's four World Preliminary Tournaments in 2025, and Australia is currently in second place in the group, only one point ahead of the four teams including the Chinese men's football team.

On March 25 next year, the national football team will play Australia at the home stadium of Hangzhou Olympic Stadium. Previously, according to the media, Ivan has set the goal of the national football team to strive for the second place in the group to go straight to the World Cup, and the remaining four home games with Australia and Bahrain, the national football team will go all out to win. After Australia's loss of core central defenders, the national football team, which was unfortunately reversed in the first leg, will undoubtedly increase their hopes of returning to home to score points or even win to achieve the set goal.