Friday, June 23, 2006

Socceroos hero Harry Kewell has dedicated the goal that fired Australia into the knock-out stages of the World Cup for the first time in their history to Liverpool team-mate Djibril Cisse.

Kewell scored a vital equaliser last night against Croatia that keeps the Aussies in the competition but while all the attention has been on him, he wanted to remind people of a Red back home that missed out on the finals.

Harry said: 'It was fantastic for me to score that goal. But I would like to dedicate it to my friend Djibril, who broke his leg and should have been at the World Cup.

'I wish him all the best and a speedy recovery. You don't like to see that happen to any footballer.

'It was heartache for me because he is a close friend. That goal was for him.'

Great Red North @ 8:01 am

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