Lewis Miller and Adrian Segecic both picked up injuries over the weekend in major worries for the Socceroos ahead of the 2026 World Cup in four months’ time.
Lewis Miller’s World Cup dream appears over after suffering an Achilles injury which left Blackburn boss Michael O’Neill fearing the worst.
Miller exited just before half-time in Blackburn’s 3-1 win at QPR in the English Championship.
O’Neill said: “It does look like a serious injury and he’s in a boot, so we can only wish that it’s not as serious as it looks.
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“He’s in a lot of pain and had to be stretchered off despite nobody being near him. It looks like an Achilles situation and we hope that there’s good news and it’s not as severe as maybe we fear.
“Lewis has a big World Cup ahead of him and with everything going into the melting pot, it makes the injury very difficult if it’s severe.
“We can only hope that he gets good news in the coming period but it’s too early to say at the moment.”
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Adrian Segecic started and played 77 minutes in Portsmouth’s 1-0 home loss to Sheffield United, limping out of the game.
Pompey boss John Mousinho said: “The injury list is obviously piling up for us at the moment and we’ll have to see how Andre and Segs are. I don’t know at the moment.”
In good news, Callum Elder got an assist for Derby County in their 2-0 win over Cam Burgess’ Swansea City.
In further positive news, Mohamed Toure maintained his blistering start to life in England with another goal for Norwich City in their 3-1 win over West Bromwich Albion in the FA Cup.
Toure, who came on in the 61st minute, headed home the Canaries’ third goal in the 93rd minute from close range after Anis Slimane’s central header.
The Socceroo has now scored five goals in three games since moving from Danish club Randers to Norwich.
Raphael Borges Rodrigues started and played 77 minutes for Wigan as they were swept aside 4-0 by Premier League leaders Arsenal in the English FA Cup on Sunday.
Mat Ryan couldn’t prevent Levante from slipping closer to relegation following a 2-0 home derby loss to Valencia in Spain’s La Liga.
Ryan put in a full shift, beaten by Largie Ramazani’s powerful strike before Umar Sadiq fired home late on. The result leaves Levante seven points adrift from safety.
Alessandro Circati played the full game for Parma who defeated Verona 2-1 for back-to-back wins to climb up to 12th in Italy’s Serie A.
Cristian Volpato was an 84th minute substitute for Sassuolo in their 2-1 victory at Udinese.
Jackson Irvine started and played 69 minutes for St Pauli in the 4-0 loss away to Bayer Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga.
Paul Izzo put in a full shift and Musa Toure was an 84th minute substitute for Randers in a 2-0 win over Vejle in the Danish Superliga.
Jordan Bos put in a full shift for Feyenoord in their 1-0 home victory over Go Ahead Eagles in the Dutch Eredivisie.
Max Balard’s NAC Breda claimed a critical three points in a relegation battle, winning 1-0 at Ajdin Hrustic’s Heracles. Both Australians played full games.
Hrustic spurned a golden chance at 0-0 in the 63rd minute, when Naci Unuvar’s effort hit the post, with the Australian pouncing on the rebound, only for the NAC keeper to get a hand on his strike.
Jacob Italiano made his return for the first time since October, playing 80 minutes for Graz AK in their 1-1 draw with Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.
Marco Tilio was absent for the second straight game as Rapid Vienna went down 2-0 at Austria Vienna.
Garang Kuol started and played 58 minutes in Sparta Prague’s 2-0 home win over Hradec Kralove in the Czech Chance Liga.
Milos Degenek got on the scoresheet for APOEL in a 3-2 defeat at Achnas in the Cypriot League.
Cammy Devlin (ankle) and Calem Nieuwenhof (hamstring) were both absent as Hearts’ Scottish Premiership title hopes were dented with a 4-2 loss at Rangers. Hearts now lead by two points after 27 games.
Kusini Yengi made his second appearance for new club Cerezo Osaka – following his move from Portsmouth – playing the final 10 minutes in their 2-0 win at Avispa Fukuoka in the Japanese J1 League.
