Sally Shipard writes.

"The Socceroos have certainly redeemed themselves."

Matildas Star Sally Shipard discusses The Socceroos and the Matildas own World Cup campaign

Sally Shipard writes:

Well, the Socceroos have certainly redeemed themselves after a slow start at the Asian Football Championships.

What a tough road for the guys.

Asia has certainly proved to be a harder path for both the Socceroos and Matildas.

It’s vital that we perform in every game, or one bad result will decide the rest of your campaign. If a loss or draw happens early enough sometime you can make a mend. In the World Cup finals it's much more crucial.

We are competing in our World Cup in September this year.

The Socceroos certainly proved that Australia are capable of competing on the World Stage and we proved ourselves at the Olympics back in 2004 finishing 5th overall.

We have come a long way over the past few years as a footballing team and Australia has come a long way as a footballing nation. We need to prove ourselves this year in September just like the men did last year in Germany.

Lets hope the Socceroos can step up and perform this Saturday night against Japan. I'm sure they will.

The last time the two teams met was last year at the World Cup, I'm sure we all remember that game. The guys kept us on our seats right till the end.

Lets all hope its going to be another exciting game.

We have an international against New Zealand this Sunday, but I'm sure we will all be staying up cheering them on!

Go Australia!

Bye Sal