Australian coach eyes bigger prizes after Asian Cup triumph


  • Football
  • Saturday, 31 Jan 2015

Australia's Massimo Luongo celebrates after scoring a goal during their Asian Cup final soccer match against South Korea at the Stadium Australia in Sydney January 31, 2015. REUTERS/Steve Christo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - First Asia, now the world. Australia are not putting any limits on their ambitions after winning the Asian Cup for the first time.

Less than a decade after ditching Oceania to join Asia, the Socceroos are the newly kings of the world's most populated region after beating South Korea 2-1 in extra time on Saturday.

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