'No one is entitled to that shirt' - Popovic's warning to Socceroos squad
New Australia coach Tony Popovic wants to see his team 'play better than the Socceroos have ever played'
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00:00I was actually at home with my son, just at home doing father and son activities and then
00:09I got the call, so it's all happened very quickly.
00:12You know, when I played for the Socceroos, which was a very privileged to do, we always
00:22wore that shirt with the integrity and we wore it as a privilege, as a badge of honour.
00:30We never took it for granted and every time you got called up it was a proud moment.
00:37I just want to make sure that the players understand that no one is entitled to that
00:43shirt regardless of talent, regardless of age.
00:50We need to be honoured to be wearing that shirt and to be called up for the Socceroos.
00:55I'll make sure that that's the first part that is instilled with this group and the
00:59second part is that we play better than the Socceroos have ever played.
01:05That's the second part of the challenge, so you've got to link the two and if we link
01:08the two, we really with those values can do something special.