Adrian Segecic Reminds Socceroos What They’re Missing With Hat-trick In Championship

Adrian Segecic has demonstrated again why he could beryllium specified a large miss for Australian shot arsenic nan man who walked distant from nan Socceroos plundered his first hat-trick successful English football.

The 21-year-old attacking midfielder from Sydney, who decided past period to prosecute his world ambitions pinch Croatia alternatively than Australia pinch nan World Cup looming, continued his striking shape connected Saturday pinch his maiden treble for Portsmouth successful their 3-1 triumph astatine Stoke successful nan Championship.

Segecic, who had besides scored successful nan week during Pompey’s conclusion astatine champions Coventry, gave his broadside a 32nd-minute lead pinch a rising left-foot strike, netted again aft 66 minutes from adjacent scope and completed his hat-trick pinch different superb 20-yard left-footer 8 minutes from time.

It earned Portsmouth, celebrating their flight from relegation fears, their first triumph astatine Stoke successful 31 years and reminded Australia astir nan talent that sewage away.

The erstwhile Sydney FC star, who had played for Australia astatine under-17, under-20 and under-23s level and received his first elder call-up nether Tony Popovic for September’s model against New Zealand, now has 10 goals for nan play successful England’s second-tier and was erstwhile again nan toast of 3,000 travelling fans.

“He has astir apt over-achieved connected what we expected astatine nan commencement of nan season,” said Pompey leader John Mousinho. “I will beryllium very amazed if location isn’t liking for ‘Segs’. I fishy location will beryllium a batch of admirers.”

Segecic whitethorn not beryllium going to North America pinch nan Socceroos but a mates of different Championship marksmen whitethorn good do, though some Mohamed Toure and Nestory Irankunda had quiet days successful beforehand of extremity connected Saturday.

Toure, who has been successful dazzling shape pinch nine goals and 3 assists successful 10 games for Norwich and was this week moreover compared by his nine head to Erling Haaland, was this clip prevented from adding to his tally by Cameron Burgess and his chap Swansea defenders successful a 1-1 draw.

Irankunda sewage half-an-hour disconnected nan chair for Watford astatine Middlesbrough, but made small effect arsenic his broadside sewage hammered 5-1.

Middlesbrough were without their Socceroos midfielder Riley McGree, who’s been waylaid by different wounded for a mates of games, though Boro are still assured he’ll beryllium backmost and firing for nan upcoming playoffs.

Fellow Socceroo Sammy Silvera could besides feature, aft coming disconnected nan chair successful nan dying minutes successful nan win.