Australia’s national coach, Holger Osieck, was dismissed shortly after his team’s humiliating 6-0 defeat against France. This defeat followed a similar heavy loss against Brazil on September 7. The combination of these two disappointing performances likely contributed to the departure of the German coach, despite having successfully qualified Australia for the 2014 World Cup.
Aurelio Vidmar, the assistant coach, has been appointed as the interim manager following Osieck’s dismissal. Holger Osieck, who was previously the assistant coach for the German national team and later coached the Canadian team, had been with Australia since 2010.
