Graham Arnold has called upon Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to help ensure the Socceroos play their 2026 World Cup qualifiers in venues that are "safe".
The Australian team have been drawn in an Asian Zone second qualifying stage group with Palestine, Lebanon and Bangladesh, who booked the last spot by beating the Maldives 2-1.
"We've got a pretty interesting group and we'll need government support for those decisions where we are playing Palestine and Lebanon, because of what is going on at the moment looks quite scary," Arnold said after his team's 2-0 friendly win over New Zealand in London later on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).
