The Socceroos have given their strongest indication yet that Martin Boyle’s World Cup is in serious jeopardy, flying Marco Tilio to Doha as a potential injury replacement a week before the start of their campaign.
Australia’s camp insist Boyle can still overcome the knee injury sustained while playing for Hibernian a fortnight ago, but the Scotland-born winger – one of his adopted country’s key players – was absent from training for a second day running on Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning AEDT).
