Napoleon once said that an army marches on its stomach, and while the Qatar World Cup may not be Agincourt or Waterloo, the same can certainly be said of national football teams.
As the Socceroos prepare for their opening Group D match against France on Wednesday morning AEDT, chef Vini Capovilla is in their Aspire Academy training base kitchen making sure that each of their dietary, nutritional, and sometimes psychological needs are being met.
Among the rotating cast of players and staff, Capovilla is one of the Socceroos' — as well as the Matildas, Pararoos and youth national teams — longest-serving members.
