Qantas Socceroos Abroad

The latest on how our World Cup hopefuls are doing a week before the squad's announced.

ENGLAND

Premiership

· Mark Schwarzer played a full game in the 1-0 loss to Stoke this morning.

· Vince Grella played 58 minutes of Blackburn-s 2-1 win at home to Arsenal.

· Tim Cahill played a full game in Everton-s 0-0 draw against Stoke.

· Mark Schwarzer played a full game in the 3-2 win over West Ham.

Championship

· Adam Federici played a full game in Reading-s 4-1 home win over Preston North End.

· Scott McDonald played a full game while Brad Jones was sent off in the 84th minute of Middlesbrough-s 2-0 loss to Leicester City.

League 1

· Neil Kilkenny and Shane Lowry both played 90 minutes in Leeds United-s 1-0 loss at Charlton.

EUROPE

GERMANY

Bundesliga II

· Dario Vidosic played a full game in Duisburg-s 1-0 loss at home to Karlsruhe.

GREECE

B Ethniki

· Nathan Burns played 70 minutes of FC Corfu-s 0-0 draw against Panaitolikos Agrinio, which ensured promotion .

ITALY

Serie B

· Carl Valeri played a full game in Sassuolo-s 1-1 draw away to Padova.

NETHERLANDS

Eredivisie

· Brett Holman came on in the 73rd minute of AZ Alkmaar-s 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven.

RUSSIA

Premier League

· Luke Wilkshire played a full game in Dinamo Moscow-s 1-0 loss away to Spartak Nalchik.

SWITZERLAND

Super League

· Scott Chipperfield played a full game and scored a double in Basel-s 4-0 win over Bellinzona.

TURKEY

Super Lig

· Harry Kewell came on in the 88th minute of Galatasaray-s 1-0 win at Istanbul BB.

· Michael Petkovic played a full game in Sivasspor-s 1-1 draw with Kasimpasa.

· James Troisi came on in the 41st minute of Kayserispor-s 2-0 loss to Bursaspor.

ASIA

CHINA

Super League

· Joel Griffiths played a full game while Ryan Griffiths played 86 minutes of Beijing Guoan-s 1-1 draw at home to Qingdao Jonoon.

JAPAN

J League

· Josh Kennedy scored in Nagoya-s 2-1 win over Montedio Yamagata.

J2 League

· Mark Milligan played a full game in JEF United-s 2-0 win against Oita Trinita.

EUROPEAN COMPETITION EUROPA LEAGUE Semi final, second leg

· Mark Schwarzer played a full game in Fulham-s 2-1 win over Hamburg, to advance 2-1 on aggregate. They will now play Atletico Madrid in the final in Hamburg on May 12.