Socceroos captain pulls out of team due to COVID-19 quarantine measures

CANBERRA, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Mathew Leckie, captain of the Australian men's soccer team, has announced that he will withdraw from the team.

The decision was reported by The Sydney Morning Herald on Friday, less than a week before the match against China in the final round of World Cup 2022 Asian qualifiers.

Lechie, 30, cited Australia's quarantine requirement as the reason preventing him from going to th