00:00 Putting on a show for the kids.
00:07 Very very special guests here. I want to introduce them to you.
00:10 Nestori Irukunda and Kusini Yengi took time out from the Socceroos training camp to meet young fans.
00:16 Are you practising your juggling?
00:18 Yes I am.
00:19 Show off some tips.
00:21 Right we're all going to try that one.
00:22 And tricks.
00:24 Turn around. Turn around.
00:26 And talk all things football.
00:28 What are you playing?
00:30 Same I'm a winger.
00:31 It's part of a program to support young people newly settled in Australia and from multicultural communities.
00:38 It's something both Socceroos can relate to.
00:41 Nestori Irukunda and his family came to Australia as refugees from Tanzania and Burundi.
00:47 It feels great. It feels amazing yeah.
00:49 I'm really happy to help them out.
00:52 And yeah just play football when I'm here.
00:54 And Kusini Yengi's father was a refugee from South Sudan.
00:58 It's great to see so many kids coming out here and playing football and showing their passion for the game.
01:03 Coming from different backgrounds and different ethnicities.
01:06 It's great. Football is a game that brings everyone together.
01:08 This week's win against Bangladesh was Irukunda's debut for the Socceroos.
01:13 Where Kusini Yengi scored one of Australia's two goals.
01:17 Irukunda cut his teeth at Adelaide United in spectacular style.
01:21 But he's been snapped up by Germany's Bayern Munich. A dream come true.
01:25 Because my dad, he's been supporting them for a long time.
01:29 So it meant a lot after I decided to go with Bayern yeah.
01:35 He started preparing.
01:37 Dankeschön. Guten Morgen. Guten Tag. Guten Abend.
01:41 I thought you said you don't do skills.
01:43 I don't do skills.
01:44 Why are you doing that?
01:45 He caught me.
01:46 But the players of tomorrow are still keeping him on his toes.
01:49 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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