体坛英语新闻：Lucas Neill to lead Australia's Socceroos against Costa Rica

SYDNEY, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- Lucas Neill will lead the Socceroos into Tuesday' s friendly international match against Costa Rica, Australian national football team coach Ange Postecoglou announced on Monday.

At a media conference in Sydney, Postecoglou confirmed that Neill would continue to captain the Socceroos in the friendly against Costa Rica at Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Tuesday night.

But Postecoglou has not guaranteed Neill will keep the leadership beyond the Sydney match.

"Lucas will be starting and will skipper the side tomorrow night," Postecoglou said.

The new Socceroos coach said his focus is to get the whole group up and running.

"With Lucas starting tomorrow night, it was pretty logical. There wasn't a decision to be made as far as I was concerned."

Neill, who will captain the side for the 61st time, says the Socceroos is determined to start the Ange Postecoglou era in a very positive manner.

"This is not about an individual. It's about the country. I will be honored to lead the team out tomorrow night," he said.

"Right now, there is nothing else I want to concentrate on other than tomorrow night because it's vital for the manager to get off to a good start, and it's vital for me."