Late bloomer Paul Izzo is charging towards the once-unlikely scenario of dethroning captain Maty Ryan as the Socceroos' starting goalkeeper at the World Cup after a man-of-the-match performance against Canada.
Izzo, 30, was selected ahead of Ryan and Joe Gauci and, in just his third cap, was the pick of the Socceroos' players in their 1-0 win over Canada in Montreal on Saturday morning AEDT.
Randers goalkeeper Izzo made two appearances and performed strongly in the previous international window against New Zealand, when Ryan was left out of the Socceroos squad to seal his move to Levante.