"We’ve seen early on most of our attacking threat is coming down the right side, through Jordan Bos and Volpato," he said on SBS."The one thing I love about Volpato, he's brave and looks to create, wants to make an impact on the game." Okon similarly praised him at the halftime break for continually picking up balls off the opposition.As an 18-year-old at Italian top-flight club Roma, Volpato knocked back then coach Graham Arnold's pitch to join Australia's 2022 World Cup squad In March, he said he was waiting for a call-up from Italy's senior team — which that month failed to qualify for the World Cup for the third time in a row — before his change of heart."I'm Italian and I'm Australian, so it's actually been a big decision that's always been on my head 24/7 for quite a while," Volpato said."It's really hard, because it's like people want you to choose something, one or the other."But at the end of the day, a lot of Australians were brought up being both, being something else and Australian and obviously you don't want to choose one or the other."But it's been hard and, obviously, I do feel Australian, so it felt really good coming in, being brought in by the boys, and speaking English — Aussie."Volpato spent a long time talking with Popovic, who made it clear he wouldn't "beg" him to declare for Australia, and close friend Alessandro Circati — the Socceroos defender plays in Italy with Parma — about his decision.Popovic reiterated that stance after the Paraguay match."Every player is important, no one is entitled to a shirt, and each game is different," he said