Socceroo Alex Robertson plays tiki-taka with his Cardiff teammates in pre-season win

[p]Three-time Socceroo [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/robertson-alex/63grHnZb/"]Alex Robertson[/a] helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cardiff/hO8wh6aP/"]Cardiff[/a] secure an immediate bounce-back from League One to the EFL Championship last season, making nine direct goal contributions in his 34 appearances as the Bluebirds made sure their relegation to England's third-tier was a quick one. [/p][p]Under the stewardship of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bury-fc/bVpINVLD/"]Bury[/a] stalwart Brian-Barry Murphy, Cardiff finished the season strongly with four wins from their last six matches to finish in a comfortable second between League One winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lincoln-city/hrHTRs5B/"]Lincoln City[/a]. [/p][p]Cardiff are amongst the favourites to finish in the relegation zone along with fellow newly promoted clubs Lincoln and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/bolton/Or1bBrWD/"]Bolton[/a], as well as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/qpr/lrMHUHDc/"]QPR[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/charlton/fXf5mQ7t/"]Charlton[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portsmouth/zckREQFJ/"]Portsmouth[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/preston/x8IDVcbi/"]Preston North End[/a], but if they can continue building upon this kind of football the club social media admin dubbed 'BBM ball' seen below, the signs are promising. [/p][embed guid="758534e7-5737-421c-b6cb-38daf95cbcb2" url="https://x.com/CardiffCityFC/status/2081650863223816553" social-type="twitter" /][p]Robertson (white shirt, number 18) was involved multiple times in a chain of no fewer than 15 passes that started from deep within their own half before a fast transition ended with 24-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/davies-isaak/bcljhsOI/"]Isaak Davies[/a] slamming one through the goalkeeper's defences. [/p][p]23-year-old Robertson attended Tony Popovic's pre-World Cup training camp in Florida this June as part of an extended squad before being cut from the final squad that was eliminated in the Round of 32.[/p][p]He had previously described his 2023 Socceroos debut as the proudest moment of his career and will be using Cardiff's Championship return to continue pushing for a place in January's AFC Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.[/p][infobox id="d39bc573-b9dd-4b87-acb9-2de1f22d36c7" /]