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Socceroos vs USA 2026 World Cup match thread 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

The drink breaks REALLY do benefit us so much. Being under pressure, not much ball. Knowing you ain't gonna get a break for another 40 minutes at full time? Or now... just 20 more minutes and we get a breather. Such a small thing but such a huge thing for morale, especially with this playstyle and being under siege.
 
JM47 said:
I think Toure had a little strapping around his calf walking out of the bus yesterday but looked to be walking fine.

He also played a bit post cramp/injury and was pretty free in his celebrations.

Fingers crossed he is all OK.
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Yeah I just assumed Toure's cramping against Turkiye was a hangover from whatever his illness was (I assume a cold or something minor). He didn't look to be in any significant trouble on the night so fingers crossed it's some minor tightness and he's back running channels for us on Friday.
 
Socceroofan4life said:
The drink breaks REALLY do benefit us so much. Being under pressure, not much ball. Knowing you ain't gonna get a break for another 40 minutes at full time? Or now... just 20 more minutes and we get a breather. Such a small thing but such a huge thing for morale, especially with this playstyle and being under siege.
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we've covered this - most agree - ruins/or more so spoils the team that is on a roll and helps the one that needed a reset.
I read somewhere comments that in years ahead the game will go to Qrtr's that absolutely changes the ball game of stamina and its DNA.
 
I'm now going to make the assumption that Uzbekistan (Being the lowest ranked of the unplayed nations from Pot 3) do not do good enough reach the Round of 32, and the 3 losing teams in third place so far eliminated alongside them, which would now leave a knockout stage of:

Germany v Brazil
France v Netherlands
South Korea v Canada
Sweden v Morocco
Croatia v Colombia
Uruguay v Austria
USA v Qatar
New Zealand v Algeria
Scotland v Japan
Ivory Coast v Senegal
Mexico v Spain
England v Norway
Argentina v Saudi Arabia
Australia v Iran
Switzerland v Belgium
Portugal v Panama

Third places Netherlands, Brazil, Belgium, Qatar, Spain, Norway, Algeria, Panama
 
highkick05 said:
You could be 120% right you know.

Key is to be composed and not exhaust ourselves. We have just witnessed a master class in defensive organisation - Popovic strategy will not change.

So the key would be remain organised, and playing players who are completely fit and have absolute abundant energy to burn. They would be 100% focused on recovery right now and recharging their batteries to give the other team hell again.

The same forwards should be right and I think we should be right with the same 11.

But if not, then its just replacing like for likes if not 100% , like some have suggested, Valpato if he is a like for like replacement and if he's got decent enough defensive instincts.

I do not understand what individual fitnes levels Poppa is aiming for, but Valpato I presume has been playing regularly. So what sort of fitness levels Poppa could be reaching for might be indicative of this (?). Huge motors over quality.

This defense requires constant running and getting numbers behind the ball and not getting caught out chasing fairies that dont exist.
But I think that , probably the US an A will push a bit harder than Turkey did sit back a lot. Soutar will be especially busy with their probing crosses. It will take more effort , in turn the players would need to be even more fit for this contest than the last :unsure::coffee:
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The other big difference is this game is at 12pm v the 9pm game we had v Turkey. It will be far hotter and harder to sustain.
 
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