Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand has revealed what he thinks of the Socceroos forward of their do-or-die World Cup match on Thursday morning.
Denmark got here to Qatar with excessive hopes, however is on only one level going into the ultimate group sport after a gap draw in opposition to Tunisia and a loss to France.
It means Denmark – ranked quantity 10 on the planet – wants a win in opposition to the Socceroos, whereas a draw ought to be sufficient for Australia until Tunisia upsets the French, who’re the reigning world champions.
Australia sits on three factors after a 1-0 win in opposition to Tunisia adopted a 4-1 loss to France.
Hjulmand has revealed what he expects from Australia within the sport that kicks off at 2am (AEDT) on Thursday.
“I anticipate as all the time an ideal collective that has qualities,” Hjulmand stated in regards to the Socceroos.
“They’ve strengths of their crew, but it surely’s largely as a crew. They’re a crew that works effectively collectively and that’s what I see.
“They’re a effectively organised soccer crew – they assault collectively, they defend collectively.”
Australia and Denmark performed out a 1-1 draw when the groups met on the 2018 World Cup, with the identical outcome being sufficient for the Socceroos this time.
“We met them 4 years in the past, it was a good sport, it was a draw. We anticipate one other tight sport,” stated Hjulmand.
He stated Australia wouldn’t come out attempting to play for a draw.
“They don’t actually know in the event that they progress with a draw so they may come out very robust,” he stated.
“They may have intervals once they put stress on us, we anticipate them to run at us and assault.”
He stated the “hardest factor in soccer” was breaking down a defensive unit like Australia’s.
The Dane admits he doesn’t have the “mind capability” to work out what outcome will get them by if France is struggling in opposition to Tunisia within the different sport performed on the identical time.
He stated the opposite outcome wouldn’t matter for the primary 60-70 minutes, however his consideration would flip to the France-Tunisia sport for the ultimate minutes.
“We’ll be monitoring the (different) match for positive,” he stated.
“We’ll discover out if we have to placed on extra stress, let’s say we’re main 1-0 and it’s not sufficient, we’ll placed on extra stress.”
However Socceroos coach Graham Arnold stated his facet wasn’t too targeted on Denmark.
“We will solely achieve this a lot and fear about them, the main focus must be on ourselves,” he stated.
“They’ll play two programs, they will play a 3-4-3 or a 4-3-3 so we’ve received to arrange for each tactically, but it surely’s about getting our sport proper.”
