Australia must 'fight till we 減少(する)' to 避ける major Asian Cup upset

Graham Arnold had a warning for his Australia team

Graham Arnold had a 警告 for his Australia team

Coach Graham Arnold told his Australia team "to fight till we 減少(する)" to 避ける a major Asian Cup upset at the 手渡すs of Indonesia in the last 16 on Sunday.

The Socceroos (機の)カム to Qatar as one of the favourites and will be fully 推定する/予想するd to 敗北・負かす Indonesia, who are the lowest-階級d team left at 146 in the world.

Indonesia's coach 向こうずね Tae-yong said they will need "a 奇蹟" as they compete for the first time in the Asian Cup ノックアウト 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs.

But Arnold, whose 味方する were more solid than みごたえのある in topping their group with two 勝利,勝つs and a draw, had a 警告 for his players.

"In every 面 they can do better," he said, referring 特に to the 不快な/攻撃 味方する of Australia's game, having 得点する/非難する/20d four goals in three group matches.

"When they do better the team does better, and I feel we are getting better.

"But the mindset and mentality in the most important thing," 追加するd Arnold, who said first-choice centre-今後 Mitchell Duke was 支援する in 十分な training follo wing a hamstring niggle.

With Duke spearheading the attack and Arnold at the 舵輪/支配, the Socceroos reached the last 16 of the World Cup in Qatar, giving 結局の 支持する/優勝者s Argentina a fright in a 2-1 敗北・負かす.

Their 力/強力にする and doggedness has been one of the hallmarks of Arnold's 味方する, and he called it "the Aussie デオキシリボ核酸".

"We fight till we 減少(する)," said Arnold, asked if complacency was a danger against the underdogs of Indonesia.

"When you play for your nation and 代表する your country it does not 事柄 who you play against.

"It's about doing your nation proud."

Indonesia squeezed into the last 16 as one of the four best third-placed finishers, winning one of their group games, against Vietnam, and losing to Japan and Iraq.

It is Indonesia's first time in the ノックアウト 一連の会議、交渉/完成するs of the Asian Cup, at their fifth 試みる/企てる, and has been touted by Indonesian マスコミ as the country's biggest match in a century.

"Australia are one of the best teams here and strong and powerful," said coach 向こうずね, who managed his native South Korea at the 2018 World Cup.

"Those 面s are probably the biggest strengths of their team."

向こうずね, who had a stint as a player and assistant coach in Australia, said his 味方する "don't have much of a chance of winning" and 推定する/予想するs the Socceroos to have as much as 70 パーセント 所有/入手.

But he 警告するd: "Even though Australia are a strong team, we are going to play with a strong mentality and we will never give up until the 審判(をする)s blows the final whistle."

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