Dhaka, September 2: Bangladesh faces Asian champions
Australia in the FIfa World Cup Qualifier at Perth at 5:00 pm BST on Thursday.
Bangladesh's Dutch coach Lodewijk de Kruif knows his side
has a massive task in front of them but declared they won’t shirk the
challenge.
“We know [Australia] is number one in Asia, a good team, a
lot of good players that are playing in Europe so we are absolutely the
underdog,” he said.
“Of course we have our tactics. We will start the match very
motivated and very eager to get a good result.ÂÂ It’s a wonderful experience for my team and anything can
happen in football. My players are not afraid, they have respect but they are
not coming as a tourist here.”
Australian coach Ange Postecoglou wants the Socceroos to
take their game to another level .While three points against the world’s
170th-ranked nation is paramount at nib Stadium, the Socceroos boss also wants
to see progression from his emerging side. Not only winning football, but
free-flowing, vibrant, attacking football is his mantra.
“There’s always a little bit of excitement amongst the
players. It’s their first home game since the Asian Cup and we haven’t been to
Perth for a long time,” Postecoglou told.
“We had a great turnout at the fan day yesterday and I’m sure
there will be a buzz in the stadium. perfect night for us would be to
play well and also entertain the crowd but the most important thing is we keep
progressing our football."
“We want to put on a show. It’s three important points and
the more points you get earlier in this campaign, the less likely of a
banana-skin down the track.”
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