The Socceroos won’t change their game plan against Palestine, insisting there’s no reason to panic in the face of another plucky counter-attacking minnow.
Graham Arnold and his coaching staff have conducted an in-depth dissection of what went wrong in the Jordan loss, in a bid to address the depleted team’s issues in time for Friday’s critical contest at Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium.
Palestine picked up their first-ever Asian Cup point on Sunday, holding Syria to a scoreless draw despite going down to 10 men.
But, despite their similar tactical set-up and the high stakes nature of the contest, the Socceroos will back themselves to be sharper going forward.
“If you look at all the top teams in the world, they don’t suddenly go and change, because that won’t get you anywhere,” assistant coach Rene Muelensteen said.
“That’s what players need to understand at this high level with those challenges, they need to be absolutely at their very best up here (in their heads) in their decision-making and in their passes.
Read the article by Emma Kemp in The Daily Telegraph.