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Australia: Asia’s top level
After the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Dutch coach van Marwijk was replaced by local coach Arnold. In fact, as early as March 2018, the Australian team had decided that Arnold, who was still the coach of Sydney FC at the time, would be the head coach of the national team. As soon as the World Cup ended, Van Marwijk left the Australian team after only half a year in office.
These decisions are all due to the fact that the Australian team must be updated after the World Cup in Russia. The older generation players represented by Cahill and Jedinak have been launched into the national team. The 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates has become the first "test" of the new Australian team. Both the players and the coach must go through new hardships.
After losing in the first round, the Australian team easily defeated the Palestinian team. The subsequent game against Syria was extremely tense until the 93rd minute of the game, when Tom Rogic, who is of Serbian origin, scored and finally sealed the victory.
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Asian Cup (top 16 matchup in the knockout round)
Uzbekistan: Be the best version of yourself
"The Australian team is a strong opponent, we will Focus on the game. Who the opponent is and how strong the opponent is are not the most important things to remember. Remembering our own advantages is more important.” Such a statement illustrates the Uzbek team's mental state before the match against Australia. In the Asian football circle, the Australian team has almost no weaknesses, and Cooper hopes that his team can play to the extreme level.
Uzbekistan won consecutive victories in the first two group matches. After confirming to advance to the top 16, it played the last group match with Japanese team . Both teams rotated extensively, and the Japanese team won the game 2:1. It is difficult to measure the strength of the Uzbek team through this competition. The Oman and Turkmenistan teams cannot be used as a reference to illustrate how far the Uzbekistan team is from the top teams in Asia.
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Judging from the schedule, the Australian team has two days more rest time than the Uzbekistan team. This will be of great benefit to the Australian team, which is suffering from injuries. Rogic, who scored the winning goal against Syria, was playing with a bandage on his hand. In terms of seizing scoring opportunities, Australian players are outstanding in terms of creativity and finishing ability.
In the first three group matches, in addition to scoring goals, the Australian team also created an average of two scoring opportunities per game. The Uzbekistan team's data in this regard is 1.3 times. It still needs to be said that the opponents of the Uzbekistan team in the group stage are not strong, or they do not have the strongest lineup. The result of the game does not have much reference value, and the Australian team will be a completely different opponent.
The above is the live broadcast address of Australia vs. Uzbekistan in the knockout round of this Asian Cup compiled by the editor for you.
