The Socceroos’ discovery of Denmark’s scrap of paper said plenty about the lengths Arnold’s players were prepared to go to win - and how poorly prepared their opponents were. | VinceRugari
Graham Arnold initially thought Mitchell Duke was just being a good bloke - cleaning up after others, looking after the environment - when he ran over to the Socceroos coach and handed him a scrap of paper containing tactical instructions that was discarded by their Danish opponents.
“To be honest, Mitchell Duke brought it over to me and I thought he was just being nice, cleaning up rubbish,” Arnold said. Denmark were trailing 1-0 at the time and needed to win the match to progress, with Eriksen passing the information onto Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, who must have thrown it onto the ground instead of tucking it into his sock, as he should have done. Minutes later Arnold, Clark and Rene Meulensteen were seen reviewing it.
“I knew when [Cornelius] came on that we had to go to a back five. I always have a plan A, B, C, and D or an E, for every occasion - if you’re down 1-0, or you’re up 1-0, so that we can look at what substitutions [we need to make].
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