Tim Cahill has been working one-on-one with Mitchell Duke, the striker who will likely start up front against France next Wednesday.
He might be long retired but Tim Cahill is still having a major impact for the Socceroos – not only by helping them secure their salubrious training digs in Qatar, but by passing on some one-on-one advice on what it takes to be an effective World Cup striker to the man who will likely spearhead Australia’s attack against France.
Duke was one of the earliest arrivals in camp, and numbers were so short at the team’s first training session that Cahill, now 42 and still fit as a fiddle, pulled on the boots to help out. “For me, being a striker myself, he’s given me some great pointers and helping me prepare. To get that kind of one-on-one time with such a legend is priceless, and I’m definitely soaking it all in and trying to learn as much as I can in a short period of time, because if it benefits me, it benefits the national team.“He’s very much a natural leader. He gives advice – it just spills out of his mouth, I don’t think he can help it. He just loves it. He loves the game.
They won’t be alone in the arrivals hall at the Hamad International Airport – over 1 million visitors are expected to descend on the tiny gas-rich Middle Eastern state in the coming days as the tournament, controversially awarded to Qatar 12 years ago, draws ever nearer. “Speaking to some of the boys that have been to one or two before me, they said there’s no experience like it, and I’m definitely very happy and privileged that I get my chance now ... it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Borussia Moenchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram and AS Monaco defender Axel Disasi were called up as Deschamps completed his squad, the French federation said on Monday.Disasi made the final cut after Kimpembe ruled himself out because of a hamstring injury.
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