We take a deeper look at Australia’s historic World Cup round-of-16 showdown with the South American champions.
And then Denmark absolutely had Australia clinging on for dear life in the first 30 minutes but they were held at bay, and aside from one or two moments, actually struggled to generate any high-quality shots. Towards the end they had to resort to long balls, crosses and other speculative methods.Argentina stand in stark contrast.
But here’s some other good news - winger Angel di Maria, the former Manchester United star now at Juventus, is only a 50-50 chance of playing due to injury.Graham Arnold rolled out almost the same starting team in all three of Australia’s Group D matches, with the only changes made at right-back: Nathaniel Atkinson played there against France, Fran Karacic against Tunisia, and Milos Degenek against Denmark.
None of Mitchell Duke, Riley McGree or Craig Goodwin, three of Arnold’s nailed-on starters, have completed a full match, which ideally will mean they have a bit more energy ready to expend on Sunday morning .If it comes to it ...
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