{"id":421250,"date":"2024-09-10T02:37:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T02:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421250"},"modified":"2024-09-10T07:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T07:12:36","slug":"hostile-80k-crowd-to-ignite-socceroos-fire-in-redemption-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=421250","title":{"rendered":"Hostile 80k crowd to ignite Socceroos' 'fire' in redemption clash"},"content":{"rendered":"

A horror start to their third phase World Cup qualifying campaign combined with the hostile atmosphere of a massive Indonesian crowd will not hinder the Socceroos<\/a> game plan on Tuesday night, according to Alessandro Circati.<\/p>\n

The 24th ranked Socceroos' bid to directly qualify for the 2026 World Cup took a shock turn when Bahrain created history with a 1-0 defeat on Australian soil.<\/a> \ufeff<\/p>\n

Graham Arnold's men focus now shifts\ufeff to their Indonesian rivals, who\ufeff managed an impressive 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabia in their opening third round match.<\/p>\n

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With a sellout crowd of 78,000 expected to be in mass support of the home side, Circati remains confident that his teammates will be able to handle the pressure.<\/p>\n

"I think these hostile environments should only fire you up," he told Football Australia.<\/p>\n

"I think it should be energy to fuel your fire. It should get you going.<\/p>\n

"It pumps me up and makes me want to win even more.<\/p>\n

"To go against all these fans who could be cheering against you, just to prove them wrong and to really show them that 70,000 people that (they) don't make a difference to how I play."\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Alessandro<\/p>\n

Circati downplayed any concern or pressure felt by the team following the defeat to Bahrain on Thursday night.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"\ufeffIt's a new game, a different game," he said.<\/p>\n

"In the last qualifiers, Japan lost their first two and qualified. It's not a matter \ufeffof life or death, these things happen in football.<\/p>\n

"It's not ideal but I think we've got to move on. There's no point dwelling on the situation. We've had a good training session and we know what we are doing."<\/p>\n

With the team's lack of creativity exposed by Bahrain, it is expected that Indonesia's defence will adopt similar tactics. \ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Socceroos<\/p>\n

Australia dominated possession against Bahrain without creating chances, recording just four shots on target before conceding.<\/p>\n

But the issue is something Circati believes the team has the capability to rectify. \ufeff<\/p>\n

"We are going into it with a free head and improvements always have to be made in all games, even when you win," he said.<\/p>\n

"I'd like to think in this game we can be a bit more creative, a bit braver offensively, and take more risks to create more goal-scoring opportunities.<\/p>\n

"We have a lot of creative players who are able to do that.<\/p>\n

"We're just going to try to get it out of them. Obviously, that's not my best attribute but when it has to be done, it has to be done.<\/p>\n

"I will try to do that. I'll take a player on, I'll do something different, but we do have creative players, we are able to do that.<\/p>\n

\"'Sloppy'<\/p>\n

"I think we just need to flick the switch to give them confidence to take that risk, to take a player or two on."<\/p>\n

Australia has previously faced the Indonesian squad on multiple occasions, \ufeffrecording 12 wins, three draws and a loss.<\/p>\n

However, just two games into their 10 game schedule, a victory over Indonesia will be a highly desired result for Arnold. \ufeff<\/p>\n

The Socceroos will take to the field without Kusini Yengi, who received a red card for an ugly tackle during the side's defeat.<\/p>\n

Tuesday's game begins at 10pm AEST.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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