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Australia World Cup
Cinderella
 The
Socceroos will continue to live the dream when they
take on Italy for a place in the quarterfinals of
the World Cup in Kaiserslautern on Wednesday.
Canbet (See
Web Site Here)
currently
has Australia as a definitive underdog in the Final 16 encounter at +555* while
Italy is -192 (on Canbet) and the Draw is +300.
The Socceroos beat Japan 3-1 in their World Cup
opener before losing to the reigning World Champions
Brazil, 2-0. The third and final group game saw
Australia secure a deserved 2-2 draw against Croatia
to book their place in the last 16.
Harry Kewell is a doubtful starter for this crunch
match against Italy with a groin injury while Mark
Schwarzer returns in goal after Zeljko Kalac
blundered when given the opportunity in Australia’s
last group game against Croatia.
Italy will make one forced change with defender
Alessandro Nesta ruled out of this encounter because
of a thigh strain with Marco Materazzi taking his
place in the starting 11.
Socceroos coach Guus Hiddink has been to the World
Cup finals three times as a national team coach.
Twice before, with both Holland and South Korea, his
team finished fourth.
*For current odds and
more information, please see
Canbet (See
Web Site Here).
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Sports911.com News
Wire
Originally published June 26, 2006 8:54 am EDT |
