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Officially, this morning’s game between the Socceroos and Brazil is an international friendly. Unofficially, however, the fixture stands as a great test for the Socceroos against one of the form teams in international football. We’ll have live scores from 5:15am AEST.
Playing Brazil at home will be an incredibly daunting prospect for the Australian squad to overcome, especially as the Selecao have selected a squad full of world-class talent.
Regular European stars such as new Shakhtar Donetsk signing Bernard and Barcelona phenom Neymar highlight a star-studded lineup for the home team, who will be looking to fine tune their preparations ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
As hosts of the tournament next year, Brazil automatically qualify for the competition.
That has given extra impetus for Luis Scolari’s side in friendly matches such as this one in terms of preparation and readying themselves for the variety of international styles that they will face next year.
One needs only to look to their recent success at the 2013 Confederations Cup where they demolished world champions Spain 3-0 in the final to know that Brazil are more than ready for whatever challenges may come their way this year.
The Socceroos have throughout qualifying this year that they are capable of absorbing plenty of attacking pressure and then hurting their opponents on the counterattack through the likes of Robbie Kruse and Tommy Oar, but this stands as an entirely different test all together.
The Selecao are not only an incredibly strong football team but are playing in front of their home crowd in a match that, essentially, they are using as preparation for the 2014 World Cup.
Anything other than a four or five goal demolition will seemingly be a victory for the green and gold against Brazil here.
Regardless of the result, much will be learned from the fixture about the Socceroos’ hopes heading into the World Cup next year and about the progression of football in this country, so make sure you’re alarm clocks are set nice and early for this one.
We’ll begin overage from around 5:00am AEST with team news and analysis, with kick-off scheduled for 5:15am AEST.
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