Tim Cahill’s declaration that too much inexperience in the Socceroos side has left them with an uphill battle to Brazil will fuel the squad’s tyros to succeed, Central Coast young gun Trent Sainsbury says.
After being held to a 2-2 draw by Oman in Sydney in March the Socceroos are now left in third place in their World Cup qualifying group with three games remaining.
A frustrated Cahill, who’s moment of aerial brilliance along with a Brett Holman screamer salvaged a draw, said after the match:” There’s a lot of young players and inexperience. I’m happy for the youngsters that they’re getting the experience but it’s going to be a difficult run into the campaign.”
Australia now meet Japan away next month before hosting Jordan and Iraq later in June.
Sainsbury, along with fellow Mariner Mitchell Duke, Western Sydney midfielder Aaron Mooy and Newcastle’s Craig Goodwin, has been called in to a Socceroos training camp on the Central Coast this week as coach Holger Osieck takes advantage of the A-League off-season to assess more youngsters he may want to blood.
Sainsbury, who had a stellar season as a defender for the championship-winning Mariners, says while he’s still just “pinching himself” about even being selected for the camp he’s not taking the opportunity lightly.
“I don’t know if there’s a word to describe how much I want to prove myself to Holger,” he told AAP on Tuesday.
“I’m going to give it everything I can and just try to get as much advice from him as possible.”
The 21-year-old said all the other youngsters were just as driven and Cahill’s words only served to further motivate them.
“With Timmy saying that, of course you have to give the older guys credit for what they’ve done over the years and if they’re still performing then they deserve to be in the team,” he said.
“But those younger boys, myself included, we’ve all got ambition to play at that highest level with the Socceroos, so hearing that it definitely will motivate us to want to prove we’re just as deserving.”
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