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The Socceroos will begin their final preparations for the FIFA World Cup with a pair of friendlies, the first of which will be played at the NV Arena in Austria against the Czech Republic. Kick-off is scheduled for 9pm (AEST) on Friday, June 1.
Australia will aim to use this match against the 45th ranked nation in the world as a tune-up for the World Cup.
They are still carrying a squad of 26 and between this match and another against Hungary next Sunday, they will need to cut three more players from the list ahead of football’s showpiece event.
The Czechs sensationally failed to qualify for the World Cup.
Date: Friday June 1
Kick-off: 9pm (AEST) – 1pm (local)
Venue: NV Arena, Saint. Polten, Austria
Betting: Czech Republic $2.40, Australia $3, draw $3
Australia
Brad Jones, Mat Ryan, Danny Vukovic, Aziz Behich, Josh Brillante, Milos Degenek, Fran Karacic, Matt Jurman, James Meredith, Mark Milligan, Josh Risdon, Trent Sainsbury, Jackson Irvine, Mile Jedinak, Massimo Luongo, Aaron Mooy, Dimitri Petratos, Tom Rogic, James Troisi, Daniel Arzani, Tim Cahill, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mat Leckie, Andrew Nabbout, Nikita Rukavytsya, Jamie Maclaren
Czech Republic
Tomáš Koubek, Jiří Pavlenka, Tomáš Vaclík, Jan Bořil, Theodor Gebre Selassie, Jakub Jugas, Pavel Kadeřábek, Tomáš Kalas, Filip Novák, Marek Suchý, Antonín Barák, Vladimír Darida, Josef Hušbauer, Jakub Jankto, Jan Kopic, Tomáš Souček, Jaromír Zmrhal, Michael Krmenčík, Patrik Schick, Matěj Vydra
There will be two ways to watch the match on TV in Australia. The first of those is through Fox Sports, while the match will also be available on Network Ten.
If you are looking to stream the match, you will need to use one of Foxtel’s streaming applications – Foxtel Now or the Foxtel app. Alternatively, the match will also be available on TenPlay.
Here at The Roar, we will be covering all the action with a live blog and highlights of the match.
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