The Australian footballers are confident they can adapt their style of play to break through the dense defense and start their upcoming World Cup qualifiers on a high note.
Australia will begin their bid for the 2026 tournament, hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, by playing Bangladesh at Melbourne’s AAMI Park on Thursday and Palestine in Kuwait five days later.
Graham Arnold’s charges will likely have far more possession in those games than in recent friendlies against Argentina, England, Mexico, and Ecuador.
“Especially watching for the past four or five years, playing the big teams, you don’t really get the constant possession or the ball to practice these types of things,” midfielder Massimo Luongo said.
“So these are great games for us to maybe strengthen a part of the game where we’re probably not as strong.
“Compared to playing against Argentina where you’ve got to be solid and block spaces and worry about their threats and you might get a few chances on the counterattack, or you might have possession for half the time we probably will on Thursday.
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