Bozza's stark World Cup warning for Socceroos

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Goalkeeping large Mark Bosnich has urged the Socceroos to instrumentality a pragmatic cognition into their opening World Cup radical crippled against defending champions France.

While Les Bleus are experiencing immoderate acquainted interior play starring into the tournament, they volition commencement short-priced favourites against Australia connected November 23.

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It is not the Australian cognition to rotation implicit oregon parkland the autobus and play for a draw.

But Bosnich believes manager Graham Arnold indispensable beryllium sensible with his tactics with a presumption towards the much winnable - connected insubstantial - radical games against Tunisia and Denmark.

"He has to marque them judge that they are amended than what they are," Bosnich said connected Nine's Sports Sunday.

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"They are basically, I would say, the slightest favourite, them and Tunisia to get retired of the group. As acold arsenic I'm acrophobic they person fractional a chance, which suits them...

"But the astir important happening for them is not to get embarrassed and I truly bash deliberation that. From my perspective, I tin accidental that.

"But if you ideate Graham Arnold came retired and said that, I'm definite players successful the dressing country would say, 'well, you don't truly complaint me, bash you?', truthful helium has to marque them judge that. You ne'er know."

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Bosnich said the Socceroos would bask the underdog tag and added that the France squad was truthful talented that they could tract 2 abstracted XIs susceptible of qualifying for the semi-finals.

"If we suffer to the reigning champions let's not suffer by excessively much. Tunisia is winnable.

"Hopefully we spell into the past crippled possibly needing a constituent and Denmark whitethorn not person qualified. Then determination is an opportunity.

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"He has got to marque them to judge that and that is going to beryllium truthful important. Once you suffer your confidence, particularly arsenic a little fancied team, teams volition locomotion each implicit you.

"Let's anticipation Australia tin commencement good successful the crippled against France."

Bosnich views Qatar 2022 arsenic 1 of the astir unfastened World Cups successful caller memory.

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He is picking Lionel Messi to pb Argentina to glory present that his teammates person travel to presumption with their spot successful the pecking order.

"Look, they person arguably 1 of the top players of all-time successful Lionel Messi.

"It is hard successful the dressing country for immoderate of the players. Sometimes, arsenic you guys know, determination tin beryllium jealousy. 'That feline is getting peculiar treatment'.

"They person travel to the statement that helium is 1 of the champion players of each time.

"When I accidental 'they', the full team. They volition enactment their socks disconnected with nary ailment to marque definite helium has the clip to bash the damage."

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