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Guus' high praise for 'gutsy' Graham Arnold

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Legendary manager Guus Hiddink has praised the courageousness of his one-time protege Graham Arnold, heralding his telephone to sub successful goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne for the Socceroos' punishment shootout triumph implicit Peru.

"I didn't person the guts to bash truthful - helium had the guts to bash so," helium told reporters connected Wednesday.

Hiddink was famously the antheral who steered Australia to their archetypal World Cup berth successful 32 years, erstwhile they clinched qualification to the 2006 tourney aft a tense punishment shootout triumph implicit Uruguay.

But though Mark Schwarzer was the eventual leader of the night, with 2 punishment saves, their had been speculation passim that Hiddink would sub connected Zeljko Kalac for the shootout - but had that enactment taken retired of his hands erstwhile Brett Emerton began cramping successful the last minutes, and had to beryllium taken off, utilizing the team's last sub.

"I've had galore years to deliberation astir it," Hiddink said.

"I'm not wide if I would person done it."

It ended up moving retired perfectly for some the Socceroos and Hiddink - and Arnold was close determination by his side.

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"What Guus did for our crippled successful Australia ... was an astonishing feat, and it truly changed Australian football," helium said.

The lucifer successful Brisbane volition not lone service arsenic a last location tune-up earlier the World Cup, but besides a solemnisation marking 100 years since the Socceroos' archetypal international, against New Zealand successful Dunedin successful June 1922.

The Socceroos squad boasts 31 players for the 2 upcoming games against New Zealand, with Arnold to usage 2 antithetic line-ups crossed the fixtures.

There's fewer radical amended equipped to assistance whittle that squad down for Qatar than Hiddink.

"We request the fitness, we request the freshest, and we request the champion - and I cognize with Guus' oculus for talent, but besides connected the mode helium speaks to players, that this campy tin beryllium a existent bonus," Arnold said.

Hiddink said helium instantly accepted Arnold's invitation to get progressive this week.

"I had beauteous experiences successful the past, qualifying done South America, done Uruguay, for the archetypal clip successful decades," helium said.

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"My acquisition with this country, with this team, with the staff, was 1 of my highlights - and that's wherefore I'm precise blessed to beryllium back."

Australia volition instrumentality connected New Zealand successful Brisbane connected Thursday, earlier a instrumentality fixture astatine Eden Park connected Sunday afternoon.

Now 75, Hiddink past managed Curacao aft post-Socceroos stints with Russia, Turkey, Netherlands and China's under-21 team, arsenic good arsenic 2 interim periods successful the EPL with Chelsea, and a play successful the Russian league with Anzhi Makhachkala.

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