LIVE: Socceroos make one change for Denmark

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It looks similar France volition bash Australia perfectly nary favours, naming a massively-changed line-up for their clash with Tunisia.

Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, skipper Hugo Lloris and plentifulness of others are each being rested, with a precise overmuch second-string squad being named instead.

Australia volition beforehand with a gully unless Tunisia assertion an upset triumph - and that script conscionable got a small spot much apt with this French line-up - though it's inactive dotted with satellite people players and they'll inactive beryllium dense favourites.

Les Bleus are already done to the past 16 nary substance what, and volition decorativeness archetypal successful the radical unless they suffer and Australia triumph by astir six goals.

Australia volition spell into this clash against Denmark with 1 alteration to the line-up, with manager Graham Arnold mostly keeping the religion with the aforesaid starting squad that did truthful good against Tunisia.

Milos Degenek, who came disconnected the seat successful each of the archetypal 2 games, gets the commencement astatine close backmost successful the spot of Fran Karacic. Interestingly, that's the 3rd starting close backmost the Socceroos person utilized successful 3 matches and it's besides the lone alteration made to the starting XI for each game.

Here's the afloat squad to commencement against Denmark:

Mat Ryan; Milos Degenek, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Aziz Behich; Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Riley McGree; Matt Leckie, Mitch Duke, Craig Goodwin.

Before the World Cup started Ajdin Hrustic was wide considered Australia's champion subordinate - a originative unit who could marque the Socceroos unsafe against immoderate opponent.

But adjacent though Hrustic is present acceptable to commencement there's nary warrant Arnold volition spell that way, with speculation mounting that helium volition instrumentality with the XI that performed truthful powerfully against Tunisia.

If Arnold does determine to marque a change, Hrustic is the astir apt inclusion, with either Riley McGree the astir apt starter to marque mode for the 26-year-old prima successful midfield.

The different presumption that is apt to beryllium tormenting Arnold is close back, with Nathaniel Atkinson considered a accidental to instrumentality to his starting relation aft helium was rubbed retired of the Tunisia crippled owed to injury. If Atkinson is returned to the starting XI it volition beryllium Fran Karačić who makes way, contempt a beardown show successful Saturday night's win.

Good evening, and invited to our sum of what could beryllium a historical time astatine the FIFA World Cup for Australia.

It's each to play for arsenic the Socceroos clash with Denmark successful a Group D lucifer astir definite to find who goes done successful 2nd spot down France.

For Denmark the equation is simple: triumph oregon spell home. It's somewhat much analyzable for Australia.

If Graham Arnold's men triumph they're guaranteed a berth successful the circular of 16. If they gully they suffice assuming Tunisia don't outpouring a immense upset against France. Even a gully against the radical heavyweights isn't capable for Tunisia to unit their mode into the equation, truthful the astir apt script is that a gully is bully capable for the Socceroos.

The Group D equation volition play retired successful the 2am (AEDT) clip slot, past it's connected to Group C astatine 6am (AEDT), with each 4 teams inactive successful enactment to apical the group, and each 4 teams inactive successful information of finishing last.

Poland sits apical of the radical connected 4 points but play Argentina, who sits 2nd connected three. If Lionel Messi's Argentina wins that crippled the doorway opens for Saudi Arabia (3 points) and Mexico (1 point) arsenic they play each different successful a indispensable triumph clash.

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