Rival coach wary of 'strange' Socceroos

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DOHA: Tunisia brag Jalel Kadri said helium was "not surprised" astatine the shellacking Australia endured astatine the hands of France, arsenic the bluish African federation prepares for this must-win brushwood with the Socceroos.

"From the opening of this tourney we saw unusual results, truthful to speak, and we were amazed by the show but not excessively amazed that France won due to the fact that they are the rubric holders," helium told reporters up of today's game.

"We cognize the littlest item of the show of the Australian team, due to the fact that we've analysed each of their erstwhile matches - this is wherefore we were not amazed by the score."

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It was possibly not meant the mode it came crossed done a translator, arsenic helium went connected to accidental that his squad would not beryllium taking the Socceroos lightly.

"This is simply a cardinal lucifer for america and for Australia, you cognize however important this lucifer is for some teams," Kadri said.

"We cognize that excelled successful immoderate parts, erstwhile it comes to their stamina and fitness. This is wherefore we amusement the top respect to the Australian team."

"We woody with each lucifer connected its own, we instrumentality it measurement by step. We request to cognize however to negociate the lucifer to get the champion lucifer and hopefully luck volition beryllium connected our side."

Midfielder Ellyes Skhiri noted that his federation had ne'er made it to the knockout stages earlier - but could instrumentality a monumental measurement towards doing truthful by beating Australia.

"We person an accidental to get into the past books," helium said.

"We person 2 precise hard matches successful beforehand of us. But we mustn't person immoderate regrets.

"We played good successful the archetypal lucifer but it's going to beryllium adjacent tougher from present on. We indispensable springiness everything truthful we person nary regrets.

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