Socceroos scramble to cover crushing injury blow

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The Socceroos person flown a standby subordinate into Qatar successful a determination that casts further uncertainty implicit the fittingness of prima winger Martin Boyle.

A week retired from Australia's opening lucifer against France, Melbourne City midfielder Marco Tilio has joined Graham Arnold's 26-man squad successful a astonishment improvement that suggests Australian officials are seeking a spot of an security policy.

The determination comes arsenic Boyle's fittingness comes nether the microscope, with the Scottish-born star failing to bid implicit the past 2 days arsenic helium continues his rehab from an unexpected genu injury.

Teams person 24 hours to regenerate players incapable to vie owed to wounded oregon COVID-19 nether FIFA rules.

Boyle is viewed arsenic 1 of Arnold's astir potent attacking weapons, with the wingman scoring 5 goals successful 19 appearances for the Socceroos.

A genu wounded successful Hibernian's 3-0 triumph implicit St Mirren past week threw Boyle's plans into chaos up of the tourrnament. And adjacent though helium was cleared by his Scottish club, Tilio's accomplishment apt confirms Boyle is nary certainty to beryllium acceptable for the World Cup.

"Obviously implicit the years everyone tin spot what a large subordinate helium is – helium does it week in, week retired implicit successful Scotland for Hibs. He's been a monolithic subordinate for them and takes it into his country, for Australia," midfielder Cameron Devlin said.

"He'd beryllium a monolithic nonaccomplishment – but I deliberation it's conscionable precautionary due to the fact that we've got the archetypal crippled successful a week.

"But if helium wasn't to play he'd beryllium a monolithic loss."

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