After losing both their matches Spain looks to salvage pride
Spain's head coach Vicente del Bosque, left, looks to his players during an official training session the day before the group B World Cup soccer match between Spain and Australia (Photo: AP)
Curitiba: Despite Australia already having been eliminated from the World Cup, the Socceroos all-time leading scorer Tim Cahill believes Australian football can take a huge step forward with victory over dethroned world champions Spain on Monday.
Both sides hopes of progression to the last 16 have been ended by successive defeats to Chile and the Netherlands, but whilst Spain have endured a nightmare defence of their title in Brazil, Australia have taken huge encouragement from their performances.
Ange Postecoglou’s men had led the Dutch in the second-half in their last outing thanks to a wonder strike from Cahill and Mile Jedinak’s penalty before being eventually losing 3-2.
Cahill will miss the match in Curitiba having picked up his second yellow card of the tournament in that match, but has backed his teammates to make history.“We’ve got one more game to go and it is not about Tim Cahill,” said the forward. “This last game is massive. If we beat Spain that will be one of the biggest moments in Australian history.”
( Source : AFP )
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