Denmark are braced for a Socceroos onslaught, with coach Kasper Hjulmand expecting “they’ll run against us” early and hard. The only question remaining is whose legs will be doing the running, as counterpart Graham Arnold pushed back a decision on the make-up of his starting XI until match day.
In the clearest indication yet that Australia are being taken seriously by World Cup opposition, Fifa’s 10th-ranked nation are preparing to face “a well-organised football team” with both “individual and collective” strengths when they meet to decide their fate on Wednesday night (Thursday 2am AEDT).
