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If you had suggested the final group game between Spain and Australia would be a dead rubber prior to the World Cup, most would have assumed it was because Spain had already sealed qualification from the group. A thrashing at the hands of the Netherlands and an even worse performance against Chile meant it was a rather more sombre affair. By contrast, Australia had actually given an impressive account of themselves in their games against Chile and the Netherlands, but were guaranteed to go home too. Ange Postecoglou made two changes, bringing in Oliver Bozanic and Adam Taggart for Mark Bresciano and the suspended Tim Cahill, while Vicente del Bosque made wholesale changes, reuniting the Euro 2008 striking partnership of Fernando Torres and David Villa that started Spain’s success and rewarding Koke and Juanfran for their impressive year at Atletico Madrid among others in a 4-3-3. Australia started the match brightly, pressing intensely high up the pitch to disrupt Spain’s passing rhythm just as Chile had done. Bozanic was doing a particularly good job staying close to Xabi Alonso, who was forced deeper and deeper into the defensive line in order to find space to pass the ball out. As […]
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