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Acting Australia coach Han Berger will dump his predecessor Pim Verbeek’s guarded formula in favour of a more adventurous 4-3-3 pattern in the forthcoming friendly match against Slovenia.

Two of the teams that crashed out of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in the first phase start their rebuilding process in Ljubljana on Thursday, August 12 (AEST).

Berger announced a 20-member squad that includes AEK Athens striker Nathan Burns, who left a favourable impression in the recent Festival of Football in Sydney, and winger Tommy Oar of Utrecht who was unlucky to miss out on selection for South Africa.

“Of course, this is a one-match for me, although I know all of the players,” Berger said, as he declared that FFA was close to securing a full-time coach for the Socceroos.

“I have a personal preference so I have an idea of how we will play the match.

“The selection Aurelio Vidmar and I made is one with which we can play my favourite 4-3-3 formation with a specific No. 10 and have all positions covered twice.

“That is my initial idea at this moment. We will see when the players come into camp.”

Berger said he would have picked A-League players for the trip to Slovenia but the timing of the match prevented him from doing so.

Although Jade North has now joined Wellington Phoenix, the New Zealand-based club has a bye in round one.

“We did not consider any A-League players for the match due to the start of the domestic season and to the fact that it was a single FIFA date,” Berger said.

“We thought it was not a good idea for the clubs, coaches and players to take the latter away for a midweek game involving two days’ travelling with the time difference, playing a game, another two days to come back to Australia and having to play for their clubs at the weekend.

“The players who were at the World Cup like Jason Culina, Michael Beauchamp and Eugene Galekovic would have been clear options.

“But there are also a number of younger players like Ben Kantarovski, Sebastian Ryall and Luke de Vere because we are moving into a process of rejuvenating the Socceroos team.

“But they will be considered for the friendly international matches in September in Switzerland and in Poland, absolutely.

“This is the first phase of the campaign to develop a Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar in January obviously is an important step along that way.”

Berger said the squad did not contain more established players because some were unavailable and others were trying to consolidate their position with their respective clubs.

Galatasaray’s Harry Kewell, Lazio’s Mark Bresciano and Blackburn Rovers’ Brett Emerton and Vince Grella are in full pre-season and were not considered.

“It’s to our long-term benefit that these players are starting regularly with their clubs,” Berger explained.

“To not call them up now means that for later matches this year and next they will be at the peak of their performance with their clubs and be able to contribute more to the national team.”

Another notable absentee was Matthew Spiranovic, who plays his club football with Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.

Berger said he had spoken to Spiranovic and his Reds coach Volker Finke about his release but opted against calling him up.

“We decided to leave Matthew in Urawa because he’s just won himself a starting position and for him to travel to Europe and back in between two J.League matches would have done him no favours,” Berger explained.

“He is definitely an option for the future.”

seanason wrote:Aurelio "Sack" Vidmar to be in charge...

Chelsea4thewin wrote:does vidmar even know how to handle 2 up front?

the_gun wrote:

Acting Australia coach Han Berger will dump his predecessor Pim Verbeek’s guarded formula in favour of a more adventurous 4-3-3 pattern in the forthcoming friendly match against Slovenia.

Two of the teams that crashed out of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in the first phase start their rebuilding process in Ljubljana on Thursday, August 12 (AEST).

Berger announced a 20-member squad that includes AEK Athens striker Nathan Burns, who left a favourable impression in the recent Festival of Football in Sydney, and winger Tommy Oar of Utrecht who was unlucky to miss out on selection for South Africa.

“Of course, this is a one-match for me, although I know all of the players,” Berger said, as he declared that FFA was close to securing a full-time coach for the Socceroos.

“I have a personal preference so I have an idea of how we will play the match.

“The selection Aurelio Vidmar and I made is one with which we can play my favourite 4-3-3 formation with a specific No. 10 and have all positions covered twice.

“That is my initial idea at this moment. We will see when the players come into camp.”

Berger said he would have picked A-League players for the trip to Slovenia but the timing of the match prevented him from doing so.

Although Jade North has now joined Wellington Phoenix, the New Zealand-based club has a bye in round one.

“We did not consider any A-League players for the match due to the start of the domestic season and to the fact that it was a single FIFA date,” Berger said.

“We thought it was not a good idea for the clubs, coaches and players to take the latter away for a midweek game involving two days’ travelling with the time difference, playing a game, another two days to come back to Australia and having to play for their clubs at the weekend.

“The players who were at the World Cup like Jason Culina, Michael Beauchamp and Eugene Galekovic would have been clear options.

“But there are also a number of younger players like Ben Kantarovski, Sebastian Ryall and Luke de Vere because we are moving into a process of rejuvenating the Socceroos team.

“But they will be considered for the friendly international matches in September in Switzerland and in Poland, absolutely.

“This is the first phase of the campaign to develop a Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar in January obviously is an important step along that way.”

Berger said the squad did not contain more established players because some were unavailable and others were trying to consolidate their position with their respective clubs.

Galatasaray’s Harry Kewell, Lazio’s Mark Bresciano and Blackburn Rovers’ Brett Emerton and Vince Grella are in full pre-season and were not considered.

“It’s to our long-term benefit that these players are starting regularly with their clubs,” Berger explained.

“To not call them up now means that for later matches this year and next they will be at the peak of their performance with their clubs and be able to contribute more to the national team.”

Another notable absentee was Matthew Spiranovic, who plays his club football with Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.

Berger said he had spoken to Spiranovic and his Reds coach Volker Finke about his release but opted against calling him up.

“We decided to leave Matthew in Urawa because he’s just won himself a starting position and for him to travel to Europe and back in between two J.League matches would have done him no favours,” Berger explained.

“He is definitely an option for the future.”

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Zurawski wrote:

the_gun wrote:

Acting Australia coach Han Berger will dump his predecessor Pim Verbeek’s guarded formula in favour of a more adventurous 4-3-3 pattern in the forthcoming friendly match against Slovenia.

Two of the teams that crashed out of the FIFA World Cup in South Africa in the first phase start their rebuilding process in Ljubljana on Thursday, August 12 (AEST).

Berger announced a 20-member squad that includes AEK Athens striker Nathan Burns, who left a favourable impression in the recent Festival of Football in Sydney, and winger Tommy Oar of Utrecht who was unlucky to miss out on selection for South Africa.

“Of course, this is a one-match for me, although I know all of the players,” Berger said, as he declared that FFA was close to securing a full-time coach for the Socceroos.

“I have a personal preference so I have an idea of how we will play the match.

“The selection Aurelio Vidmar and I made is one with which we can play my favourite 4-3-3 formation with a specific No. 10 and have all positions covered twice.

“That is my initial idea at this moment. We will see when the players come into camp.”

Berger said he would have picked A-League players for the trip to Slovenia but the timing of the match prevented him from doing so.

Although Jade North has now joined Wellington Phoenix, the New Zealand-based club has a bye in round one.

“We did not consider any A-League players for the match due to the start of the domestic season and to the fact that it was a single FIFA date,” Berger said.

“We thought it was not a good idea for the clubs, coaches and players to take the latter away for a midweek game involving two days’ travelling with the time difference, playing a game, another two days to come back to Australia and having to play for their clubs at the weekend.

“The players who were at the World Cup like Jason Culina, Michael Beauchamp and Eugene Galekovic would have been clear options.

“But there are also a number of younger players like Ben Kantarovski, Sebastian Ryall and Luke de Vere because we are moving into a process of rejuvenating the Socceroos team.

“But they will be considered for the friendly international matches in September in Switzerland and in Poland, absolutely.

“This is the first phase of the campaign to develop a Socceroos squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar in January obviously is an important step along that way.”

Berger said the squad did not contain more established players because some were unavailable and others were trying to consolidate their position with their respective clubs.

Galatasaray’s Harry Kewell, Lazio’s Mark Bresciano and Blackburn Rovers’ Brett Emerton and Vince Grella are in full pre-season and were not considered.

“It’s to our long-term benefit that these players are starting regularly with their clubs,” Berger explained.

“To not call them up now means that for later matches this year and next they will be at the peak of their performance with their clubs and be able to contribute more to the national team.”

Another notable absentee was Matthew Spiranovic, who plays his club football with Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan.

Berger said he had spoken to Spiranovic and his Reds coach Volker Finke about his release but opted against calling him up.

“We decided to leave Matthew in Urawa because he’s just won himself a starting position and for him to travel to Europe and back in between two J.League matches would have done him no favours,” Berger explained.

“He is definitely an option for the future.”

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/socceroo ... im-s-style

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