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Australia in Brazil’s Group in World Cup
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The Socceroos have been drawn in Group F with Brazil, Croatia and Japan.
First Game
Japan- Football has exploded in Japan in the last 10 years with the introduction of the J-League and the co-hosting of the last World Cup. They qualified first in Asia but their form is uncertain especially when travelling. Ex-brazialian World Cup star Zico is their coach and they will be motivated to do well.
Second Game
Brazil- obviously are expected to dominate the group- a draw against them might be as good as a win.
Third Game
Croatia- unbeaten in qualifiers- could they match their brilliant form of the 1998 World Cup? Interestingly, Australia may field eight players with Croatian roots and Croatia two Australian-born players. In 1998, Australia’s last game against Croatia ended in a 7-0 loss- not a good sign if they are in form.
Australia’s group Matches
Australia vs…
Japan, Kaiserslautern
12-Jun-2006
Brazil, Munich
18-Jun-2006
Croatia, Stuttgart
22-Jun-2006
There are still some tickets for the Australia- Scceroos matches, prices for group matches are: 100€ 60€ 45€ 35€.
Progressing to the next rounds
If we win the group (quite an achievement considering Brazil) we play the 2nd team from Group E (Italy, Ghana, Czech Republic, USA). The second team in the group plays the winner of Group E.
26 June, Kaiserslautern
Winner Group E vs Runner up Group F
27 June, Dortmund
Winner Group F vs runner up Group E