Ange will throw all his fresh arsenal at Honduras
SOCCEROOS boss Ange Postecoglou has promised to rotate his stars for the second leg of the World Cup playoff against Honduras tomorrow.
Postecoglou ( left) is keen to turn the screws on Australia’s opposition with the freshest possible team.
Weighing up the introduction of Tim Cahill, Mathew Leckie, Tom Rogic and Mark Milligan, he said every player was fit and available.
That includes captain Mile Jedinak, who completed his first 90 minutes since June in the first leg. Leckie and Milligan are available after missing the first leg through suspension and Robbie Kruse has been fighting a knee injury.
Rogic and Leckie seem certain to come into the starting XI and Cahill has declared himself fit to start.
Australia need to score to progress after drawing 0- 0 in the first leg in San Pedro Sula on Saturday.
“We’ll make a few changes. We have done so consistently, and it has worked well for us,” Postecoglou said yesterday.
“We’ve got some fresh legs, guys who were here ( in Australia), guys who didn’t get much game time over there who are very good players for me. It makes sense that we make the changes that are needed for what is obviously going to be a pressurised game.
“There are no knocks from the ( first) game, no one with anything that sort of needs any maintenance or modification and the three boys who were here got through everything really well. Kruse is fine. He feels good, so he’ll train with everyone else.”
But Postecoglou said Jedinak was on track to play again after an outstanding performance in the first leg.
“At the end he felt it,” Postecoglou said. “But he played it pretty smart. He knows his body well now and he didn’t waste energy.
“I’d be very surprised didn’t put his hand up.”
Before yesterday’s training session, Postecoglou expressed reservations about the pitch at ANZ Stadium after a “Monster Trucks” event last month. if he