Farina Names Full Strength Squad
Australian coach Frank Farina has named a full strength starting eleven for the clash with South Africa on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning AEST) at Loftus Road in London.
Moore was the major injury concern for Farina leading up to the weekend-s round of club matches, but he came through a tough derby match against arch-rival Celtic on Sunday and was in camp later that night.
Farina put the players through some very light training sessions on Monday before announcing his squad later that night.
“At this stage of the season players are very fatigued and carrying little knocks, so it-s more, as per usual, just trying to freshen them up both physically and mentally,” Farina said from London.
Farina is wary of the South African-s despite a lot of new faces in their side that failed to progress past the first round of the recently held African Nations Cup.
“With the appointment of a new coach… although he doesn-t start until April, he will be in camp with them and that always tends to fire up players, especially if they-ve got something to prove.”
“It-s going to be a tough game, they-re a good side.” The game kicks off at 5.00am (AEST) on Wednesday morning with live television coverage of the game courtesy of SBS starting at 4.30am (AEST). Check local guides for details in other states. A link will also be provided on the Australian Soccer website - www.australiansoccer.com.au to a live web commentary of the game, if people are unable to the access TV coverage.