Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has demanded a response from his gamers towards Indonesia following a horror begin to their World Cup qualifying marketing campaign.
It comes as followers are up in arms on social media, with the conflict solely to be streamed on Paramount + from 9.30pm AEST on Tuesday night time.
‘Present the sport on FTA (free to air),’ pleaded one fan on Instagram.
A second posted: ‘Needs to be on stay, free to air TV….fairly disgraceful actually.’
A 3rd weighed in with: ‘Channel 10 are ruining the sport.’
In the meantime, Australia’s bid to straight qualify for soccer’s grandest stage in 2026 hit an early pace bump with a dire 1-0 residence loss to Bahrain on the Gold Coast final Thursday.
The Socceroos additionally got here beneath fireplace for his or her lack of creativity towards the nation ranked 80 on the planet, after having 70 per cent of the ball however firing simply 4 tame photographs on aim.
When requested about Indonesia’s gamers, Arnold was fast to show the main focus onto his fees forward of Tuesday night time’s recreation at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta.
Socceroos coach Graham Arnold has demanded a response from his gamers towards Indonesia following a horror begin to their World Cup qualifying marketing campaign
A win in Jakarta is crucial following final week’s shock 1-0 loss to Bahrain on the Gold Coast (pictured, striker Mitch Duke)
‘We all know their strengths, we all know their system that they play and their model that they play,’ he stated.
‘It is nearly getting our recreation proper and ensuring our mentality (is nice).
‘We clearly did not have the correct end result the primary recreation however for me it is about seeing the response from the gamers on this recreation.’
Veteran left-back Aziz Behich echoed Arnold’s sentiments and confused the gamers are upbeat.
‘Clearly we had been all disillusioned. Not the way in which we wished to start out this section,’ he stated.
‘We all know as a bunch we had been beneath par, there is no doubt about it, however it’s all about how we react and the way we reply mentally.
‘Clearly main into this recreation we have got to place this recreation behind us, it is just one recreation. We have got quite a lot of video games forward of us however we have simply acquired to deal with this Indonesia recreation now.
‘The group’s been nice. We have had a great few periods right here. The boys have recovered properly and it is extra about simply being constructive, clearly figuring out that we might be higher and we might be higher.
‘That is been the primary messaging, particularly to the youthful boys as properly. Everybody’s excited and little doubt the ambiance’s going to be nice – in order a footballer there’s nothing higher than taking part in in entrance of a full stadium.’
The sellout crowd on the 78,000-capacity stadium might be fiercely parochial.
Arnold indicated that might pile stress on Indonesia to carry out, and anticipated the Socceroos to deal with the warmth.