Source :- PERTH NOW NEWS
With Turkey’s star-studded attack already in their back pocket, the Socceroos defence are ready for what hosts the United States will throw at them.
Fresh off their stunning 2-0 win over Turkey, where the defence kept the likes of Kenan Yildiz and Arda Guler goalless, Australia have already turned their focus to their second match in Seattle on Friday (Saturday 0500 AEST).
The US put Paraguay to the sword, claiming a 4-1 victory, with Folarin Balogun scoring a brace.
“Every game like that, every nation here has their own threats,” defender Cameron Burgess said.
“We’re playing against a host nation with some tremendous talent in their squad – obviously only faced them a few months ago.
“We’re gonna have to be ready for what they can bring, and I guess the same goes for them, they’re gonna have to be ready for we can bring.
“So it’s gonna be a hard fought game, both teams coming off a win as well.
“We’re ready to go to battle, and I’m sure they’ll be the exact same, it’s going to be a pretty big spectacle, hopefully.”
The US deployed a high press to perfection against Paraguay and Burgess, who featured in Australia’s 2-1 loss to the Americans in October, knows what to expect.
“They’re going to come aggressive and front foot, and we learned that from when we played them before,” Burgess said.
“We’ve got a good few days now to analyse it and be ready for what they’ve got coming, as we did with Turkey.”
The 30-year-old played every minute of the English Championship season with Swansea and is ready to back up.
Burgess isn’t buying into any back-and-forth with the US, instead focused on supporting his young teammates.
“At some point you look around and you have Beachy (Patrick Beach) behind me, Bossy (Jordan Bos) to my left, Paulie Okon in front and Nestor in front of that on my left side,” Burgess said.
“It’s a young group, but the training we do here and the belief they have in themselves -they’re ready to go, there’s nothing they really need to lean on me for.
“Obviously I might have to do that, and I believe that’s a big part of my role in the team – to be the experienced one, and to calm things down at times, and just be a voice as well.
“But those guys are on a good trajectory in their careers, and they showed that (against Turkey) what they can do.”
