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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I think the Aussies would have preferred playing the US to avoid playing at high noon with urine bags flung at them.
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Playing in Honduras is going to be horrible. Hopefully the Aussies can somehow escape with a draw. Former Socceroos and Canada coach Holger Osieck just had this to say:
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At times it’s hell, you cannot imagine what happens there.
I would like to see some of the European teams play there under these conditions.
They set you up in the jungle, and then 2,000 metres high, air conditioning that doesn’t work in the hotel, you cannot close the windows, you have the mosquitoes everywhere, the food.
You have noise outside the hotel, people they stay the entire night on the streets, the drumming and trumpeting whatever, then in the games (with) reckless tackles, it’s not easy.
If the top teams in Europe go there they would struggle, so that is very often underrated and I think the same goes here (in Asia).
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I'm glad they avoided the US since I think the Americans would have flipped a switch and crushed them. My preference was Panama. A lower ranked team that would have offered a less hostile playing environment compared to Honduras.