Australia vs. Netherlands: Tactical Preview of World Cup Group B Match — bleacherreport.com

The first round of group-stage matches is in the books at the FIFA World Cup 2014, and now we turn our attention to the second lot. Australia and Netherlands enjoyed contrasting fortunes in the first set of games, and they now come together, fighting for very different reasons: the Socceroos to survive and the Oranje to qualify first from Group B. Ange Postecoglu preaches a possession-based game where possible, but against Chile he accepted his side would not see much of the ball and sat deep, ready to pounce on the counter-attack.

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