SYDNEY, New South Wales: Australia will take a strong squad to Brazil for a friendly next month with coach Holger Osieck saying yesterday he was keen to see how they compared to such a quality team.
The teams will clash in Brasilia on September 7.
Australia squad:
Mark Bresciano (Al Gharafa, Qatar), Tim Cahill (New York Red Bulls, US), Robert Cornthwaite (Chunnam Dragons, South Korea), Mitchell Duke (Central Coast Mariners, Australia), James Holland (FK Austria, Vienna), Brett Holman (Al Nasr Sports Club, UAE), Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace, England), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus, Japan), Robbie Kruse (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Mitchell Langerak (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Ryan McGowan (Shandong Luneng Taishan, China), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar, Australia), Mark Milligan (Melbourne Victory, Australia), Lucas Neill (Omiya Ardija, Japan), Tommy Oar (Utrecht, Netherlands), Sasa Ognenovski (Umm Salal SC, Qatar), Tom Rogic (Celtic, Scotland), Mat Ryan (Brugge, Belgium), Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea, England), Archie Thompson (Melbourne Victory, Australia), Luke Wilkshire (Dinamo Moscow, Russia), Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough, England).AFP