Another player has been added to the injury list. The newest entry in this list is Australian Tim Cahill. Cahill suffered a neck injury during a last week match against USA and he has not fully recovered from it. He was doing shooting practice alone. The team had an intense 2 hr practice session and Cahill was a mere spectator there
The Australian team is already facing problems with Harry Kewell who is trying to get fit for the World Cup.
The sight of Cahill – by far Australia’s most prolific scorer in recent years – being unable to join in training just five days from the Socceroos’ opening game is a major concern.
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With 20 goals from 40 appearances, Cahill has scored more than any other member of the Australia squad and famously netted the first World Cup finals goal for Australia four years ago when his two late strikes against Japan secured a memorable 3-1 victory in the opening game.
But while there is now some doubt over Cahill for the opening game in Durban on Sunday, Kewell seems to have won his fitness battle, just as Verbeek predicted all along.
