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HARRY Kewell is fired up for the an all-out attack against Qatar - but is prepared to be pulled back into line by coach Pim Verbeek.
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“You ask any player and their first initiative is to attack; we love to attack,” he said
“Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to have about 20 chances and score 20 goals, but it’s not the case and that’s why they don’t put people like me in charge.
“They put a good manager in place and he has to look at the other situations; he’s got a good team behind him and they are sitting down; day in, day out and trying to work out the best tactics to go across to Doha with.
“We haven’t discussed formation, discussed tactics yet. We’ve been working on a few things, but everything’s still out in the open."
Kewell is once again hoping to last the full 90 in the crippling heat of the Middle East despite wilting late in the game against Iraq last weekend.
But he insisted he had pulled up well in the aftermath and was ready for an onslaught against Qatar.
“I’m okay; I feel alright," he said. “I was hoping to play 90 the other day, but with the heat you can’t physically play 90 in that.
"The manager knows the right time to take people off and put them on.”
The Socceroos are hoping all the preparation work in Dubai will serve them well in Doha.
“I was told that the weather was a little bit cooler yesterday and I did wonder why we were running around a lot more," he joked.
"The boys looked really sharp yesterday, which is fantastic. Doha is a little bit hotter than here, but we’ve had enough time here now.
"I don’t think the weather will play a major thing; it will be there, but we are not going to make any excuses.”
He added: “I didn’t play them the first time we played them, so I am not sure what to expect.
"I’m sure they will come out; they’re a good team; they’ve got a few of their players back now, who will cause us some problems. But we’ve got players that can cause them problems as well.
“It’s going to be an interesting game.”
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