Manajan ƙungiyar Australia Tony Popovic ya bayyana a sarari cewa murmurewa — ta jikin da ta rai — ita ce ainihin fifiko ga ƙungiyarsa bayan sun ci Türkiye da 2-0 ranar Asabar, ko da kuwa fuskantar co-host United States tana gaban hanya.

Socceroos sun baiwa Türkiye wasa mai ƙarfi don kawar da su daga gasar kuma sun ci gaba a cikin gasar, amma Popovic ya san aikin wuya bai ƙare ba. United States na wakiltar ƙalubale mai tsanani na gaba, kuma manajan Australiya ya riga ya fara mai da hankalinsa zuwa wancan wasan.

Popovic ya yarda da wahalar da wasan da Türkiye ya jawo wa 'yan wasan sa, yana jaddada cewa dole ne a ba ƙungiyar lokaci da goyon baya don su sāke ɗaukar ƙarfi kafin su mai da hankali gaba ɗaya kan ƙaramar USMNT. Nauyin motsin rai na wasan knockout mai muhimmanci, tare da buƙatun jiki na wasan, yana nufin cewa Australia za ta buƙaci kasancewa cikin mafi kyawun yanayi don fafata da co-hosts a ƙasarsu.