European experience against European opponetns

After a year with ups and downs Austria`s Vienna midfielder, Australian James Holland today will make his debut with Australian team on World cup against Chile. 

-          - My season was like roller-coaster, full of upsides and downs, but I have to put everything a side and focus on games in Brazil –said Holland.

      Playing with Austria in Champions League for sure was great experience for “Ausie`s” international. -  It was very good international experience, I expect that can help me a lot on matches at World Cup. 

Socceroo’s are underdogs in a group B with defending champs Spain, then “Oranje” und Chile. - Not too many people expect from us to do the miracle. That take off our shoulders the pressure and we can relax and enjoy the experience that bring the World Cup.

      Australia will face the opponent without the player who has Macedonian origins Sasa Ognenovski. Holland had only good words for central defender. -  He is very good guy, very tough but, and was pleasure to play alongside with him. I`m sorry for him that he didn’t make it to the finals.

Australia starts the campaign tonight with match against Chile.

Anything can happened in World Cup

He has scored more than 20 goals for club and country in last season. US international and Rapid forward, Terrence Boyd is satisfied how the season finished. “Vize-Meister” with Rapid, played in Euroleague and makes it to the US 30 man provisional squad fur WC in Brazil. 

 

 

I’m satisfied how i developed, how i played the ball, im running a lot, and i`ve do progress as a strikers, especially the goals from Europa League were big bots for me. 

    In Rapid you have chance to work with Carsten Jancker, and in US team with Jurgen Klinsmam, both war similar player like you?    - That`s a big plus for me, I’m same type of striker as he, true box player. It’s nice to learn for such a great player, He played on big level, he won the Champions league, and you have to listen what he says, it’s obviously that everything he says it’s true. I`ll try to adapt to it.  I`m pleased to work with Jürgen Klinsman who is also striker; I can learn from him a lot. They (Klinsman & Jancker) give great tips and it’s nice to have such a company around you -said Boyd

Germany born, but you decide to play for USA. There`s special moments when US meets the Elf".

-    - It’s crazy, last year I play in an friendly match against  Germany, and all my friends from school, from neighborhood saw me on TV, and said I know this guy, cos everybody watch the German national team, and they see you it was crazy. 

US team meet Germany, Portugal and Ghana. It’s a tough group.

-   - Yea it’s a tough group, but u can complain against that. It’s the World Cup, the best nations play there, if u won’t to be the best, you have to beat the best, and World Cup anything can happen.

Terrence Boyd was included in provisional 30 man Squad, but unfortunately like Donovan didn’t survive the last cut, and won`t be traveling with Klinsman team in Brazil. US team starts the campaing against Ghana on 16 Juni.