Jordan Bos’ elation at scoring his first objective for the Socceroos has been tempered by nationwide coach Graham Arnold admitting Australia has a “lot” to enhance on to have any likelihood of profitable the Asian Cup.
The Socceroos’ opened their Cup marketing campaign in Qatar with a 2-0 win over India, and whereas securing three factors was the last word goal, the Australians struggled for giant intervals of the sport to interrupt down their dogged and resolute rivals.
It took 50 minutes for the Socceroos to take the lead, by Jackson Irvine, earlier than former Melbourne City prodigy Bos scored along with his first contact of the sport 23 minutes later after approaching as an alternative.
“It was amazing,” 21-year-old Bos instructed beIN Sports.
“It was my first Socceroos goal. I was hoping for the opportunity to get on and it just fell to me first touch so I couldn’t have asked for a better start.
“Second half we got the goals we deserved.”
However, Arnold anticipated extra from his facet, significantly within the first half when the Socceroos had been sluggish in assault regardless of dominating possession.
“I can honestly say that we’ve got to improve a lot more than that,” Arnold mentioned.
“One disappointment was our set pieces because we work quite a lot on them, and we’re very strong with set pieces but you’ve got to give credit to India for the way they set up themselves for those set pieces.
“That’s something we need to improve on and we will.”
Arnold preached endurance at half-time and admitted his group was maybe too “excited” earlier than the match in anticipation of the beginning of the event.
“There was a little bit of excitement and impatience. We’d been waiting for the last 10 days to get preparations right,” he mentioned.
“The messaging at half-time from me was just be patient and it will come.
“That’s one game down, (and) another six to go.
“We’re here to win the Asian Cup and you have to reach for the stars, you have to have high expectations and put those expectations on the boys and get them to believe in what we can do.”
Bos was assured that the Socceroos – who return to Group B motion on Thursday evening (AEDT) in opposition to Syria at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium – might go “all the way”.
“We’ve got the quality and the boys to do it,” mentioned Bos, who’s now based mostly in Belgium the place he performs his membership soccer for Westerlo.
“We just have to score more goals – get it in the back of the net.”
Originally printed as Socceroos coach Graham Arnold delivers his group a sobering message after Asian Cup win over India
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
