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Sydney FC marquee Juninho is set to line up against Melbourne Victory after taking part in the club's first post-Newcastle Jets match training session.
Juninho banged his right shoulder during Sydney FC's 1-0 away win at EnergyAustralia Stadium in Round 11 of the Hyundai A-League 2007/08 Season, with John Kosmina taking the precaution of substituting the FIFA World Cup winner at half time in Newcastle.
"Given the pain he was in on Saturday night I thought he might have found it tough but he wanted to train and he was fine. Certainly in the closed stuff, the tight and small-sided games, there is a lot of body contact and he got through that fine," said Kosmina.
Sydney FC has no suspension concerns for Saturday's game at Telstra Dome - Football Federation Australia has confirmed that Ufuk Talay is free to play having accrued only three cards this term - but Melbourne Victory will be without three defenders through bans - Joseph Keenan, Steve Pantelidis and Rodrigo Vargas.
Kosmina, though, is expecting nothing less than a tough match as Sydney FC goes in search of its third straight success since he became the club's coach.
"Sometimes things like that work actually in reverse for a club, they fire people up and they become a lot more focused because they know it's going to be a bit more difficult. Also there's a psychological feeling with the opposition team. We've got to go there as if their best team is going to be on the park," said Kosmina.
Sydney FC marquee Juninho is set to line up against Melbourne Victory after taking part in the club's first post-Newcastle Jets match training session.
Juninho banged his right shoulder during Sydney FC's 1-0 away win at EnergyAustralia Stadium in Round 11 of the Hyundai A-League 2007/08 Season, with John Kosmina taking the precaution of substituting the FIFA World Cup winner at half time in Newcastle.
"Given the pain he was in on Saturday night I thought he might have found it tough but he wanted to train and he was fine. Certainly in the closed stuff, the tight and small-sided games, there is a lot of body contact and he got through that fine," said Kosmina.
Sydney FC has no suspension concerns for Saturday's game at Telstra Dome - Football Federation Australia has confirmed that Ufuk Talay is free to play having accrued only three cards this term - but Melbourne Victory will be without three defenders through bans - Joseph Keenan, Steve Pantelidis and Rodrigo Vargas.
Kosmina, though, is expecting nothing less than a tough match as Sydney FC goes in search of its third straight success since he became the club's coach.
"Sometimes things like that work actually in reverse for a club, they fire people up and they become a lot more focused because they know it's going to be a bit more difficult. Also there's a psychological feeling with the opposition team. We've got to go there as if their best team is going to be on the park," said Kosmina.
Source: http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=hal_newsdisplay&id=20066