Australian striker: I haven t beat Japan for a long time and we have created some history and have three points to play Saudi Arabia

June 7th Australian striker Brandon Borrelo emphasized that the team will aim to win and strive to score three points in the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. If they can avoid a five-goal defeat, they will automatically advance to the World Cup.

Borrelo talked about the team's 1-0 victory over Japan in a media interview on Friday morning, and praised the team's determination and perseverance: "When we headed to Saudi Arabia, everything was as usual. We haven't achieved anything yet, our goal was to advance to the World Cup. Today we had a resume training and tomorrow we will fly to Saudi Arabia to complete the mission. The head coach told us that the critical moment in the game determines the outcome. We won and celebrated at that moment, but then immediately returned to reality, we had to go to Saudi Arabia and get a good result, regardless of whether the opponent needs to win five goals, which is not the focus of our attention. I think we will go to win anyway. It's obviously a very intense game, but we're ready for the challenge."

" To be honest, although it may sound a bit arrogant, our pre-match plan is to beat Japan. This is what we discuss and the language we use , we want to win. Last night, we made a little history. Had not beat Japan for a long time, and we knew it would happen. The head coach said that if we had half of our confidence in ourselves, we could win, so we did. "

" The way we play embodies the true Australian spirit. Especially as a forward, you have to like running without the ball like you like possessing the ball. Winning a game like a 3-0 win is as satisfying as everyone is going to be. Everyone goes all out, and this is the culture we are working on building. Other teams will find it hard to beat us. It is good if we advanced three games before, but I don't think how to advance is so important, as long as we can advance. That's football, sometimes it's the result. Our results may get us to advance earlier or later, but it's just our path. We'll take every game as a new beginning, and no matter what the result is, we will celebrate as a team."