Jedinak, Kruse, Juric out of Roos qualifiers

                                                       Nathan Burns

SOCCEROOS skipper Mile Jedinak will miss Australia’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Bangladesh and Tajikistan

Jedinak suffered a hamstring injury in the Capital One Cup for Crystal Palace during the week, and won’t be fit to travel to Perth in time for Tuesday night’s fixture, while Ange Postecoglou has also ruled out attacking players Tomi Juric and Robbie Kruse.

Lazio’s Chris Ikonomidis, FC Heidenheim’s Ben Halloran and Brisbane Roar midfielder Luke Brattan will replace the trio.

Juric and Kruse have not suffered fresh injuries, but given they are making strides having just returned from injury struggles, it’s been decided to let them continue to build their fitness at their clubs.

“Mile picked up a hamstring injury that will keep him out for a short period of time so he won’t be making the trip for the games against Bangladesh and Tajikistan,” Postecoglou said. “Tomi (Juric) and Robbie (Kruse) have had recent injuries and after speaking to our medical staff we believe they are better served staying with their clubs to regain match fitness and not undertake the travel so they are available for matches in the next window.

“It gives Chris, Ben and Luke Brattan a great opportunity to come into the group and impress.

“The Players will start arriving into Perth on Sunday night as we prepare for two important matches during this stage of World Cup Qualification.”

   GOALKEEPERS

Alex Cisak (Leyton Orient FC, England), Adam Federici (Bournemouth, England), Mat Ryan (Valencia CF, Spain)

DEFENDERS

Aziz Behich (Bursaspor, Turkey), Jason Davidson (Huddersfield Town AFC, England), Tarek Elrich (Adelaide United FC), Ryan McGowan (Dundee United, Scotland), Matthew Spiranovic (Hangzhou Greentown FC, China), Alex Wilkinson (Jeonbuk Hyundai FC, Korea Republic), Bailey Wright (Preston North End FC, England)

MIDFIELD

Jackson Irvine (Ross County, Scotland), Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers FC, England), Matt McKay (Brisbane Roar), Mark Milligan (Baniyas SC, UAE), Aaron Mooy (Melbourne City FC), Tom Rogic (Celtic FC, Scotland), Luke Brattan (Brisbane Roar)

FORWARDS

Nathan Burns (FC Tokyo, Japan), Tim Cahill (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C., China), Mathew Leckie (FC Ingolstadt 04, Germany), Tommy Oar (unattached), Ben Halloran (FC Heidenheim, Germany), Chris Ikonomidis (Lazio, Italy)