Socceroos won't underestimate Japan's World Cup threat

Defender Milos Degenek wants the Socceroos to take control of its own World Cup destiny in its big upcoming match against Japan. Vision courtesy: AAP

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00:00I think the World Cup now has 12 teams more at the World Cup, 12 countries more.

00:04I think if I'm not wrong, correct me if I'm wrong.

00:07So it's a different process and now that there's more countries at the World Cup,

00:13if you don't qualify through this group stage, there's another group stage.

00:17And you get through that group stage, there's another playoff game.

00:19So there's another almost a year of football if you don't qualify directly.

00:23So hopefully we'll do the job on Thursday and hopefully Bahrain can do a job for us as well.

00:30But in the end, it's not about them.

00:32It's about we do our job on Thursday.

00:35We win.

00:36Hopefully go to Saudi and win there as well and be, I guess, happy that we're going to the World Cup.

00:42But hopefully my third in a row.