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A DEFIANT Lucas Neill appears to have won over new Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou and looks set to start in tomorrow's friendly against Costa Rica, although an announcement on the captaincy won't be made until Monday afternoon.
And Borussia Dortmund keeper Mitch Langerak will have first crack at nailing down the no.1 keeper's spot post Mark Schwarzer, ahead of Club Brugge's Mat Ryan.
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Coach Ange Postecoglou will ditch the no number 9 (central striker) system he favoured at Melbourne Victory, returning to a more traditional 4-2-3-1 formation for his Australian debut.
Postecoglou played three different teams and gave every outfield player a run in his first XI during a high intensity session yesterday at WIN Jubilee Oval in Kogarah.
But his first side _ presumably the one he's leaning towards _ had Neill paired up with Middlesbrough's Rhys Williams in defence with Brisbane Roar's Ivan Franjic and Heracles Almelo's Jason Davidson at right and left-back respectively.
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Germany-based striker Matthew Leckie was up front with Mark Bresciano in the no.10 position with Mile Jedinak and Mark Milligan the screening midfielders.
His second formation saw Tommy Oar replace Dario Vidosic on the left wing, Tom Rogic swap with Bresciano and Leckie making way for Tim Cahill.
Speaking prior to training Milligan, who spent 18 months under Postecoglou at Melbourne Victory, told fans to expect changes on Tuesday night.
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"I think we're going to play a different formation from Victory," Milligan said.
"We want to create a situation where the fans want to come out and watch us again and make sure that when we are at home we're playing in front of big crowds and we're entertaining.
"In terms of training drills, of course there are some similarities, but it's a totally different ball game coming into the national team.
"As players we have to adapt to that and it's the same with Ange coming from Melbourne to the national level. He's dealing with different sorts of players, not dealing with them every day but only every couple of months.
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"The players are very experienced, compared with a very young side at Victory, and he's a very good man manager to understand the different places players have come from in their careers, and what they need to get the best out of them."
Costa Rica's profile in Australia belies its quality. Having already qualified for next year's World Cup, they're ranked 31st in the world, 26 spots above Australia according to FIFA.
But while Postecoglou will be experimenting in his first game since replacing Holger Osieck, Milligan said he is expecting a win.
Lucas Neill and coach Ange Postecoglou at Socceroos training. Source: No Source
"The general message has been we need to create a great sporting moment every time that we go onto the field," he said.
"It's not only important we have a good performance on Tuesday but we need to get a result, there's only limited games going into the World Cup."
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