- Both teams face three-day turnaround before last-16 game
- ‘We’re not robots, we need to recover,’ says Miloš Degenek
Australia and Argentina have criticised Fifa for scheduling their last-16 match only three days after their final World Cup group games, saying the short turnaround treats players like “robots”.
The Socceroos defeated Denmark on Wednesday night and now face a high-profile knockout clash with Lionel Messi and Argentina on Saturday at 10pm local time.