To see the Harry Kewell hitting back at the press at training overnight...  

Even a draw against the powerful African side will almost certainly condemn the Socceroos to a first round exit, following their 4-0 loss to Germany in their opening group game, while another defeat certainly well.

And with Tim Cahill suspended, following his red card in the opening match, Australia are crying out for a proven goalscorer.

If they do not find a way to score goals in their final two group games against Ghana and Serbia, then the 2010 team will have no chance of matching the heroics of four years ago when the 2006 Socceroos became the first Australian team to make it to the knockout stages of the World Cup.

Kewell, who surprisingly stayed on the bench throughout the entire German game despite saying in the lead up to the match that he was fully recovered from his recent groin injury, is the logical replacement for Cahill; according to Chipperfield.

"I'd like to see Harry back (in the team) but it's up to the manager (Pim Verbeek)," Chipperfield said. "Harry looks sharp at training and he looks good.

"But obviously it's different in a game to training so it would have been nice to see him get 20 or 30 minutes (of game time against Germany).

"We need something at the moment, we are not looking too dangerous going forward so we need something to spark us."

Chipperfield, Australia's veteran left-back, admitted the defence had a tough time of it against Germany as it buckled under the pressure of the Germans' midfield dominance.

"We just couldn't control their midfield and they just had too much time and space to play balls in behind (our defence) which was obviously disappointing," he said.

Australia reached the World Cup Finals mainly on the back of their defence after conceding just four goals in 14 Asian qualifiers, and while they scored 19 goals in those matches, 10 of them came against Qatar in just three matches.

Although the Socceroos desperately need to come up with some potency against Ghana to avoid making an early exit from SA2010, Chipperfield said the team cannot afford to change its playing style too dramatically too quickly by opting for all-out attack.

"We will go out there to win but we won't go crazy (in terms of being too attacking)," he said. "We know we have to defend well and then see if we can get a goal.

"But we know it's not going to be easy because Ghana (which beat Serbia 1-0 in its first match) is a quick, athletic team and they are very fast and very strong and they run well for 90 minutes."

To see the Harry Kewell hitting back at the press at training overnight...