SOCCEROO Vinnie Grella is relishing the prospect of taking on the Dutch as a warm up for their World Cup qualifier against Uzbekistan.
Speaking after two sessions of training on Tuesday in Mierlo, Grella said he was looking forward to the game against Holland on Saturday night.
"I don't think we could have picked a much better friendly game to lead into the World Cup Qualifier," Grella said.
"It's going to be a very hard test, but I think the boys are preparing well and everyone's looking forward to both matches."
Grella said that the result against the Netherlands is immaterial in his view.
"While there's no such thing as a friendly in football, it is a warm-up game for us and for them and it gives us a chance to work at what we need to do the business on the field against Uzbekistan.
"The qualifier won't be easy, but the most important thing is preparing well as we want to get as many points as we can early in this round of qualifiers.
"We have eight games to go to get to the World Cup, and we're going all out for it."
"I don't think we could have picked a much better friendly game to lead into the World Cup Qualifier," Grella said.
"It's going to be a very hard test, but I think the boys are preparing well and everyone's looking forward to both matches."
Grella said that the result against the Netherlands is immaterial in his view.
"While there's no such thing as a friendly in football, it is a warm-up game for us and for them and it gives us a chance to work at what we need to do the business on the field against Uzbekistan.
"The qualifier won't be easy, but the most important thing is preparing well as we want to get as many points as we can early in this round of qualifiers.
"We have eight games to go to get to the World Cup, and we're going all out for it."
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