The Socceroos have been given a rare day off before their crucial match with World Cup favourite's Brazil on Monday morning eastern time.
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14 Jun 2006 - 12:00 AM  UPDATED 22 Aug 2013 - 12:18 PM

The Socceroos have no injury concerns, but possible suspensions from yellow cards will now come into play.

Vince Grella, John Aloisi, Craig Moore and two-goal hero Tim Cahill all picked up cards in the match against Japan.

A second yellow card in the group stage earns the player an automatic one-match ban and coach Guus Hiddink says this will affect his selection of players to meet Brazil.

“I'm proud of them, our first victory in a World Cup. One of the negative aspects of yesterday's game was that we have some silly yellow cards which we talked about before the game, so there is a little bit of criticism from my side. I will think about if everyone can play in that game. John Aloisi's card was not a yellow card, it was bad judging from the referee. But other ones I thought were stupid. I have to think strongly if I can use all the players against Brazil,” said Hiddink.