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| Lisa de Vanna celebrates her goal against Korea Republic as Australia make it two wins out of two. |
HO CHI MINH CITY - Australia coach Tom Sermanni insisted his side will not change their approach despite only needing a point against Japan in their final Group B game to seal a place in the semi-finals of the AFC Women's Asian Cup.
A 2-0 victory over Korea Republic, their second success of the tournament, leaves the Matildas top of Group B with a perfect record and three points ahead of Monday's opponents.
As a result, Australia need just a draw at Thong Nat Stadium against the East Asian Football Federation Champions but Sermanni insisted he would not be adopting a more cautious attitude towards the game as a result.
"We're not a team that's adept at playing for a draw because we've never really gone out in the last couple of years to play for a draw," he said.
"If you play against a team like Japan and allow them to dominate possession too much in these conditions, then you're going to give up chances.
"Japan rested a lot of players against Chinese Taipei and they'll be a bit fresher than us on Monday so I need to seriously think about team selection and tactics, but playing for a draw I think would be a very dangerous decision."
After losing their opening game 3-1 to Korea Republic, Japan bounced back in emphatic fashion with an 11-0 drubbing of Chinese Taipei on Saturday.
Coach Norio Sasaki fielded two very different line-ups in both games as he builds towards the Olympics in Beijing and admitted he has not decided on his starting XI for a game Japan must win to progress to the last four.
"I will maybe use a mixture of the two teams against Australia, although it depends on the condition of the players," he said.
"Since the start of the training camp in Japan we built two teams, one for the first match and one for the last game but we failed in the first match against Korea.
"But the win over Chinese Taipei gave us a lot of confidence so we can go on to face Australia team in high spirits."
Sasaki deployed Rumi Utsugi as a defensive midfielder against Chinese Taipei and revealed he could repeat the experiment against the Aussies after she scored twice against Group B's bottom side.
"I have been thinking about using Utsugi as a defensive midfielder ever since we started the training camps because she has a good range of passing, which she showed against Chinese Taipei," he added.
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