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July 7 (Reuters) - Australia will play a friendlies against the Netherlands and South Africa as part of their preparations for the next round of 2010 World Cup qualifiers.
The Socceroos will play 2010 hosts South Africa in London on Aug. 19 and take on the Dutch in Eindhoven on Sept 6, four days before their tricky opening fourth round match away to in-form Uzbekistan.
"Coach Pim Verbeek sees these two international matches as important opportunities to get the squad together and to work with the players in a match environment," FFA chief executive Ben Buckley said in a statement.
