Maglie Calcio Serbia
Socceroos star Thomas Deng has offered a brutally honest assessment of how he'd try to handle French superstar Kylian Mbappé if he gets the chance to mark him during Australia's first game at the Qatar World Cup.
Asked if could match Mbappé stride for stride, the one-time Melbourne Victory player could do nothing but smile.
Deng conceded its 'going be a tough game playing the defending champions' before adding his teammates 'have full confidence in ourselves' and that 'anything is possible'.
Mbappe - who earns a reported $1.1million a week with PSG and has been valued at a jaw-dropping $246million - isn't the only giant of the sport Australia will have to contain.
Striker Karim Benzema is a proven performer and young gun Aurélien Tchouameni is another tipped to stand out in Qatar.
Fellow Aussie battler Mitch Duke is convinced Graham Arnold's team can shock their more illustrious opponents.
Kick-off against heavyweights France is on November 23 is 6am, with further matches versus Tunisia and Denmark.