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Cahill on the mend
MELBOURNE: Everton midfielder Tim Cahill has fully recovered from a knee injury and is clear to play in Australia's World Cup campaign, team officials said yesterday.
Cahill, 26, suffered ligament damage in a collision with Birmingham City's Damien Johnson in a Premier League match on April 22 and has not played competitively since.
He missed Australia's 1-0 win over Greece in a friendly on Thursday but is expected to reach full match fitness for the Socceroos' friendly against Holland in Rotterdam on June 4.
“Timmy is fine. He trained yesterday with the group that didn't play against Greece,” Australia's assistant coach Graham Arnold told reporters.
“He'll train fully as soon as we get to Holland.”
Australia's other major injury headache involves Liverpool's Harry Kewell, the only member of Guus Hiddink's 23-man squad not in Melbourne this week.
Kewell was allowed to continue his recovery in England from a groin strain picked up in the FA Cup final.
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