<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Australia coach Graham Arnold said Tuesday he wants "revenge" over Lionel Messi's Argentina when his side meet the world champions in a Beijing friendly next week.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Messi terrorised the Socceroos and scored a sublime goal in a 2-1 win in the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, before going on to lift the trophy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But Arnold's unfancied team gave Argentina a scare and the Australia coach said they will be taking the match on June 15 in the Chinese capital seriously, even if it is a friendly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I am getting goosebumps now that we can play the world champions so soon after the World Cup and get revenge," Arnold said, as he named a young squad missing numerous established players through injury, including Celtic's Aaron Mooy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Conditions will be humid and warm, but younger players have that energy and will run all day and fight."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He added: "It is a fantastic opportunity for all of us to go out there and give it everything we've got -- the boys will have energy galore and I can't wait."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among those called up were 19-year-old Parma defender Alessandro Circati, who has represented Italy at youth level.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arnold, who surpassed expectations in guiding Australia to the knockout rounds in Qatar, said that he already has one eye on qualification for the 2026 World Cup.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I don't feel there's any better way to test them out than against the world champions," he said of his youthful 23-man squad. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>