South Korea insist they don't need to worry about the Socceroos' height and physical presence as they expect their speed to prove too hot for Australia to handle in their Asian Cup quarter-final.
Centre-back Harry Souttar, who is more than two metres tall, headlines the big men marshalling the Socceroos, and is a threat at both ends of the pitch.
Cam Burgess (194cm) midfielder Jackson Irvine (189cm) and striker Mitch Duke (186cm) are among the other aerial threats ofr Australia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Doha on Friday evening (Saturday 2.30am AEDT).
But striker Cho Gue-sung, who himself stands at a respectable 189cm, insisted it wouldn't faze South Korea, whose stars Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in are capable of causing plenty of headaches with their speed.
"Australia are a very solid team. They're a very strong team. Very solid in defence," Cho said.
"They're very physical, they're strong, they're big. But we have our strengths.
"There's no pressure on us. We have plenty of quality going forward, we have speed up front. We have very quick players that can utilise the strength of myself and the others in the team.
"So for us, it's about how we play to maximise our strengths against a good Australian side.
Coach Jurgen Klinsmann added: "Hopefully, we can create chances against Australia and utilise them at the same time.
"We have to be very awake for their counter-attacks.
"They are very dangerous in that area, they are very dangerous at set pieces as we saw throughout the tournament, but also in their previous games over the last year too.
"We have a lot of respect for Australia but we have also our strengths in which we believe and, hopefully, we can play to our strengths."
For their part, the Socceroos are determined not to get caught out by quick, through-balls and counter-attacks, promising plenty of pressing and physicality.
"It's also about the pressure that we put on the players that play the ball and play those balls in behind," coach Graham Arnold.
"That's our intent - to be in their faces for 90 minutes and put pressure on.
"Obviously, one of their strengths is their technique and to take away the technical side of things and again, the way we're doing that is pressuring them."
The winners will face either Tajikistan or Jordan, who meet earlier on Friday.
