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No single player can replace injured Socceroo Martin Boyle, according to Socceroos great and analyst Craig Foster, who has called on every player in the squad to help fill the void. 

Foster had earlier predicted the speed of Boyle to be a major threat against France, hoping the Socceroos star would be able to seize upon a slow transition and get behind the French defensive line in counter-attacking raids.

Now that Boyle has officially been ruled out, Foster says the responsibility will fall on all the attacking players to pile the pressure on France - and insists coach Graham Arnold can't fall into the trap of playing too defensively.

The former Socceroo warned against the defensive approach of 2010 that saw Australia belted 4-0 by Germany and said an attacking mindset would be essential - even without the speed of Boyle. 

'There's plenty of attacking talent,' he said.

'You've got Mitch Duke who can play on the wings or upfront, you've Awer Mabil who plays there, you've got a range of options.

'Every player is going to be called upon.

'We know what Garang Kuol is capable of and I very much eagerly anticipating seeing his intervention in one, if not all games, coming off the bench.

'He has proven himself a burgeoning superstar.

'So there are various options open to Graham Arnold, the real question is how is he going to approach that game?

'But I think pretty much all of Australia, certainly all of the Australian football community don't want to see a repeat of the approach in 2010 against Germany which was a very defensive, cautious approach.