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Australian defender Milos Degenek has joined a queue of critics blasting FIFA for their cramped World Cup scheduling.
The Socceroos next meet Argentina in a round of 16 encounter on Saturday night (6am, AEDT Sunday), just two days after their last game.
Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has described the scheduling as 'madness' and Degenek agrees.
'It's something that FIFA need to consider, that we are not robots, we are humans,' Degenek said.
'And that we do need to recover and we can't just play day after day.
Socceroos defender Milos Degenek has joined a queue of critics blasting FIFA for their cramped World Cup scheduling in Qatar
Argentina - and superstar Lionel Messi - await next for Australia on Sunday (6am, AEDT), with both nations backing up from matches on Thursday in the Middle East
'We need a break as well.'
The short turnaround is compounded by the Doha heat, with temperatures at game-time
