PRESSURE is mounting on Socceroo boss Holger Osieck to give special dispensation for first choice utility Brett Emerton to miss a World Cup warm-up match so he can go head-to-head with Melbourne Victory's Harry Kewell in the A-League seasonal opener on October 8.

Emerton finished his first training session with his new teammates at Sydney yesterday and said he would like to make his debut against his international colleague.

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But he said that whatever Osieck decided would be OK and he was lucky it wasn't his decision. The Socceroos play Malaysia in Canberra in a World Cup warm-up on October 7 before facing Oman in Sydney on October 11 in a qualifier for Brazil 2014.

''I'd love to play in the game against Melbourne Victory. It's going to be a huge match with myself and Harry both coming home and, of course, I'd like to make my debut on that night.