MARK Bresciano and Mark Milligan have all but been ruled out of the Socceroos’ final World Cup fixture on Tuesday, likely to join Tim Cahill on the sidelines against Spain.

Bresciano’s hip flexor is still troubling him, a referred injury from his pre-tournament back problems, while Milligan’s hamstring has already forced him to miss the defeat to Holland earlier this week.

Coach Ange Postecoglou said he would give them one more training session to test their recovery, but conceded that his team was likely to have “probably 150 caps missing, so we are going to be pretty young.”

Matt McKay seems certain to keep his place as Milligan’s replacement against the Dutch, but Postecoglou said he would mull several options to take on Bresciano’s playmaking duties — including Oliver Bozanic, who successfully came off the bench.

media_camera Chile's Alexis Sanchez, centre, runs between Australia's Mark Milligan, left, and Mark Bresciano.

“They’re all obviously still a bit sore from the last game, but actually better than post the Chile game,” Postecoglou said.

“The fact there wasn’t the humidity means they have bounced back better.

“We expect to have all on board, except Timmy is out and this stage it’s doubtful that Bresh and Millsy will get up.

“They had a bit of a run today and they’ll test it out tomorrow but if I had to make a call I reckon it’s unlikely both will start.

“We will have a look at it. Obviously if Bresh is out as well and with Timmy out we have to make a couple of changes.

“We have a fair few options in the group how we set up the front third, so we’ll look at training.

“We had a bit of a look at Spain and we will have another one tomorrow. I’ll make decision tomorrow.”

Cahill’s two yellow cards mean he has played his last World Cup tie for Australia, and Postecoglou must choose whether to move the irrepressible Mathew Leckie from his highly effective right-wing role into the striking position, or replace Cahill directly with Adam Taggart.

“He is an option,” Postecoglou said of the A-League’s most recent Golden Boot winner. “We need to find out [if he is suited to international football] at some point.

“We have played Leckie through there as well and at some point the likes of [Ben] Halloran and even [Dario] Vidosic and [James] Troisi are capable of playing in different areas in the front half.”

Postecoglou also confirmed that Mathew Ryan would keep his place in goal, despite the blunder that handed Holland victory in the second game.