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The Australian selector recently said that his goal in Rio is to win gold. With the Americans on the tour it seems like utopia. However, surely Opaals's team have everything they need to make it at least to the finals, quality-wise. They could even threaten the USA. Recently in New York they were at the advantage compared to the Americans for the bigger part of the match. They beat the solid Canada and France on that tournament. By half time they were leading +15 against Canada and +17 against France. A good part of the summer Australia weren't complete without their WNBA players, but since they've come together, everything was set straight. A few days ago before the start of the Games they beat Serbia 72-50. Yesterday they opened up the tournament by beating home Brazil. There was a lot of nervousness at the start, they lost the first half, but in the second everything was set right, they won that part with +22, a total of around 20 points of difference. Turkey showed a lot of weaknesses against France, they were weakened due to the absence of their captain and main playmaker Dumerc. Turkey are offensively very limited, in the second and fourth quarter they recorded a total of seven points. Two years ago at a World Championship in Turkey, Australia won with 74-44 in a game for the bronze medal (half-time +19 for Australia). The rosters are almost identical today, but it's important to point out that Australia are stronger for their best player, center Cambage, who yesterday dominated the strong Brazilian centers, not even the Americans could hold her back. Turkey recently lost twice to Serbia, thrice to France this summer, and complete Australia beat those teams with no problems. The aggressive game and great transition is what will cause most problems for Turkey. The big difference here is in the offensive quality and the width of the roster, and because of that I expect Australia to win. Turkey are too static and can't rely on their back shot.