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STILL only 25, James Troisi is ready to grab his Socceroos second coming with both hands.
In 2011-12 when he was taking Turkey by storm with Kayserispor, Troisi appeared to be cementing himself as a national team regular.
But for reasons unknown to him, calls eventually stopped coming from Australia's then coach Holger Osieck.
Then, having secured a dream move to Italian giant Juventus, he was sent to fellow Serie A club Atalanta, where the games also dried up.
But after a stunning A-League season for Melbourne Victory in which he scored 15 goals from 35 games and 2741 minutes — all career-high totals — Troisi is back in green and gold.
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Ange Postecoglou, who implored Troisi to come to Victory on loan after playing just eight games in 2012-13 for Atalanta, has brought the South Australian in from the cold.
"Yeah, I was young, but every time I came in to (Socceroos) camp I tried to do the best I could," Troisi said.
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"As a player It is a privilege to play for your national team and I don't take that for granted.
"If you're not playing regularly at your club, then I understand you shouldn't be getting called up for your national team, so first and foremost for me it has always been about my club football and if I'm doing well there then hopefully I'm getting the call.
Melbourne Victory's James Troisi earnt a place in Ange's 30-man squad. Source: News Corp Australia
"So that's why I was pretty disappointed with the previous two coaches because I was playing some good football in some good leagues and not getting acknowledged, really, for whatever reason.
"But hopefully I've turned the page and at the moment it seems to be working out pretty good for me.
"I'm excited. For me, I believe in the ability I have and, coming off the season I've had, I'm just going to keep trying to continue that form."
Troisi, who spent four years at English club Newcastle United from the age of 14, has nine Socceroos caps.
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He made five of those appearances in 2011 and his last game came in February 2012 when he started against Saudi Arabia at AAMI Park.
Things have changed dramatically in the national team since then, so much so that Troisi will not know many of his teammates on day one of the camp in Gosford on Thursday.
With no player named in the provisional 30-man squad guaranteed to survive the final cut, Troisi insisted the hard work was just beginning.
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Should he make it to Brazil, the attacking midfielder will join the likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Arjen Robben in wearing the Adidas "Battle Pack" World Cup boots, which were launched around the world on Tuesday.
"Every player wants to play for their country at the highest level," Troisi said.
"It's going to be a fantastic World Cup and we're playing against some of the best players in the world,'' Troisi said.
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"Obviously it's going to be very difficult, we have to be realistic and we have to respect our opposition, but we also need to go out there and show what we can do.
"It's a new era and it's time for players like myself and younger players coming through to step up and show the ability that we have."
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