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The Socceroos are half way through their journey towards qualification for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup with their final match vs Saudi Arabia in Melbourne in late February. Australia have already progressed to the final group stage of the Asian zone Qualifying campaign no matter the result of their final match. They will then go into two groups of five teams of which the top two qualify & the two third place teams go into a two leg play off to see who plays the winner of Oceania.
The Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup will be followed by the Australia 2015 AFC Asian Cup. With only months between these two events, this long road or journey should have both in mind when building the squad which can win the AFC Asian Cup on home soil in 2015.
Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
Australia 2 v Thailand 1
Saudi Arabia 1 v Australia 3
Australia 3 Oman 0
Oman 1 Australia 0
Thailand 0 Australia 1
The Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup will be followed by the Australia 2015 AFC Asian Cup. With only months between these two events, this long road or journey should have both in mind when building the squad which can win the AFC Asian Cup on home soil in 2015.
Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying:
Australia 2 v Thailand 1
Saudi Arabia 1 v Australia 3
Australia 3 Oman 0
Oman 1 Australia 0
Thailand 0 Australia 1