This is Australia's third World Cup, the second in succession. If 1974 was a novelty, 2006 proved they took it seriously. Among bitter locals, the pain of losing to 10-man Italy in the round of 16 still rankles.
How Australia Qualified in World Cup 2010
It was a far cry from the emotional penalty shootout victory over Uruguay in 2005, when Australia became the last nation on the planet to book its place at football’s showpiece event. That night will largely remain a blur for most Australia fans and is a stark contrast to the clinical manner in which Pim Verbeek has steered the Socceroos through their first Asian qualification path. They came through two groups, with Iraq and China headlining the first and Japan the second. They topped both of them and lost just one out of their fourteen matches, conceding only four times.
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