Australia eye triumphant conclusion to longest campaign

Football Soccer - 2018 World Cup Qualifiers - Australia Training - Sydney, Australia - November 13, 2017. Australian national soccer team coach Ange Postecoglou talks to an assistant during a training session ahead of their World Cup playoff against Honduras. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia have crisscrossed the globe for more than two years in their quest for a World Cup berth and, while that path has not always run smooth, they will be confident of a triumphant conclusion on Wednesday.

A campaign that began in Kyrgyzstan in June 2015 will come to an end on Wednesday in match number 22 when they face Honduras in the second leg of the intercontinental playoff having secured a 0-0 draw in San Pedro Sula last week.