Australia's van Marwijk cautious despite warm-up win


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup - Australia Training - Antalya, Turkey - May 29, 2018 Australia coach Bert van Marwijk during training REUTERS/Murad Sezer

(Reuters) - The World Cup-bound Socceroos were thrashed 4-1 by Norway in Bert van Marwijk's first game in charge just two months ago so it was no great surprise that he was not about to get carried away by their 4-0 win over the Czech Republic on Friday.

A brace from Mathew Leckie, a fine individual goal from Andrew Nabbout and an own goal gave Australia their biggest win in two years but the Dutch coach was far more concerned about how they had defended in St Poelten.

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