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Australia never far from the mind

Wednesday, 06 February 08, 04:11 PM

Australia 3, Qatar 0.

That was the score I opened up in a small internet cafe in Osu, Ghana first thing this morning after scrambling out of my hotel.

I was hoping to listen to the game over the internet via a web stream but problems at the hotel forced me out onto the streets of Ghana to try and find an alternative.

And an alternative proved to be hitting refresh for the best part of an hour as I sat in front of a live scorecard of the game on a connection so slow the internet was probably faster when it was invented.

But the visually uninspiring method of "watching" Australia's first World Cup qualifier in the Asian zone took nothing away from the result.

Pim Verbeek has won over the doubters, however I can lay claim to being on his bandwagon from the start.

That Facebook group has almost tripled in size since the end of the game may I add.

While the quality of internet in Ghana is restricting me from finding a way to watch the goals, you can view them in the video section of the FoxSports website.

I'm reliably informed from friends who went to the match that Australia's aerial superiority made the difference, while the scribes covering the match have made it sound like we dominated on the deck as well.

Verbeek's head is firmly on his shoulders however, and with China away next month there will be hopes that our emphatic win away to the world's biggest nation last year can be repeated.

For now, it's time to enjoy a brilliant start from the Australians. The game I was most nervous about before coming to Ghana has been successfully negated.

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