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Australian captain Mile Jedinak said his team-mates will use the lessons from their 2014 World Cup experience as they build towards the 2015 Asian Cup starting with Thursday's (4th September) international against Belgium.

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SOUNDBITE (English) Ange Postecoglou, Australian head coach:

"Time will tell. These are the games we want to play. It's going to be a tough one in Belgium's backyard, so it is a tough assignment, but that's the best way for us to keep developing as a nation. Definitely the World Cup experience has I'm sure helped a lot of the players who went through that. From our perspective we're starting on a new journey now. We've already started that journey, that was before the World Cup and now we're looking for progression and progression is a real good strong performance against a world class nation."

SOUNDBITE (English) Mile Jedinak, Australian captain:
(On the team's development)

"Looking back there was no more daunting challenge then we faced at the World Cup. Moving forward the group needs to know that and whoever we come up against in the future starting with Belgium, the intimidation and the fear factor has to be out the window. We've showed that we can play our game and impose ourselves on top quality opposition. It won't be any different moving forward."