Australia needed two late goals to beat minnows Liechtenstein 3-1 in their final World Cup warm-up game tonight.
The Socceroos fell behind after eight minutes in Ulm when Blackburn defender Lucas Neill misdirected a clearing header and only succeeded in putting it past his own goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac.
Mile Sterjovski equalised 12 minutes later but it took the Aussies until 15 minutes from full-time to confirm their superiority when substitute Josh Kennedy headed home.
Former Coventry and Portsmouth striker John Aloisi made it 3-1 after 82 minutes by tapping in from close range.
Liverpool winger Harry Kewell played the first hour in a bid to prove his fitness ahead of the Aussies' first World Cup group F encounter against Japan on Monday.
