Van Marwijk’s first match with the national team was a horrific one, falling 4-1 to Norway in Oslo.

Australia has less than three months until their tournament kicks off in Kazan against France.

The Dutch boss used a new formation and trialled several new players against the Norwegians, but it was lacklustre performance against a team that hasn’t qualified for a World Cup in 20 years.

“I learned a lot with this game, that we are not ready yet,” van Marwijk said.

“But I already knew that before. It’s good when you lose, we deserved to lose 4-1, that you see the players in these circumstances. We made too many mistakes especially defending.

“When you lead 1-0 and normally we have a man extra in midfield, when you lead 1-0 you must have the control, especially in the midfield. We didn't do that, we lost the ball too easily and too much in that area.

“In part of the second half we had the control in the midfield. That was wrong in the first half. (We were) weak defensively. I have a lot of information about this team and their defensive qualities.

“We have two important players who trained this week for the first time but still couldn't play, Jurman and Sainsbury. But yes, you can see we have problems when we defend. I hope that Sainsbury and Jurman stay fit and start to play in one or two weeks. 

"We will work and search to nominate players who will make our defence better.”