Details confirmed for Matildas European internationals

The dates and venues for the Matildas internationals with Austria and Scotland have finally been confirmed by the Austrian and Scottish Football Federations.

Australia will take on the two European nations to conclude their 6 week European tour consisting of the Cyprus Cup earlier this month and 3 weeks of training at the AIS European Training Centre.

Alen Stajcic's side will clash with world no. 27 Austria in the early morning of Wednesday, 8 April 2015 with the match kicking off at 2.00am (AEST).

Two days later they will encounter world no. 21 Scotland in Falkirk with the two nations meeting for the second time in two years on Thursday, 9 April 2015, kicking off at 11.30pm (AEST).

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The two matches serve as a further opportunity for Stajcic to assess the progress of the squad as well as provide much needed game time to players returning from prolonged injury breaks.

Further to the European opponents, Australia is still believed to be attempting to secure an international against Cameroon, a nation who fell to Australia's World Cup opponents Nigeria in the African Championships Final in late 2014.

At the conclusion of the training and internationals the squad will return to Australia with the AIS residency camps continuing while "farewell" internationals are also on the agenda.

Upon their return to Australia, Stajcic and the coaching staff have just a little over a month to provide and announce a preliminary World Cup squad.