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Australia's 23-player squad today departed for the FIFA Women's World Cup full of confidence.

The confidence is on the back of an efficiently ruthless 11-0 dismantling of Vietnam in their Farewell Match on Thursday night.

“That first 25 minutes was very good and very clinical which is something we haven’t been in the past,” said coach Alen Stajcic.

“We just seemed to finish everything and that was fantastic, but I was really more pleased with the passages of play.”

Football over the past five years has become pepper with management speak and, over the past five months of preparation, Stajcic has been strident on the need for ensuring the "processes are right" and that there is "better execution".

In lay speak - play well, create chances and get the ball in the back of the net.

On Thursday night Australia certainly did that in a match which at times had the feel of a training run. In fact several goals appeared to straight off the training pitch.

Is it ideal preparation for the World Cup and a group that will be several rungs above in the degree of difficulty? Probably not.

This match was a true farewell match; one for the fans.

Credit to the FFA and the supporters who, despite a dismal night, came out to support the team in one of the best attended Matildas matches in years.

Football-wise Vietnam didn't put up much of a fight with the fears about their competitiveness coming to fruition.

Vietnam as a final opponent is indicative of the problems Australian teams all over have in securing international opposition. There was similar talk about the Socceroos farewell game against South Africa 12 months ago, although there was a smaller gulf between the two sides.

With a World Cup less than a month away, no World Cup nations, and very few solid quality nations were prepared to travel the 8+ hours to Australia for an international.  Whether it is detrimental to the preparations remains to seen.

The positive news for Australian supporters is players like Kyah Simon, Tameka Butt, Sam Kerr and Lydia Williams were provided which much required game time, even if the latter seldom saw the ball.

While Australia's key attacking threats Lisa De Vanna, Michelle Heyman, Emily van Egmond and Katrina Gorry, as well as Kerr, all got on the scorecard.

For Heyman, in particular, it was a confidence booster for a confidence player.

If speak about getting the processes right, the striker is certainly one player who does. Quick and strong, on the ground or in the air, the processes have never been Heyman's issue at international level.

For the 26-year-old late bloomer it has always been about the mental game and the execution. On Thursday night, she put away the goals, something she was disappointed to not have been able to do against Vietnam and Jordan at the Asian Cup.

“I’m happy with my execution [against Vietnam]," she said post match.

"The girl’s focus was to go out and work on our finishing which has been lacking a little bit."

“So it was nice for most of us to have that feeling of putting the ball in the back of the net. It’s a good feeling going into the World Cup.”

The last time Australia played Vietnam was at the Asian Cup with a 2-0 win sealing their passage to Canada. On that night they struggled to breakdown the compact Vietnamese defensive block.

On this occasion there was no such struggle with the Matildas finding multiple avenues to goal from open play and set pieces.

Defensively Australia were reasonably solid however the transition once again posed questions that Australia needs to sort out quickly.

“We lost a bit of shape and structure after the seventh goal which can happen," Stajcic continued.

"I was more concerned with the processes rather than the result at the end of the day."

Stajcic also continued to tinker with personnel in different positions with a settled starting XI really anyone's guess, including the USA. Even we got the personnel/positions puzzle wrong!

Vancouver will be Australia's base for the next two weeks as they prepare for their June 8 encounter with the United States.

Being situated in the city of the final also means the possibility of tougher final tests with China, New Zealand and Switzerland already whispered as behind closed doors tune up matches. All three are decent matches for different reasons.

China and New Zealand will physically test the players while Switzerland, who defeated Sweden last month, providing the technical and tactical examination.

More importantly, these clashes will provide the in-game pressure that was absent on Thursday night. It is pressure that will be in abundance in 16 days time.

For now it appears all is on track for Australia as they head into their final phase of preparation.