Sermanni - nice to get five or six more goals

Despite winning 15-0 against Hong Kong in its opening match of the second round of qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Matildas coach Tom Sermanni would have liked the scoreline to be much larger.

Despite winning 15-0 against Hong Kong in its opening match of the second round of qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Matildas coach Tom Sermanni would have liked the scoreline to be much larger.

Sermanni believes that goal difference could play a crucial part in the final outcome of the group and with DPR Korea and Australia likely to fight it out for top spot, the extra goals would have been welcomed by Sermanni.

"Given we hit the post a few times it would have been nice to get five or six more goals,” Sermanni said after the match. “The reality is this group could very well come down to goal difference."

Indeed the woodwork came to Hong Hong-s aid on several occasions, while a number of chances were cleared off the line as well in what was a dominant opening performance by the Matildas.

"The players went about there in job in a very professional manner, and overall it was a good run for us and a satisfying result.

"We got some early goals so that too the pressure off."

The fact that the team scored a few goals will give the players the confidence going into the next lot of matches, which Sermanni concedes will be the matches that makes or breaks his teams chances of reaching the Olympics.

"Chinese Taipei and particularly North Korea will obviously be tougher matches so it was a good way to get the campaign off to solid start with a good win.

“We have set ourselves up for next week against Chinese Taipei quite well," he added.