Arnold’s men will meet Romeo Jozak’s side in an international friendly match on October 15 after completing a short training camp in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The match venue and kick-off time are still to be finalised.

The match is part of Australia's buildup to the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 on January 5-February 1.

Arnold said that he’s looking forward to the chance of building upon Australia’s new style of play against a challenging West Asian opponent.

“During our recent training camp in Turkey we worked hard to add attacking layers to the strong defensive base the Socceroos had at this year’s (FIFA) World Cup,” Arnold said.

Chhetri was 26 when the South Asians competed in the continental competition in Qatar just under eight years ago, when the Blue Tigers were eliminated in the group stage after suffering heavy defeats to Australia, Bahrain and Korea Republic.

The international break saw as many as 11 fixtures bringing 2019 AFC Asian Cup participating sides head to head, while Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Japan and Korea Republic opted to face opponents from the Americas.

Non-qualified Asian teams including Kuwait, Malaysia, Laos and Indonesia were all in action too. Looking back at 10 days of international football, here are five players who impressed for their respective countries.

Goals to Kairat Zhyrgalbek uluu and Bekzhan Sagynbaev helped the Central Asians to a memorable win, and one which bodes well for upcoming meetings with Korea Republic, China PR and Philippines in the UAE.

Krestinin, who has overseen the side's successful qualification campaign and a record rise in the FIFA Rankings, says his players are growing in belief.

The Qatar skipper played an integral part in his team getting off to a roaring start as he provided the assist from which Almoez Ali struck in the third minute.

Akram Afif made it 2-0 in the 19th minute before Al Haydos capped a memorable night for himself by scoring the third in the 29th as Qatar added to the 1-0 win over China PR last Friday.

While Korea Republic's Lee Seung-woo and Australia's Daniel Arzani are among the young Asian stars to make headlines in 2018, Palestine look to have unearthed a gem of their own in 19-year-old Oday Dabbagh.

The youngster, who plays club football for West Bank Premier League champions Hilal Al-Quds, rounded out an impressive overall performance with his first senior international goal in Thursday's 1-1 friendly draw with Kyrgyz Republic, putting his name firmly in the selection frame for January's Finals.

Lee Jae-sung and Nam Tae-hee scored a goal apiece to get Bento off to a winning start with his new team at the Goyang Stadium in Goyang, north of Seoul ahead of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.