<p>Australian has had to contend with war, 50C heat and playoffs to steer country to a first World Cup in 40 years</p><p>Twenty-eight months, 21 games, four rounds, a 117th-minute penalty and a playoff. A coach stuck in Dubai where he watches war start over the water, bombs shaking everything. A team trapped in Baghdad first and Jordan next, missiles flying around them. A scrambled 9,000-mile trip
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