Australia has room for improvement despite a lucky win in Hungary

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Australia's Daniel Arzani celebrates with team mates after scoring their first goal REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Australia coach Bert Van Marwijk will have a lot to ponder after his side laboured to a 2-1 win over Hungary in their final pre-World Cup friendly on Saturday.

The Socceroos looked lethargic in the first half and had goalkeeper Mathew Ryan to thank for keeping the score level at halftime after some good saves to deny the hosts.

"First half was poor, we made a lot of mistakes, we ran too much with the ball. We weren't patient enough, also we had technical issues...," Marwijk said.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Tamas Kadar in action with Australia's Tom Rogic REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

"OK, we did not concede and we (have) worked hard in the recent weeks - the players are tired.

"Second half was better and we took control. You saw, after 1-1 the team wanted to win. That is positive. Morally it was good, we won, but I already told my players, I wasn't satisfied."

Australia, heading to their fifth World Cup in Russia next week, raised their game in the second half and took the lead in fortuitous circumstances.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Australia's Daniel Arzani in action with Hungary's Daniel Bode REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Daniel Arzani's fierce shot in the 74th minute caught goalkeeper Denes Dibusz by surprise, fumbling the ball as it went in.

However, Australia defender Trent Sainsbury headed into his own net after a misunderstanding with substitute goalie Brad Jones with two minutes remaining.

There was to be a late reprieve for the visitors as Tamas Kadar also scored an own goal in the 92nd minute to hand Australia a second victory ahead of their journey to Russia. Marwijk's side thrashed the Czech Republic 4-0 eight days ago in Austria.

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary players celebrate after their first goal, an own goal scored by Australia's Trent Sainsbury (not pictured) REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Australia begin their World Cup campaign against Group C opponents France on June 16 in Kazan.

(The story corrects number of World Cup appearances for Australia from four to five in paragraph six.)

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Krisztian Vadocz in action with Australia's Mile Jedinak REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

(Reported by Zoltan Fazekas; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Roland Sallai in action Australia's Mark Milligan REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Marton Eppel in action Australia's Trent Sainsbury REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Roland Varga in action REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Hungary's Adam Szalai in action REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Australia's Tom Rogic in action with Hungary's Jozsef Varga REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo

Soccer Football - International Friendly - Hungary vs Australia - Groupama Arena, Budapest, Hungary - June 9, 2018 Australia's Dimitri Petratos in action with Hungary's Roland Sallai REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo