Popovic says Australia can 'punch above weight' after Swiss draw

Australia coach Tony Popovic said he was confident he side could "punch above our weight" at the World Cup after a battling 1-1 draw with Switzerland on Saturday.

Dan Ndoye opened the scoring for the Swiss in the 14th minute at San Diego before Australia debutant Tete Yengi levelled in the second half.

It was the final warm-up for both sides  for the World Cup, which begins on Thursday.

Popovic named an experimental starting side, with seven changes from Australia's 1-0 defeat to Mexico last week, before reverting to a likely first-choice line-up for the second-half.

"I'm just happy. We've got no injuries. We've got through the game," Popovic said.

"We got a result, that always helps and we scored a very nice goal. We need to start better, of course, next week, that will help us."

Australia, who are at their sixth successive World Cup, are in Group D alongside Turkey, co-hosts the United States and Paraguay .

The Swiss are pitted with Qatar , Bosnia-Herzegovina and co-hosts Canada in Group B.