Tim Cahill says Socceroos are tough AUSTRALIA have acquired a resilience that sets them apart from Socceroos teams of the past, according to star midfielder Tim Cahill. While acknowledging Australia were poor in their last-gasp 1-0 win over Bahrain, Cahill said the fact they still ground out a victory showed how far the character of the team had come. "Years ago an Australian team would probably walk away from here losing 1-0," Cahill said after the match in Manama. I think that's the rub of the green we have needed. The boys did ever so well coming here, showing commitment, playing for their country, and finally we get that luck which the Australian public can go, 'well it wasn't the best performance, but still three points'. Match-winner Mark Bresciano agreed and said the Socceroos had become more mature in their approach to games. "We've matured enough to understand when it's our not our night," Bresciano said. We weren't performing (against Bahrain) and we knew that straight away in the first half but we stuck together as team, trying to fight it out, trying to get the one point and not to lose the game and we ended up getting the three points. Captain Lucas Neill said it was also a case of "good professionalism." "There was great mental strength by the lads to dig deep and good professionalism knowing that nothing was going right for us but just to hang in there and grind it out," Neill said. The bigger picture now is we're on nine points (atop their qualification group) and we'll take it. The players again paid tribute to cancer patient Craig Moore before the match by wearing shirts with his name and number in the pre-game warm up. They later dedicated the win to Moore, who was ruled out of the match after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous testicle last week. "We want to dedicate this win to him, we wish him all the best and hope to see him in the Socceroos soon," Bresciano said.