World Cup the ultimate test for Ange Postecoglou's tiki-taka style Newly appointed Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou faces the press. ANGE Postecoglou revolutionising the A-League with his brand of tiki-taka football will be tested when the Socceroos face coaching masterminds at the FIFA World Cup next year. The new Socceroos boss is somewhat internationally green considering Australia will be placed in one of eight groups which will be highlighted by first class seeded nations. Postecoglou - with his assistant, former Adelaide United coach Aurelio Vidmar - will have the unenviable task of trying to outwit men who have won FIFA World Cups, UEFA EURO titles and Copa South America championships. Not only do these nine seeded nations - Spain, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Belgium and Switzerland, Brazil and either Uruguay or Netherlands have the individual talent to smother any team - they have coaches that can turn a game within seconds with a tactical switch. This is what sets these men apart in world football. Postecoglou must be quick to respond to the moves by some of the coaching genii or the Socceroos will face more heartache in Brazil. But Postecoglou will probably have to change his mentality while he's in charge. Football Correspondent Richard Bayliss takes a look at Ange Postecoglou's journey from the NSL to the top job in Australian football. During his refined club career with former NSL club South Melbourne and A-League clubs Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory his teams have been good enough to boss other domestic teams off the park. That won't happen against the big guns of international football because the bulk of their playing stock available - without being disrespectful to the hard working Australians - is streets above the Socceroos. Postecoglou probably learnt his lesson on the international club stage when he took Roar's free flowing football to the AFC Champions League group stage in 2012. Roar's first campaign was a disaster when the club recorded two losses and two draws before Postecoglou exited Roar to join Victory. Despite being heralded as changing the game in Australia, Roar's rigid attacking plan came undone when the club faced sides which were superior at exploiting the gaps when the ball was turned over. Perhaps Vidmar could be the man to help Postecoglou lock Socceroos games up when it's time given the former Reds mentor's game plan was successful enough in Asia to guide the club to the Champions League final and FIFA Club World Cup in 2008. Ironically Postecoglou was supposed to be Adelaide's coach in 2007 before a change of heart installed Vidmar. WHEN Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou heads to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup group stage draw in Bahia on December 6 he will inevitably meet the eight international coaches of Pot 1. The Pot 1 international coaches will each play a vital role in being favoured to win one of the eight groups before the knockout stages of the World Cup. The Socceroos will be in one of their groups given Australia at this stage is expected to be named in Pot 3. Coach: Ange Postecoglou Age: 48 Club career honours: South Melbourne - NSL Premiership: 1997-98; NSL Championship: 1997-98, 1998-99; Oceania Club Championship 1999; Brisbane Roar A-League Premiership: 2010-11; A-League Championship: 2010-11, 2011-12 Attributes: Revolutionised the A-League. His brand of tiki-taka football turned Brisbane Roar into a fearless unit. He was also in the process of revamping Victory's game style. POT 1 - current seeded FIFA World Cup nations and their coaches. Coach: Vicente del Bosque Age: 62 - FIFA World coach of the year (2012) Honours: FIFA World Cup winners (2010), UEFA Euro winners (2012) Club career honours: Real Madrid (1999- 2003) - Supercopa de España: 2001 Copa Iberoamericana: 1994 UEFA Champions League: 1999-2000, 2001-02 UEFA Super Cup: 2002 FIFA Intercontinental Cup: 2002 Attributes: Bosque reinvented Spanish football with a brand of football which the whole nation believes in. BRAZIL - 11 (host automatically enters Pot 1) Coach: Felipe Scolari Age: 64 Honours: FIFA World Cup (2002) FIFA Confederations Cup (2013) - he also coached Portugal to a UEFA EURO 2004 loss to Greece (1-0) in the final Attributes: Big Phil helped Brazil make the transition from playing carefree football to one which is still highlighted by individual brilliance but with an air of caution particularly in defence. Coach: Joachim Loew Age: 53 Honours: third place in 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup (as assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann) third place in 2006 FIFA World Cup (as assistant to Jürgen Klinsmann) second place in UEFA Euro 2008 third place in 2010 FIFA World Cup Semi finalists in UEFA Euro 2012 Attributes: Loew is integrating Germany's brilliant crop of youngsters into a German system which is embracing football of the future. Coach: Alejandro Sabella Age: 58 Club career honours: Estudiantes Copa Libertadores: 2009 Argentine Primera División: 2010 Apertura Attributes: Sabella has been in charge of Argentina since 2011. He immediately made Lionel Messi captain and in his 22 matches in charge Argentina has won 15 matches, drawn six and lost just once - to Uruguay 3-2 in a World Cup qualifier this month. Coach: Marc Wilmots Age: 44 Attributes: Wilmots is a senator and is also Belgium's leading international goalscorer. He is taskedwith heading Belgium's resurgence on the international stage due to the nation turning its youth development policy upside down. Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld (German) Age: 64 - World coach of the year (1997, 2001); UEFA coach of the year (2001) Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga: 1994-95, 1995-96 DFB-Supercup: 1995, 1996 UEFA Champions League: 1996-97 UEFA Champions League: 2000-01 Intercontinental Cup: 2001 Attributes: "The General" has won 18 major club titles. He has a strict code of conduct. His football sides are always based on strict discipline when it comes to shape and behaviour Coach: Jose Pekerman (Argentina) Honours: Argentina - FIFA U-20 World Cup: Winners: 1995, 1997, 2001 Attributes: Pekerman selects his teams to suit his tactical style. He has on the past ditched "stars" because they just wouldn't fit in. Coach: Óscar Tabárez Age: 66 - South American coach of the year 2010, 2011 Honours: Uruguay - Pan American Games: 1983 Copa América: 2011 Attributes: Has extensive international coaching experience which started with Uruguay's national team in 1988. Led Uruguay to fourth at the 2010 World Cup and victory in the Copa America two years ago. Coach: Luis Van Gaal Age: 62 - Dutch Sports Coach of the Year: 2009; German Football Manager of the Year: 2010 Club career honours: Has won domestic championships with Ajax, Bayern Munich, Barcelona and AZ. Won the UEFA Champions League as Ajax boss in 1995. Attributes: Van Gaal is the stereotype of the total football mantra which was embellished by the Dutch in the 1970s. If Uruguay wins the intercontinental playoff against Jordan, it will be in the first pot. But if Jordan wins, the Netherlands will earn the last place in Pot 1.