Socceroos hero Mathew Leckie has given a rundown of his unimaginable objective that despatched Australia into the ultimate 16 of the World Cup.
The participant of the match spoke to the world’s media after his60th minute objective sealed Australia’s 1-0 win towards Denmark.
He turns into simply the ninth Australian to attain at a males’s World Cup, and joins Mitchell Duke and Craig Goodwin as 2022 World Cup scorers.
It was an unimaginable solo objective the place Leckie turned Denmark’s Barcelona defender Andreas Christensen inside out.
Duke fed Riley McGree, who launched winger Leckie. Leckie regarded round, however was on their lonesome so went on his personal.
But let’s let him take it from right here.
“On this one event, we had been on the ball and it was clearly a counter assault,” Leckie defined.
“First I wished to chop inside and he form of went that approach. And simply within the second went left once more and swung my left boot and simply noticed the ball rolling in. I used to be excited and blissful.
Mathew Leckie hit it low and exhausting and gave the keeper no likelihood. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images
“In the celebration you noticed the emotion. I didn’t know what to do, I used to be simply pounding my chest.
“Once the boys bought collectively, the entire bench was there and I believe I bought slapped within the head 100 instances.
“The workforce we’re, in case you’re beginning or on the bench or not getting any recreation time everyone seems to be right here for one another.”
The objective couldn’t have come at a greater time. Just a minute earlier within the different Group D recreation Tunisia had scored towards France, which means Australia couldn’t depend on a draw.
“I had no concept,” Leckie mentioned concerning the Tunisia objective.
“Arnie mentioned within the press convention yesterday now we have no management of what occurs within the different recreation, If we don’t win right now we’re out. We went out with the mentality, we wished to win.”
Leckie, who was impressed by Australia making the second spherical in 2006, hopes this Socceroos squad can encourage a brand new era in Australia.
Abs-olutely sensational. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)Source: AFP
Leckie additionally revealed what Socceroos coach Graham Arnold informed the gamers after full-time.
“We had been all tremendous stoked, buzzing, screaming, loads of nonsense, a lot emotion,” he mentioned concerning the second the full-time whistle was blown.
“We wish to dream large, the important thing was once we got here to this event we wished to get out of the group.
“Arnie, the very first thing he mentioned after the sport was let’s go yet one more. We have one much less day now to arrange, so crucial factor is to get ourselves prepared.”
