Australia beat Denmark 1-0 on Wednesday to achieve the final 16 of the World Cup for simply the second time of their historical past sending the nation into celebration.
Mathew Leckie’s very good Sixtieth-minute objective, twisting and turning to shake off the Danish defenders, was sufficient to carry the Australians into second spot in Group D and earn them a gathering with the winner of Argentina’s Group C.
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Through to the spherical of 16.Source: AFP
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Australia coach Graham Arnold mentioned he was “simply so happy with the trouble by the boys” after they certified for the knockout stage for the primary time since 2006.
“It was a brief turnaround however their effort was unbelievable. Plenty of perception, loads of onerous work,” Arnold mentioned.
“These boys got here in with an amazing mindset. We’ve been engaged on this for 4, four-and-a-half years in regards to the perception, the vitality and the main target. I may see of their eyes they have been prepared tonight.”
Leckie, in the meantime, spoke of the emotion of scoring his first World Cup objective.
“I believe in these moments you don’t assume an excessive amount of, you don’t have time to assume, you recognize all of it occurred so quick. It was an amazing ball and I had yet one more man to beat,” mentioned Leckie of his objective.
“Low and onerous, it’s tough for a keeper to avoid wasting and as I quickly as I noticed it was entering into I used to be so excited and so joyful.
“I believe by the celebration you’ll be able to see how a lot emotion there was. I’m simply so proud you recognize, we’ve labored so onerous…. My first World Cup might be one of the essential targets for me and for the group.”
The upset of the world No.10 was met with an outpouring of emotion again in Australia.
