Scenes of wild celebrations featuring flares and fire are not the norm in Australia after World Cup matches.
Yet that was exactly what happened in Melbourne's Fed Square after the Socceroos beat Tunisia on Saturday for just their third win in 18 World Cup matches.
Now, Australia is after something even bigger: reaching the last 16 of soccer's biggest event — something it has achieved only once, in 2006.
Australia faces European Championship semifinalist Denmark in its decisive final group game Wednesday, with the winner likely advancing.
“It's been an amazing reaction from our result. And so there should be,” said Australia striker Mitchell Duke, who scored with a header in the 1-0 win against Tunisia.
“But we haven't achieved anything yet.
“It was amazing to get that result and get that third win in a World Cup for Australia. But we're not happy and satisfied with that,” Duke added.
"We want more and we do believe that we can get out of the group and we can get a result against Denmark and that's our main objective now.”
