'I owe him': Gaffe that led to this heroic moment

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DOHA: By present you cognize the play - a infinitesimal of precocious madness successful Australia's triumph implicit Tunisia, wherever it seemed similar each sprint, each other effort, each tackle, was going to beryllium for nothing.

But then, retired of nowhere, came 2 metres of Scottish-born, and present Australian-loved alloy to descent crossed and triumph the ball. Crisis averted.

And if fans felt sick watching those tense fewer seconds, conscionable ideate however Kye Rowles, the antheral whose gaffe allowed Yassine Khenissi to sneak done connected goal, was doing?

"I felt beauteous susceptible erstwhile that happened - it wasn't my top moment, that's for sure," helium told reporters.

"I beauteous overmuch conscionable pinned it arsenic speedy arsenic I could to get backmost but re-watching it, H swallowed him up successful astir 3 strides."

It would person been truthful cruel connected Rowles, who himself had a fantastic crippled up until that infinitesimal - but his centre fractional partner's heroics ensured that the Aussies would win, and support a archetypal cleanable expanse since 1974.

"I said thank you aft the crippled to him astir 5 times - I deliberation I beryllium him a mates aft that, for sure," Rowles said.

"You could spot the tendency from everyone to get backmost - determination was 1 idiosyncratic from their squad making a breakaway and determination was five oregon six of america that were already astir the shot to enactment H if helium didn't marque that tackle, arsenic well."

It's been a whirlwind 24 hours for Souttar. Midfielder Jackson Irvine said it was "one of the champion idiosyncratic (Socceroos) displays ever seen."

And, arsenic has been good documented, everything Souttar did came aft a year-long lay-off acknowledgment to a torn ACL.

"Full recognition to H," Rowles said.

"What he's done, he's been retired for 12 months oregon truthful and to play similar helium did and backmost up successful 4 days is conscionable monumental and conscionable an astonishing crippled from himself."

Of course, adjacent if Khenissi had got through, there's nary warrant that helium would person got past skipper Mat Ryan successful goal, who himself had a fantastic game.

But similar everyone else, Ryan wanted the absorption to beryllium connected Souttar.

"He's evidently a large lad and he's got large qualities," the skipper said.

"We've seen that clip and clip again, unfortunate for his injury, but you know, the travel that he's been connected successful bid to get backmost to springiness himself this anticipation to play the World Cup, lone helium knows the ins and outs of that but afloat recognition to him.

"Looking aft his mate determination rather evidently erstwhile helium slipped successful that infinitesimal and a mates of captious blocks and tackles and Kye vice versa, looking retired for for 1 another."

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