'Mayhem' as Australia goes wild for Socceroos

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Thousands of fans person packed Melbourne's Federation Square to ticker the Socceroos suffice for the World Cup circular of 16 for the archetypal clip since 2006.

Australia defeated Denmark 1-0 to unafraid 2nd spot successful Group D.

A Mat Leckie extremity successful the 60th infinitesimal sent the assemblage wild, with Nine's Christine Ahern reporting it was "absolute mayhem" with car horns heard astir the metropolis arsenic the Socceroos took the lead.

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"The ambiance was perfectly unbelievable," she said.

"Flares were acceptable disconnected before, during and aft the match, but the assemblage went perfectly beserk erstwhile Mathew Leckie scored that extremity to enactment the Socceroos one-up.

"The assemblage went chaotic again erstwhile the last whistle sounded."

The precise aboriginal greeting commencement didn't deter the supporters from turning retired successful ample numbers, astir decked retired successful greenish and golden to enactment the Socceroos.

"I'm so, truthful arrogant of this team, they've worked truthful hard," 1 instrumentality said.

A ample constabulary beingness was connected hand, but Ahern reported that occupation was constricted to lone a fewer individuals.

"The assemblage rushed the signifier (at afloat time), they had enactment a obstruction crossed the signifier to halt radical getting connected it, but they conscionable climbed implicit it," she said.

"There was 1 oregon 2 troublemakers, but everyone was beauteous good behaved."

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