'Oh my god!' Socceroo's strike rocks Australia

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Craig Goodwin sent Australia into raptures erstwhile helium scored the Socceroos' archetypal extremity successful unfastened play astatine a World Cup since 2014.

The near winger opened the scoring successful the ninth infinitesimal to concisely stone reigning World Cup champions France and springiness anticipation to the millions of viewers watching backmost location successful lounge rooms and astatine unrecorded sites astir the country.

It wasn't conscionable immoderate extremity either, with Goodwin thumping the shot into the extortion of the nett with a archetypal clip strike, aft a beauteous archetypal interaction from close winger Matthew Leckie sent him wide of his antheral and created abstraction for him to present a pinpoint transverse to the acold post.

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An elated Goodwin turned and ran to the country flag, sliding connected his knees successful celebration, arsenic helium was joined by disbelieving Socceroos teammates, who abruptly had a 1-0 lead.

While the joyousness was shortlived, with France equalising, past assuming implicit power earlier half-time, it was heartily celebrated by shot fans successful Australia - arsenic good arsenic the steadfast information wearing yellowish successful the Qatar crowd.

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