🏅 MOTM: The Australian brick wall | OneFootball

Australia beat Tunisia to earn their first World Cup win since 2010.

And our Man of the Match is …

Harry Souttar (Australia)

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This Australian team are going to be lauded back home for decades to come. A first World Cup win since 2010. A first World Cup clean sheet since 1974.

Graham Arnold’s men made their little bit of Socceroos history at the Al-Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah and it was a Stoke City defender who made the difference.

Mitchell Duke’s stunning header might have ended up being the winner but if it wasn’t for Souttar there wouldn’t be a party down under tonight.

Mohammed Dräger looked all set to score at the end of the first half to level the scoreline until Souttar appeared out of nowhere to block the goal-bound effort.

He was there again as Tunisia appeared to have broken though the Australian backline with an abundance of space to exploit but instead the 24-year-old came across to produce a stunning tackle to clear the ball and the player.

Overall, Souttar provided three blocks, six clearances and even eight passes into the final third to prove his worth going the other way.

As Tunisia tried to poke their way through they always ended up hitting a 6ft4 wall.

Everywhere a Tunisian attacker popped up, Souttar was there. Wherever the ball became loose in the area Souttar appeared to clear it.

An outstanding performance from a Championship defender making his mark on the world’s biggest stage.