As 40,000 people poured into Al Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah on Saturday to watch the Socceroos face Tunisia in their second group-stage match, half a world away thousands more were spilling into Melbourne's Federation Square, drawn to the cinema-sized screen that had been set up to show the game.
It was standing-room only, with fans climbing bollards and clinging onto light-posts to try and steal a better view.
The videos that emerged from Australia following Mitch Duke's game-winning header went almost as viral as the goal itself: an eruption of light and limbs as flares were ripped and beers were thrown and celebrations were carried on long into the night.
