Summary
What a morning, what a day. How good is Harry Souttar?
With that, we will wrap up our live coverage of reaction to the Socceroos historic triumph over Denmark and progression to the knockout stages of the World Cup.
Here’s a summary of everything that has happened since the final whistle:
Argentina defeated Poland to secure their place as group C winners, setting up a showdown with the Socceroos. The match will happen Sunday morning Australia time.
Argentina supremo Lionel Messi has said “Australia is going to be very difficult”, though the Socceroos will enjoy underdog status for the match.
Live viewing sites will be set up in Sydney and Adelaide for Sunday morning’s match, the respective premiers have announced, bowing to pressure over questions as to why Federation Square appeared to be the only live site showing Socceroos World Cup matches in an Australian capital city.
Socceroos fans celebrated on the streets of Melbourne and Sydney in the early hours of Thursday morning, as the team surprised the world to book Australia’s place in the knockout stages of the World Cup for just the second time in the tournament’s history.
I’ll leave you with Guardian Australia’s deputy sports editor' Emma Kemp’s latest despatch from Doha here
Perrottet announces live site for Argentina match
The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has promised to set up an “awesome” live viewing site for the next Socceroos World Cup game.
He flagged the Sydney Opera House as a probable venue but said he would confirm later in the week.
Speaking at a press conference in North Sydney, he said:
We’re going to have a great live site. It’s going to be the best in the country because this is the best city in the world, so it’s going to be awesome.
He did not know why a live site was not in place for the first games.
Perrottet did not stay up to watch the Australian victory on Thursday morning but said he would make sure to watch the next game.
