Irvine had just finished espousing the need to keep the significance of the result under wraps, to let it “bubble onto the surface a little bit” but not “boil over” given a pivotal meeting with Denmark awaits in four days.
Martin Boyle hobbled out on his crutches, his torn ACL keeping him from playing but not from fulfilling his new, self-assigned role as “official vibes manager”. Graham Arnold slung an arm over his shoulder as the squad formed a circle around the pair, then told them all to celebrate now and then hit the dressing room and get to bed because they hadn’t “done nothing” yet.
That was the case in the playoffs for Russia 2018 under Ange Postecoglou, a goalpost that saved them against Syria before a hard-fought 0-0 away draw in a hostile Honduras set them on the path to a home-leg triumph. It happened again five months ago when, under Graham Arnold, they won those unwinnable playoffs against the United Arab Emirates and Peru.
Well-timed tackles, of course, are now synonymous with Harry Souttar, who had an answer to every question in his path and even some that weren’t. Three senior matches into his return from ACL rehab and the Stoke centre-half was already confident enough for a sliding intervention which thwarted a would-be equaliser and might well pique the interest of the Premier League clubs who were circling before his injury last year.
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