The last two games by the Arnieroos have been a stark change to the first.
The defence which was full of holes has tightened up held its shape and not let in a goal despite close shaves. The midfield has run itself ragged chasing the ball. We have created chanced when having the ball despite having limited possession.
The substitutes made sense and there was a clear strategy.
Thus far we have scored three goals from broken play. Harry Souttar has not just been sensational but quite inspirational in defence. Every tackle and head was cheered this morning.
Make no mistake getting into the final 16 is much better now than in 2006. We then had most of the team playing regularly in the 4 major leagues. Not today.
We beat Denmark, a very good team. We withstood the early onslaught when it appeared we were affected by the work we put into the Tunisia game, held our heads high and began to make inroads. The goal by Leckie (who had a poor game) was a beauty.
Now on to sunday morning and Argentina.
Any boos who sacks anybody today for being late is a bum as Bob Hawke would say
