ANALYSIS: 'Heroes for a lifetime': Socceroos capture Australian football's spirit and struggle in Denmark win
The biggest question coming into this game was whether the Socceroos could match the energy they harnessed in their thrilling 1-0 win against Tunisia.
The Socceroos do not play against the Danes in the first half so much as weather them, shuttering their windows and barricading their doors against the oncoming red storm. Riley McGree tries next, skipping towards the top of the box after the ball somehow falls his way, but the Danish defence comes crashing in before he has a chance to blink.
"What we've been through, these four years, it hasn't been easy," Socceroos defender Aziz Behich said.
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