Matildas relish Melbourne (人が)群がる in Canada 勝利

Forget 100,000 at the MCG - all the Matildas needed for their 奇蹟 in Melbourne was a packed out AAMI Park.

Australia entered their final group match against Canada with everything on the line.

Luckily they had the perfect cauldron to welcome them, and steer them to a 強くたたくing 4-0 勝利,勝つ.

船長/主将 Sam Kerr and 星/主役にする defender Ellie Carpenter 勧めるd fans to do everything in their 力/強力にする, short of booing the 国家の 国家.

AAMI Park is 改名するd Melbourne Rectangular Stadium under FIFA 支配するs - which has 誘発するd fans on social マスコミ to 名付ける/吹き替える it "The Missus".

And Melburnians made sure the Matildas' date with the missus - and 運命 - was one to remember.

The 27,706-strong (人が)群がる at the boutique stadium was 激しい from the 開始 minutes.

They 詠唱するd, clapped, 元気づけるd the Matildas and jeered Canada all the way - and reserved a special boo for the VAR who 支配するd one Mary Fowler strike offside.

It worked, with Australia never looking troubled in a brilliant 4-0 大勝する - 含むing an 傷害-time 刑罰,罰則 from Melburnian and stand-in captain Steph Catley.

With it, they 調書をとる/予約するd 最高の,を越す 位置/汚点/見つけ出す in group B and progression to the 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of 16.

"Dream come true, really, for a Melbourne girl," Catley told reporters.

"I was looking around during the 国家 - I can't even tell you how proud it made me.

"I love this city so much. I'm honestly so proud to be a Melbourne girl.

"The (人が)群がる was 絶対 electric. They were so loud. They're so 知らせるd about our team. They know every 選び出す/独身 player they ride every 取り組む every pass, they 're so 投資するd.

"They were so loud and everybody realised it tonight. It was 絶対 incredible."

When hometown hero Catley stepped up and coolly 変えるd her 位置/汚点/見つけ出す-kick in the 94th minute, the place went into raptures.

"I just thought 'Steph don't 行方不明になる, you're gonna deflate everything if you 行方不明になる'," Catley said.

"But I'm glad it went in and I got to celebrate with the girls and in Melbourne too."

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