AUSSIE SOUTTAR FOCUSED ON DENMARK

Australia’s defensive rock Harry Souttar admits he has enjoyed watching the video of his earth-shaking tackle late on his side’s World Cup victory over Tunisia after it went viral on social media.

Leading 1-0, Australia were coming under siege from a desperate Tunisia side roared on by thousands of their fans when Yassine Khenissi surged towards their penalty area.

Just as Khenissi looked poised to shoot, Souttar appeared almost out of nowhere to slide in with a thunderous tackle that would have had hard-nut defenders of yesteryear nodding their approval.

“I got sent it a few times from family and friends and it was obviously a nice moment,” the Scottish-born 24-year-old who qualifies for Australia via his mother, told reporters on Monday.

Souttar, however, says his only focus is Australia’s clash with Denmark today when a victory against the Europeans would send them through to the last 16 for the only the second time in their history. “My focus has got to be the here and now,” Souttar, who spent nearly a year out of the game after tearing his ACL while on Socceroos duty last November, said.