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It has been called the great ‘Socceroo-sickie’ with millions of football fans taking an official public holiday to watch Australia qualify for the knockout stage of the World Cup. The game was broadcast into classrooms, lounge rooms and public, but the place to be Southbank. Where the fan site was heaving and our sport presenter Mackenzie Colahan was in the thick of it.

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00:02A sea of green and gold at South Bank.
00:07The live site was bursting at the seams.
00:12Its capacity increased to 8,000.
00:15It was full before kickoff.
00:16Thousands more were turned away.
00:19Inside, it was pandemonium.
00:21Incredible, it's loud, it's fun, it's patriotic.
00:25It feels like a, well, it's basically a mosh pit.
00:28The Aussie faithful were full of optimism.
00:31We're smashing Paragraph 3-0.
00:33Nothing could rain on this parade.
00:35Fans, young and old, riding every moment.
00:39The oohs and ahs reverberating around the River City.
00:45For the highs and the lows.
00:54Plenty more were watching around the state
00:57from classrooms on the Gold Coast.
01:00To bars and pubs in Cairns.
01:04Townsville and Yappoon.
01:06A lot would be taking sickies but, you know,
01:08it's like what Bob Hawke said.
01:10Anyone that has a drama, they're a bum.
01:12Only at a World Cup do you see this many cheers
01:15for a nil-all draw.
01:18Mission accomplished for both teams.
01:21Australia had more of the chances but you've got to put the ball in the net
01:24like any sport, mate.
01:25It wasn't pretty but this crowd doesn't mind.
01:27The Socceroos are through to the knockout stage
01:30and the World Cup dream lives on for millions of Australian football fans.
01:34And we get to do it all again next Saturday at 4am.
01:38And we get to do it all again.
01:45Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
01:49what
01:49Your orders did to align.
01:49Where do you think I can use the school floor to do and something you do?
01:50You know, now, if you want to use to get good something,
01:50about investing and moving through your mood,
01:50you know horses where you want to get good and easy Frodo.
01:50Now, we're going to go 40 minutes.
01:50You'll go 45 minutes later.
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