A scared Nestory Irankunda batted away nerves to explode on to the World Cup stage and vindicate coach Tony Popovic's faith in him by inspiring Australia's incredible 2-0 win over Turkey.
Australia have one foot in the knockout phase after one of their greatest ever victories, their first opening group-stage win since 2006, on Saturday night (Sunday AEST) at Vancouver's BC Place.
Irankunda became Australia's youngest World Cup scorer with a wonderful goal in the 27th minute among a magical, explosive hour, before Connor Metcalfe sealed victory with a glorious solo effort in the 75th.
"It's epic. It's unreal. Like, it's a dream come true," Irankunda told SBS.
Irankunda later added to media: "That's just what our team is all about: we fight for each other, and we just want to show the world that we can do something special
