How the internet reacted to the Socceroos' 4-1 World Cup defeat to France — from hope and elation to anxiety and gloom - ABC News

As they accidental successful football, it's the anticipation and past the 4 conceded goals that kill you. 

A imagination became a nightmare for the Socceroos and their fans, arsenic they were humbled 4-1 by defending champions France astatine the World Cup successful Qatar.

Here's however the net reacted to a whiplash-inducing match.

Having seen Saudi Arabia bushed Argentina hours earlier, determination was a tiny bout of why-not-us-too-itis spreading among the Socceroos faithful.

Of course, that buttery optimism was mixed with a heaped mound of floury pessimism excessively — a Soccer-roux, if you will.

Meanwhile, the planetary assemblage was repeating its quadrennial treatment of the sanction of the Australian nationalist shot team.

But past the lucifer kicked off, and abruptly each anticipation was … well, possible, and we each drew profoundly from that cocktail of hope, fate, chance and luck, though not those of america successful the stadium of course, wherever specified beverages are banned.

And then, successful the ninth minute, it happened: Craig Goodwin scored the Socceroos' archetypal World Cup extremity from unfastened play successful 8 years.

A lofted walk from the backmost was superbly controlled by Mathew Leckie connected the close wing, who past bushed his antheral and sent a spearing transverse to Goodwin, arriving astatine the acold post. 

The Adelaide United attacker's decorativeness crashed into the extortion of the nett and Australia was 1-0 up against the defending satellite champions.

The heady scent of an upset filled the Australian nostrils and the Socceroos were precocious connected the fumes.

Mitchell Duke smashed a changeable conscionable wide minutes later.

It was 18 minutes of unbridled ecstasy.

But past it (a antithetic 'it' to the archetypal 'it', a worse 'it') happened. 

Adrien Rabiot equalised for France, heading successful from adjacent range, wholly unmarked successful the centre of the Australian punishment area.

Five minutes aboriginal the comparative bliss of scoreboard parity made mode for the fearfulness of scoreboard deficit.

A antiaircraft mistake by Nathaniel Atkinson allowed Kylian Mbappe to cross for Olivier Giroud, who handsomely tapped location from adjacent range.

The Australian faithful, feeling the existent of the lucifer statesman to resistance their squad toward perilous waters, began posting similar a antheral caught successful a rip astatine Bondi Beach, thrashing astir wildly, groping desperately for thing to support their hopes afloat.

The Socceroos went into fractional clip ensconced successful a acheronian gloom, and fortunate to beryllium lone 2-1 down.

And the faithful were already calling for the 2 Aussie attackers who mightiness illuminate the 2nd half; Jason Cummings and Garang Kuol.

When France decided it would beryllium just to hog 70 per cent of possession successful the opening 15 minutes of the 2nd half, the calls for Cummings and Kuol grew louder.

And past it (a 3rd 'it', a very, precise invited 'it') happened.

Cummings came connected successful the 56th minute, and Kuol followed successful the 74th.

Oh, the match? Yes, France had already made it 4-1, and were peppering the Australian extremity similar it was Peter Weller astatine the commencement of Robocop.

Olivier Giroud equalled Thierry Henry's nationalist squad extremity record, a bully infinitesimal for a subordinate who has softly go 1 of the champion strikers of his generation.

The 2nd fractional made wide — if it wasn't already —  conscionable however outmatched Australia was, peculiarly successful defence; Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele would routinely glide past the Socceroos fullbacks similar they were somewhat wilted potted location plants.

The thought Australia would person been capable to support its unexpected one-goal pb was fanciful, which enactment the determination to beryllium heavy aft scoring successful a alternatively damning light; someway surviving a godforsaken shoot-out was astir apt our champion anticipation of a affirmative result, arsenic France wasn't defending astir arsenic good arsenic they were attacking.

The 7 minutes of stoppage clip were the last excruciating ordeal.

Australia indispensable beryllium a much sustained, coherent menace successful onslaught if they're to prosper successful the next crippled against Tunisia.

I "4-1" would emotion to spot that.