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#1 Matt Ryan's cool and calm demeanor in the penalty shootout
Uzbekistan knew that taking the game to the penalty was the only way they could sniff away at the quarter-finals.
They succeeded in doing half the job. But, to complete the next half, they had to go through Australia's goalkeeper Matt Ryan.
Australia won the toss and decided to fire the first shot. Captain Mark Milligan didn't disappoint the team and Uzbekistan's Otabek Shukorov followed the honours.
However, the Uzbek goalkeeper saved Aziz Behich's shot and, Matt Ryan was tasked to deny the Central Asian country the lead.
He stayed in the center to save Islom Tukhtakhodjaev's shot before parrying away Marat Bikmaev's attempt. Matthew Leckie converted the fifth penalty and ensured Australia survived Uzbekistan's scare and made it through to the next round.
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