Socceroos v Egypt LIVE updates: Australia knocked out of World Cup by Egypt after penalties at Dallas Stadium before Cape Verde take on Argentina

Australian coach Tony Popovic has spoken to SBS after the match.

When asked whether this was the most heartbroken Popovic had been in his life, he said: “Good question. It’s tough. It’s tough now, yeah.”

“I think we showed the world that Australian football is strong. A wonderful group, but just devastated for them that we can’t progress,” he said.

When asked about Herrington and Souttar’s misses, Popovic dismissed the question.

“It’s not a moment to think about that now. That will come, I’m sure. I’m extremely proud of them. I haven’t even thought about the players who missed the penalties,” he said. “Unfortunately, we go home and the World Cup ends for us.”

And on why he chose to substitute Matty Ryan in the final minutes of extra time to replace Patrick Beach for the shootout, Popovic said, “I think that was always an option for us with [Ryan’s] experience. Then you’ve got to see how the game plays out, and sometimes in extra time players go down and you need to make the changes and you don’t have a sub available, but we still had one available with a couple of minutes to go, and we put Matty on.”

“First of all congratulations to Egypt. Huge victory for them and historic day for them as well. We took it all the way to the very end. Penalties is a cruel way to lose,” says Irvine, before referencing the misses from Souttar and Herrington.

“But anybody who’s got the confidence to step up and take that ball after 120 minutes … takes big heart, and I hope everyone stays behind them and they get all the support … they’ve been immense, the two of them, throughout this tournament and to step up and take a penalty is not easy.”

They haven’t stopped coming since that final penalty. This is a career-altering moment for him, which is saying something given the path of Salah’s career to date. Egypt started their World Cup campaign without having won a World Cup match. They did that in the group stage. Now they have won their first knock-out stage match. Of course, in doing so they have denied Australia a first knockout-stage win, which is why most of the Socceroos squad are also in tears. But a moment for Egypt and for Salah, who on the balance of play probably just had the edge and made their moments count.

The shirt is off and he’s at the corner flag as other red shirts race in to swarm him. The music plays for Egypt as Australia sink to the depths of despair. Souttar’s face is just awful, as if he will have nightmares about his opening penalty kick for some time and completely forget about the rest of his performance over 120 minutes. Herrington too can’t seem to move, as if he’s glued to the spot. As if he, like Souttar, weren’t a big part of the reason Australia even made it to the shootout in the first place. This was so close. The Socceroos have won some pretty high-stakes penalty shootouts, but not this one. They bow out at the round of 32.