Dylan Tombides is preparing for the biggest match of his young career as Australia take on Uzbekistan in the FIFA U-17 World Cup round of 16 this evening.
The Joeys return to action just 48 hours after their rearranged final group-stage fixture against Denmark on Monday - a game they drew 1-1 courtesy of a dramatic last-gasp equaliser to advance to the knockout stages.
On Wednesday, Australia will tackle their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rivals in the Mexican city of Torreon, and the West Ham United striker knows it will be no easy task to reach the quarter-finals.
Tombides spoke to whufc.com exclusively from Australia's training camp ahead of the big game.
Dylan, congratulations on reaching the round of 16. You got through in dramatic circumstances - you were down to ten men and were a goal down with only a minute or two to go. What were your emotions when that equaliser flew into the net?
We went 1-0 down for the second time against Denmark after our first game was postponed due to bad weather, and to top going 1-0 down we also had a man sent-off for a straight red card offence.
That meant I had to drop back into the midfield, and for a good 60 or 70 minutes we were on the back foot. We only had the odd counterattack, but we managed to hold them out and then it was the 90th minute when we got the equaliser.
I couldn't believe it! I was bent over from running all game and when the ball went in we all suddenly had an extra gear to go and celebrate the goal as a team.
You will only have had 48 hours of rest between Denmark and Uzbekistan. Are you confident that won't have any effect on your preparation for the game?
I don't think it will affect our preparation but it definitely affect our bodies, because they won't have had the best recovery time for the next match.
Either way, we will be up for it and we will give it our all. The more experienced players in the team will make sure of that!
You are through to the last 16, so how far can Australia go?
All the boys are very happy we've gotten this far and are keen to go further to prove the people who have doubted our abilities wrong.
We believe we can go on to the quarters and maybe to semi-finals if we perform to our best.