‘Absolutely crazy atmosphere’: Fans pack Fed Square as Socceroos fever takes over Melbourne CBD
Crowd controllers have resorted to megaphones to send hundreds more Socceroos supporters down the Yarra to watch the game on the big screen at AAMI Park.
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