MUNICH, June 18: Substitute Fred planned a special presentation to his father to celebrate his goal in Brazil's 2-0 World Cup win over Australia on Sunday.

“I'm going to give the ball as a present to my father,” Fred told reporters after scoring an 89th-minute goal. “I hope I can get everyone else to sign it for him.

“Thank God we were able to win. I'm really happy about scoring a goal so shortly after I got on.

“We've qualified for the next round so now we'll be able to play more openly.”

Australia captain Mark Viduka was pleased with the performance of his team.“It's very disappointing not to get something out of the game but Brazil are Brazil and we gave them a good game,” Viduka told Australian television.

“We played well and on another day it could have been different for us.”—Reuters