AUSTRALIA Jedinak: We were so dominant

While their 3-1 defeat arrived for Australia on the back of a rousing revival against Chile, captain Mile Jedinak was frank at the final whistle, telling FIFA.com: “It doesn't make it any easier.”

After falling two goals behind early on to the South Americans, many Socceroos fans in the Arena Pantanal stands were fearing the worst as Jorge Sampaoli's side looked dominant. But after those early jitters, the Australians re-discovered themselves, hitting back before half-time and they were the better side for long stretches of the second-half – only conceding the third in the dying minutes.

“It's disappointing to be honest. We had a right go and those first 20 minutes ended up costing us,” the towering captain said. “We were on top of them, we were so dominant. We had a couple of good chances, and their keeper pulled off some great saves. It wasn't meant to be, that was the difference.”

Those early lapses, where Alexis Sanchez and Jorge Valdivia struck within two minutes of each other, ended up being just too much to overcome. On reflection Jason Davidson – Australia's hard-working 22-year-old left-back – felt maybe the occasion got to some of them in the opening stages.

We were on top of them, we were so dominant. We had a couple of good chances, and their keeper pulled off some great saves.

Mile Jedinak, Australia captain