Matildas v South Korea LIVE updates: Injury-hit Aussies take on Korea Republic in Sydney

And that’s it! The five minutes of stoppage time have elapsed and the game is over.

The Matildas have prevailed 1-0 over South Korea, notching their first win of 2025, and a modicum of revenge over the side that knocked them out of the last Asian Cup in the quarter-finals.

All in all, the home side put in a good performance, and secured a result that will boost their confidence levels after their bruising SheBelieves Cup campaign. While they could have been a little cleaner in the final third, and didn’t generate too many clear-cut chances, they were mostly in control all night – and that own goal by Lim Seon-joo in the 54th minute, which came after a tantalising Emily van Egmond cross from the left, might have been tucked away by a green and gold shirt anyway.

For the nearly 40,000 fans who came out to see the Matildas, they’ll go home happy.