The victory means Australia finish third in Group B, behind Nigeria and Ecuador, and advance to the Round of 16 as one of the four best third-place finishers, having secured four points.

Australia had opened their campaign with a 2-1 defeat to Ecuador before playing to a 2-2 draw with Hungary.

Just like in their opening match, the Joeys conceded twice in the first-half at the Estádio Olímpico in Goiânia to trail 2-0 at the break.

But Trevor Morgan’s side roared back in the second-half, deservedly taking something from the match thanks to goals from Noah Botic and Caleb Watts.

Two goals in the opening nine minutes cost Australia at the Estádio Olímpico in Goiânia, Brazil, despite a spirited response from Trevor Morgan’s boys in their Group B tie on Saturday.

Tajikistan went into the match buoyant after having opened their campaign with a 1-0 win over African champions Cameroon but Spain were on top from the start to register their first triumph of the tournament, having settled for a 0-0 draw with Argentina on Matchday One.

Having opened their campaign with a 3-0 win over Netherlands, the point against USA took Japan to second in the Group D standings behind Senegal.

Senegal, who defeated Netherlands 3-1 earlier on Wednesday, are on six points and face Japan in the final group tie on Saturday.

Both teams entered the encounter boasting wins in their tournament debuts, with Korea Republic having defeated Haiti 2-1 and France beating Chile 2-0.

France, however, left the Estadio da Serrinha unscathed thanks in large part to their organised attacking moves.

Yamato Wakatsuki scored in each half, while Jun Nishikawa added a third from the penalty spot as the Asian champions made a statement of intent at Brazil 2019.