Remember the A-League final between Brisbane Roar and Central Coast Mariners in March? Roarcelona the date with destiny? The day on which the best team in the A-League history after the Championship trophy stand on the precipice of defeat lifted?
Please bear in mind that Central Coast 2-0 three minutes from the end of extra time before led Brisbane Australia football stunned the world with two goals in three minutes to force a penalty shootout?
Your nerves were shot. And they baked since the ROAR went up 3-2 in the shootout with Henrique get the chance to secure the victory.
So what were the emotions on the pitch, on the sidelines, and behind the scenes, on the A-League final?
Roar coach Ange Postecoglou, for example, was calmness personified as Henrique intensified.
Except he wasn't.
Looks were misleading.
"I remember sitting there and a bit of Orange fluff landed somewhere on my pants," tells Postecoglou Fox Sports in our exclusive documentary capturing the emotion of the most dramatic decider in the A-League history.
"I was just looking at this piece of Orange fluff, and I'm going ' what it does here."
"I wasn't really sure what the count was.
"I sat on my own, and no one said" this is it ".
"I wasn't aware that was it.
"When Henrique rises, pasting it into the back of the net, everyone runs out and I'm sitting there like a stunned mullet.
"I forget who it was bugged me on the shoulder, says ' that's it, we won '.
"It was a very weird experience."
Get a taste of the documentary in the video on top of the story.
Watch the film in full from 9: 30 pm (EST), Sunday 26 June, on Fox Sports 2 and Fox Sports 2HD.
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