"I am happy to help the team in anyway I can," the Melbourne City man said. "Going on to the field, the advice from the "Gaffa" was to just bring some energy on, do my thing, and that's what I did," Arzani said.

Arzani said he was stunned to have scored his first goal in just his second international appearance and immediately after coming on as a substitute, so much so that he froze instead of celebrating the goal.

"Really happy, a little bit shocked, that's why I didn't celebrate so much. A bit of luck on my side for the goal I think. It's such a surreal feeling, you know, even to play for my country but to get on and score within seconds is really amazing," he said. "My mum and my dad were in the crowd. I ran to the corner flag for some reason. I don't know – I was a little bit confused."

Arzani is hoping his debut goal will be enough to get him into the side to play in Australia's opening World Cup match against France on Saturday.

"You never know, it's football. At the minute, as you can all see, I know just as much as you guys really. I turn up to training each day trying my hardest, but at the minute that's the way it's panning out. I just try my best to help out the team in anyway that I can," Arzani said. "I think it's important not to put too much pressure on yourself and just try to enjoy things, and that's what I'm going to try and do."