World Cup: Australia's Andrew Redmayne's crazy antics during shootout win vs Peru | OneFootball

Australia have booked their place at the 2022 World Cup.

The Socceroos took on Peru in their intercontinental play-off on Monday evening and finally achieved victory in a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.

Australia and Peru couldn’t be separated after 120 minutes of action, with only three shots on target mustered between them.

So it went to penalties and Graham Arnold decided to take a huge gamble by changing goalkeepers just before the footballing equivalent of the lottery draw.

Sydney FC goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne replaced former Brighton shot-stopper Mat Ryan in the 120th minute and it proved to be an inspired call.

When the shootout went to sudden death, Redmayne produced the biggest save of his career to thwart Alex Valera and send Australia to the World Cup.

The Aussie ‘keeper was certainly great entertainment value throughout the shootout as well.

Redmayne, who was making just his third international appearance, has a rather unique way of putting off penalty takers – dancing on the goal line like a bit of a maniac.

The 33-year-old performed a limb-flailing routine for every Peru spot kick, from the first by Gianluca Lapadula to the last by Valera.

Check out some clips of his wacky dancing during the shootout…

Video: Redmayne’s antics during World Cup play-off shootout victory vs Peru

Well, we can categorically say that we’ve never seen anything quite like that before – or even close to it.

Redmayne’s antics make Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar’s famous ‘spaghetti legs’ look incredibly tame in comparison.

Here’s how some more fans on social media reacted to the dance moves…

Fan reaction to Redmayne’s antics

So, Redmayne’s impressions of a drunk uncle at a wedding have seen Australia drawn in Group D at the World Cup later this year.

They will take on current holders France, Denmark and Tunisia, which means they’re going to have three very, very tough games out in Qatar.

If Australia progress through that group, it will be something of a minor miracle – but you can’t rule anything out when it comes to the theatre of a World Cup.