Reuters
 
Munich, Jun 19: Substitute Fred planned a special Father's Day gift to celebrate his goal in Brazil's 2-0 World Cup win over Australia on Sunday.

"I'm going to give the ball as a present to my father," Fred told reporters after scoring an 89th-minute goal. "I hope I can get everyone else to sign it for him.

"Thank God we were able to win. I'm really happy about scoring a goal so shortly (one minute) after I got on.

"We've qualified for the next round so now we'll be able to play more openly. " Midfielder Ze Roberto said he expected champions Brazil, who are certain of a place in the last 16, to improve as the competition progressed.

"We are getting better," said Ze Roberto. "We will, I think, get better in every game.

"We tried to impose our style of play from the start but we were up against a very strong opponent who were strong in defence."

Australia captain Mark Viduka was pleased with the performance of his team.

"It's very disappointing not to get something out of the game but Brazil are Brazil and we gave them a good game," Viduka told Australian television.

"We played well and on another day it could have been different for us."

The Socceroos can still qualify for the second round with a win over Croatia in their final Group F game in Stuttgart on June 22.

"If we can get a result against Croatia then the group is still open for us," Viduka said.