Nestory Irankunda will head back to Bayern Munich determined to quickly improve so he can "dominate" World Cup qualifying and salvage the Socceroos' flagging campaign.
The teen sensation was a clear bright spark in his second start, and fourth cap overall, as Australia slumped to a frustrating 0-0 draw with Indonesia in Jakarta on Tuesday night.
Irankunda, 18, will now return to the Bundesliga powerhouse, where he has impressed since signing earlier this year, ahead of October's matches against China and Japan.
"I felt like a better player compared to my first start," Irankunda told Paramount Plus.
"Obviously I had my chances, created chances as well, was unlucky to get subbed off a bit early but that's just how football is and I'm pretty happy with my performance, honestly.
"Hopefully I can go back over to Germany, work on my craft and try some new things, try and improve and come back and start dominating this group stage."
Irankunda's performance, as a second striker alongside Mitch Duke, included a scintillating first-half strike that just clipped the post then deflected off Indonesia's goalkeeper to safety.
"It was just a bit unlucky," he said.
"I hit it perfectly, just one centimetre away and obviously that happens in football but we go again in the next round."
Irankunda's chance was one of 19 Socceroos shots in a frustrating night.
"It was our game all along. We should have won it," Irankunda added.
"We had our chances in the first half and second half but we should have put them away in the first half. We just got unlucky.
"But we still had the fight and we tried our best to try and win the game still.
"We were dominating the whole game."
The draw compounds Australia's horror first-up loss to Bahrain, with hopes of a top-two finish in group C and a direct qualification spot fading.
But Irankunda played down any concerns.
"No, we're not panicking at all. We're not panicking. No need to panic," he said.
"It's great to have such a huge crowd. They did give us some trouble but we kept our heads and we still have the fight.
"One point is OK but we would have liked to have three."
