As the final whistle sounded and the reality set in that the Matildas' World Cup title ambitions were over, the players embraced each other and the opposition.
But Australian star Sam Kerr saved her biggest embrace and a special surprise for a member of the Lionesses who she regards as her best friend.
Millie Bright is a Chelsea stalwart and was at the club when Kerr arrived in 2019.
The two have become inseparable ever since so Bright was quick to console her mate after the history result which will see England contest a World Cup final for the first time.