TUESDAY night in Olympiakos' Karaiskaki Stadium in Athens. Argentina are pounding the Australian goal and look like adding to their early lead at any minute. Their swarthy No.11 with the jet-black hair is about to pounce on a loose ball inside the box when the youngster in the Australian No.6 shirt shimmies one way then another to completely wrong-foot the South American, before casually walking the ball out of the box to thunderous applause from the 26,000 crowd.
And back in Glasgow, if Derek Whyte and Gerry Britton had been watching it, they'd have been muttering: 'He better not try that when he gets back here.'
The Argentine who had been done like a kipper was none other than Inter Milan superstar Kily Gonzalez. The player doing him like a kipper was Partick Thistle defender Adrian Madaschi. That's the Olympics for you.
Madaschi, 22, is having the time of his life in Greece.
The Firhill man was called up for his country at the end of the season to play in Australia's World Cup qualifiers and did so well that he has played all three of their Olympic matches and will be a cornerstone of their defence in the quarter-finals on Saturday.
Great Britain might not have a football team in this tournament but the heart of Australia's defence is made in Scotland. Or in Glasgow to be precise, where Rangers' Craig Moore is chaperoning young Madaschi.
He spent the last half-hour of Tuesday's 1-0 defeat trying to shackle Barcelona sensation Javier Saviola and didn't do a bad job of it.
But come the end of the month he'll be trying to put the bite on the likes of Falkirk's Darryl Duffy and Clyde's Ian Harty.They're no' bad but they're no' Saviola.
The thought brings a smile to the big fella's face but he insists he'll be up for it, even if the surroundings will be a lot less glamorous than his month in the Grecian sunshine.
But right now he is living in the moment and if the Scottish First Division has been stored at the back of his mind,whocan blame him? He said: 'I am enjoying every minute here and I think against Argentina we showed we can mix it in any company.
'Playing against a guy like Gonzalez, who is playing Champions League football and is a star at Inter is helping my game enormously.
'I can only learn by playing against players of that calibre and from playing with guys like Craig Moore. The experience is priceless - - I didn't know him even though we both play in Glasgow.
'I first really methim at theend of the season when we were playing Oceania World Cup qualifiers and to play with him is a big learning experience. I'm loving it.'
Coming from the Australian version of Perth, Madaschi grew up dreaming the dream of every kid whose head hits the pillow at night.
He added: 'This is the biggest thing that has happened to me in my career by far. It is every Australian's dream to represent his country at the Olympics and I am doing that right now.
'We were in the Olympic Village from the first of August when we got together to prepare for this tournament, so we experienced it before anyone else.
'We moved to Crete for the first two games of the competition, against Tunisia and Serbia/Montenegro, and only came back to the Village at the start of the week to prepare for the match against Argentina in Athens.
'It's been great just mixing with all the other athletes from so many different places and different sports. Spotting the famous ones has been fun.
'I look at guys like Ian Thorpe and I am knocked out by how well he has done.He's the same age as me, yet he's won all these gold medals already. It's mindblowing that he has done so much.
'I'm obviously in a different sport but for these two weeks my ambition is the same as his - to go home with an Olympic gold medal.
'I know it won't be easy but we have a chance. We are here to achieve the same things that Thorpe is and having reached the last eight, nobody can count us out.
'We are now going back to Crete for the quarter final. Obviously, we'd love to come back to Athens for the semi-final and experience more of the Olympic atmosphere.
'We honestly believe we can leave with a medal. On our day we can compete with any team.'
Then it will be time to return to Glasgow and Madaschi isn't balking at the prospect.
He added: 'That won't be a problem and I am not going to be out there thinking, 'I wish I was back at the Olympics'.
'I'm a professional and it is my job to give Partick Thistle everything when I'm playing for them.That's what I'll be doing.
'I'll be approaching every game in the Scottish First Division in the same manner as I am doing here. It's the only way to be.
'Obviously, it was disappointing to hear over the summer that the club was not being allowed to stay in the SPL.
'I know they fought really hard to do that but we have a good squad and with a lot of effort we can push to get back up next year.
'I know we beat Airdrie at the weekend but lost to Clyde on the opening day.That shows it will be a difficult league but it is very early days.'
A First Division championship medal might not have the same cache as Olympic Gold but that doesn't mean Madaschi would turn his nose up at one.
From Daily Record