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Matildas fever has taken hold across Australia, and now enthusiasm for the country’s beloved team is threatening to boil over into an international incident – over memes.
In the lead-up to their seismic World Cup semi-final against England, the US embassy in Australia made clear where its allegiance lies, tweeting an edited version of Emanuel Leutze’s painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.
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