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Hometown hero Kerr arrived in the city on Tuesday from her English club Chelsea where she has only played limited minutes since recovering from the calf injury that sidelined her right before the first World Cup game in July. Gustavsson did not specify whether Kerr would start the matches and then be substituted or come off the bench at the later stages. The Matildas will start the second round of Olympic qualifying against Iran at HBF Park on Thursday as the first of three games on their path to the final round before Paris With squad members arriving in Perth from overseas and interstate in dribs and drabs since the weekend, the Matildas have so far had just one training session with the full squad, Gustavsson said. We saw against Ireland and Nigeria in the World Cup that we struggled at times and we hope to improve in that area. After narrowly missing out on the World Cup squad, Amy Sayer was clearly motivated to get back her spot on the roster, Gustavsson said.

Matildas press conference today

The expensive, paparazzi-style move was designed to gather exclusive footage of the team, particularly of injured Matildas captain Sam Kerr. This is all particularly interesting given FIFA had to castigate broadcasters for undervaluing the broadcast rights in the tournament lead-up. Read more: Fans are finding out just how disappointing merchandise for women's football is. More than 1. And the total crowd figure record of 1,, set in had been surpassed with 12 games to spare. When the team travelled to the world cup, not a single journalist turned up to the airport press conference. They pulled that fee together by fundraising through lamington drives, car washes, and casino nights. And saw Alicia Ferguson awarded the fastest red card in history for an ill-timed tackle two minutes into the game against China. It also became the first time the Matildas progressed to the knockout rounds. They were off contract, unpaid, and without medical insurance. So the Matildas went on strike for two months to draw attention to the imperiled nature of their footballing careers, which demanded full-time, elite-athlete commitment and results, but with part-time, amateur pay. The headlines that followed encapsulated the exasperation many felt and still feel at the inequity women athletes experience. This included the Junkee headline. The Matildas achieved pay parity with the Socceroos in , but the groundwork for that achievement was laid with that strike. It was when the team sold out Penrith Stadium with a then-record crowd of about 17,

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Tony Gustavsson says speculation about Matildas' coaching contract not distracting players ahead of Canada friendlies. Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson is confident his players have not been distracted by speculation over his future and are firmly focused on taking on Canada. Australia play the Olympic champions on Saturday and again on Wednesday, less than two weeks after reports in Sweden linked Gustavsson to his home country's vacant men's head coach role. Gustavsson, contracted until after the Olympics, again reiterated his commitment to ensuring qualification for Paris. I love this team. Let's move on, let's get prepared for the Olympics.

He began by congratulating Canada for their performance and speaking to their strengths, particularly on their right-hand side. That cost us — we knew that could cost us," he explained. I think the fact that we trained three days now with combination play, we lost a little bit of the mindset to get in behind and have more variation in that. She has a profile that we think is exciting if you want to play more with the ball and I think her last 30 minutes was very impressive. He emphasised the reasons for the experimental starting lineup. These involved load management, testing different players in different positions, and giving new players opportunities to impress in the lead-up to the Olympic qualifiers against Uzbekistan in February. Gustavsson explained that, as a senior national team, he is always looking to win - but that the long-term plan was more important than the short-term result. Remy Siemsen came off after appearing to pick up a slight ankle knock in the first half. Gustavsson expressed that they took her off just to be safe, and that it is hopefully nothing too serious.

Matildas press conference today

Matildas documentary lays bare team's struggles and successes. When Steph Catley was growing up, playing football in Melbourne, she had no idea who the Matildas were. So minimal was the mainstream media coverage — and so small a place did the women's game occupy in global football — that it wasn't until she joined the youth national sides that she began to learn about the team she has now represented for the better part of the past decade. The Matildas vice-captain remembers glimpsing inside one of her first jerseys and reading the team's now-famous quote, "Never say die", stitched just above the crest, right next to her heart. It was only once she was there, in the team's inner sanctum, feeling the weight of history in that jersey, that she truly understood who the Matildas were and what they meant. It's a fly-on-the-wall style series and the most intimate look yet into the journey of a team that has nestled itself into the hearts of sports fans across the country. With the Women's World Cup on home soil less than days away, attention on the Matildas is reaching fever-pitch. And, while their names will dominate headlines and their games will sell out Australia's biggest stadiums throughout July and August, it will be easy to forget just how difficult the road has been to get here. This documentary series, then, acts as a kind of scrapbook; a visual collection of moments and memories that capture the almost-unbearable struggles and sacrifices the players and staff have made over the past two-and-a-half years under head coach Tony Gustavsson as they prepared themselves for the biggest tournament of their lives.

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Posted 1 Dec 1 Dec Fri 1 Dec at am. We were waiting for answers. Injury rules Sam Kerr out of Matildas matches against Canada. The expensive, paparazzi-style move was designed to gather exclusive footage of the team, particularly of injured Matildas captain Sam Kerr. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. The crowd figure signalled there was an engaged audience and market there — it had just been under-catered for. After narrowly missing out on the World Cup squad, Amy Sayer was clearly motivated to get back her spot on the roster, Gustavsson said. Email address. We saw against Ireland and Nigeria in the World Cup that we struggled at times and we hope to improve in that area. Read more: Fans are finding out just how disappointing merchandise for women's football is More than 1. It also became the first time the Matildas progressed to the knockout rounds.

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Edition: Available editions Europe. Fast forward to Added Feb 23rd, Keeper's blunder gifts Manchester City easy goal Copenhagen's outgoing goalkeeper let the ball slip through his hands, gifting Manchester City an early lead less than 10 minutes into the round of 16 match. Posted 1 Dec 1 Dec Fri 1 Dec at am. Gustavsson quizzed on pitch after Pink tear-up Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson was asked what he thought of the Marvel Stadium surface after Pink's concerts at the Melbourne venue. The crowd figure signalled there was an engaged audience and market there — it had just been under-catered for. Commentator's curse strikes Copenhagen early Manchester City scored just over four minutes into leg two of their round of 16 contest against Copenhagen. Load More. Gustavsson said Chelsea had said Kerr's injury was "hopefully not a long one" and stressed both club and country were focused on her welfare with important games ahead. It is hard to imagine how Kerr felt, fronting the media to answer questions about the upcoming match and the expectations on her to guide the Matildas through the tournament — all the while with an injury cloud hanging over her head.