Such was the calibre of Australia’s win over Canada, coach Tony Gustavsson now faces a positional dilemma for the last-16 clash with Denmark in Sydney
How things change in 90 minutes. Ever since Australian captain Sam Kerr injured herself in a warm-up on the eve of the Women’s World Cup, the nation’s attention has been squarely focused on the striker’s left calf. The hopes of 26 million people resting on two muscles: the gastrocnemius and the soleus.
Kerr-watch has been a rollercoaster of emotions. At first there was anger in some quarters over the way the news had been withheld, after Kerr attended a press conference 24 hours ahead of the Matildas’ opening match and did not say a word about being absent. Then came hope – the Matildas are a team of 23, they insisted, and the squad would step up in their captain’s absence.
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