Can the Matildas win the Women’s World Cup? Permission to dream: granted.
Can the Matildas win the Women’s World Cup? For an independent, unbiased view, let’s ask England coach Sarina Wiegman, who just watched her side’s 30-match unbeaten run go up in green and gold smoke.“They’re aggressive, they’re tight, today in the 18-yard box, they were good with the headers ... I think there are many teams that could win the World Cup. I think Australia’s one of them.
It now sits rightly within the bounds of possibility, and that’s really all a host nation can ask for leading into a major tournament – especially one that’s ridden the peaks and troughs of football like the Matildas.means everything for Australia’s World Cup hopes – and absolutely nothing at the same time.
This was a clean sheet for the ages, compact and confident in such difficult conditions, richly earned by executing Gustavsson’s tactical instructions to perfection – and a strong pointer to how Australia will play if the Matildas and Lionesses meet again in the World Cup’s round of 16.“They have a lot of weapons,” Gustavsson said. “If you don’t defend as a team, you get exposed, like we did a couple of times in the middle of the second half.
The opener was set up by centre-back Clare Hunt in the 32nd minute with a long ball over the top; the latter was scored by Charli Grant, deputising for the injured Steph Catley, whose diving header met Kerr’s brilliant cross and finished off a swift, slick counter-attacking move in the 67th minute.Hunt and Grant, both A-League products, have only been recently blooded at international level by Gustavsson.
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