MELBOURNE : Australia's hopes of a legacy-defining Women's World Cup will be at stake when they play Canada in Monday's Group B crunch match and the co-hosts' campaign will be a failure if they are eliminated before the knockout phase, coach Tony Gustavsson said.The Matildas are a point behind Nigeria and
MELBOURNE : Australia's hopes of a legacy-defining Women's World Cup will be at stake when they play Canada in Monday's Group B crunch match and the co-hosts' campaign will be a failure if they are eliminated before the knockout phase, coach Tony Gustavsson said.
"That's how this business works. I think it's a massive game in that sense, and we can't shy away from that," the Swede told reporters on Sunday."Long-term legacy, it's a different type of question, but if you talk sports and results, this game is massive." Australia's hopes of advancing would be boosted by the availability of captain and striker Sam Kerr after she missed the opening win over Ireland and the Nigeria loss with a calf injury.
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