Proud coach Tony Gustavsson has praised his Matildas side for ignoring the “noise” linking him to the USA job and taking another step towards qualifying for next year’s Olympic Games with an 8-0 demolition of the Philippines on Sunday.
Hometown hero Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord each scored hat-tricks as the full-strength Matildas ran riot in front of almost 60,000 fans at Optus Stadium.
However, should the Matildas qualify for Paris, there is no guarantee that Gustavsson will still be their coach. Hat-trick heroes Caitlin Foord and Sam Kerr celebrate in Perth. Picture: James Worsfold/Getty Images“I said that there was always going to be noise outside, there was always going to be speculation – that’s how business works,” he told Network 10.“We have a very good relationship, we know what we’re doing, we focus on the game, one game at a time, one training at a time, and you saw that in the performance .
With the job well and truly completed, Kerr was replaced in the 65th minute, as Gustavsson kept good with his promise to manage the skipper’s game time and not play her for an entire match in any of Australia’s three second-round matches, which include Wednesday’s battle with Chinese Taipei at HBF Park.
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