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The Matildas will seek to finish their record-breaking World Cup run with victory over Sweden in the third-place playoff on Saturday night .
No coach gave fewer average minutes to substitutes this tournament, with Gustavsson heavily reliant on a core group. “I think you saw in the [last] Olympics and I think you’ve seen now we have gone with a strategy that we think relationship and continuity in tournaments is key.
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