The Matildas have finished fourth in the last Olympics and the last football World Cup. Caitlin Foord believes it has the team primed for a tilt at Parisian Olympic glory.
Matildas star Caitlin Foord has cast off injury concerns and declared she will be ready for the Matildas ' Olympic opener against Germany on Friday.Monday July 29, 3AM versus Zambiawho are already without injured all-time lead scorer Sam Kerr"If it was an Olympic game , I would have played.
"I think we have time to think about it and to plan when you get to it you don't allow your body to be sore, you don't allow yourself to dwell on games, and you just get on with it and get on to the next one."The Matildas have suffered some heartbreaking losses in big matches of late. This was after the World Cup loss to Sweden in 2023.They may have captured the hearts of the nation during the 2023 World Cup but ultimately they left with heartbreak.
It was hauntingly similar to that of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, where the Matildas lost to Sweden in the semifinals and then Team USA in the bronze medal match. She scored back-to-back hat-tricks last Olympics and despite her team's defensive deficiencies is an attacking weapon that refuses to be blunted.Foord though remains unperturbed, even if past results have stung, and is adamant the Matildas' near misses may yet amount to future glory." went really close last Olympics and went really close the previous World Cup.
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