With Paris 2024 looming, Tony Gustavsson will be hoping there are no more injury scares after Caitlin Foord went down in Friday night’s draw between the sides. Follow all the action from Accor Stadium.
This jacket isn’t as cool as Ante Milicic’s jacket.There’s our first shot on target, as Hayley Raso forces a fairly elementary save out of China’s Huan Xu as she shoots from a narrow angle. That’ll be a corner, Australia’s third of the match after two back-to-back efforts by Steph Catley, neither of which found a target. This one doesn’t, either. But this match has been all Matildas so far - China have had one shot, but it was from a long way out and almost made out of desperation.
A much better start by the Matildas compared to Friday night in Adelaide, that’s for sure, albeit not exactly thrill-a-minute football right now for the 75,000-plus people here. “Give me a blog post,” says Vince Rugari, who sits next to me in the press box at Accor Stadium. Well, Vince, I like the dapper jacket you are wearing tonight. I’m a bit envious as it’s a bit chilly.If I look further afield than the small world that is the Australian football media bubble, the players are on the field warming up. The goalkeepers - including retiring great Lydia Willams - received a nice cheer as they ran out to start their drills.
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