SYDNEY : Australia coach Tony Gustavsson credited a Sam Kerr halftime talk for the 4-0 win over the Czech Republic in Gosford on Thursday that kicked off Australia's Women's World Cup preparations.The Matildas were scoreless at halftime in their opening match of the four-team Cup of Nations friendly tourn
SYDNEY : Australia coach Tony Gustavsson credited a Sam Kerr halftime talk for the 4-0 win over the Czech Republic in Gosford on Thursday that kicked off Australia's Women's World Cup preparations.
Gustavsson said the Czechs had been selected to replicate the challenge the World Cup co-hosts will face in their tournament opener against Ireland on July 20 and that captain Kerr had helped fire their revival."What we said at halftime was, 'What if this was the opening game of the World Cup with 80,000 in the stands, frustrated?' If we let that thought come to us emotionally, we probably don't see this second half.
Gustavsson said Chelsea striker Kerr had got better at delivering the right message to her team mates. "But she can also be composed and distant and be very clear in her instructions. I definitely think she has grown with her leadership."
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