The Matildas beat Canada, 4-0, and will play on at the women’s World Cup, advancing to the knockout stage.
Kerr roared and rejoiced from the sideline anyway, and her face that seems to appear on every other billboard in this country kept beaming on the big screens in Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. With no need for her to appear as some inspiring substitution, the most famous calf in sports nowadays could avail itself of further mending.
“There are nerves,” said Ronnie Blyth of Adelaide, but she had found something bigger: “The atmosphere has been electric, the anticipation. A once-in-a-lifetime experience. You’ve got to do these things in life, don’t you?” The Matildas came barreling out, getting Hayley Raso’s goals in the ninth and 39th minutes, seeing a goal overturned in the 34th but getting Mary Fowler’s goal from Caitlin Foord in the 58th minute and Steph Catley’s penalty in stoppage time. Then they walked through the interview area and produced a chorus about their impeccable evening.“It was such a special night,” Raso said.“Everything we did was how we wanted it,” Catley said.
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