Sam Kerr was thinking two things when she walked up to take her penalty on Saturday night, writes Emma Kemp FIFAWorldCup FIFAWomensWorldCup
The first was that she had missed a penalty at the 2019 World Cup in France, sending her spot-kick high and wide in the Matildas’ round of 16 loss to Norway.“The only pen I was thinking about when I stepped up is the last World Cup when I missed,” Kerr said after Saturday night’s historic quarter-final win over France.
It was a far longer shift than her 15 minutes off the bench against Denmark, and indicates the calf injury that kept her out for the first three games might be consigned to the past, as Australia prepare for a semi-final showdown with England. For the first time since the tournament began three weeks ago, the story of the Matildas has not been a story about Kerr. This time the narrative was about the team, with Kerr on the field for more than half of it as their captain.
Likewise Mary Fowler, who she said is “20 years old and she has a head on her like she’s 30 and been around the game for a hundred years”.And she did address the emotional rollercoaster of sustaining an unexpected injury on the eve of a tournament she had been waiting to play in for three years.
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