Women’s Asian Cup Final Recap: Australia face Japan for chance to lift major trophy
A red-hot Japan sunk the Matildas Asian Cup dreams with a strike to behold. Recap the heartbreaking final as it happened in our blog.
Soccer: A red-hot Japan sunk the Matildas Asian Cup dreams with a strike to behold.
Recap the heartbreaking final as it happened in our blog.
Passion aplenty
The fans are still coming in in droves and the passion is clear.
Australia’s starting XI
The Matildas have settled on their starting XI with Hayley Raso set to come off the bench.
Kerr watch
Sam Kerr is playing some of her best football after finally recovering from her ACL injury.
She made it six Perth games in a row with a goal after sealing Australia’s semifinal victory over China but can her form travel to the east coast?
But she won’t be the only threat up top if the Matildas can get their ball movement going with Caitlin Foord and Mary Fowler begging for some chances to shine.
Filing in
The fans are steadily piling into the ground and the Matildas will have a very one-sided support tonight.
There’s a few Japanese fans around who I’m sure will make some noise.
One Australia change
One change for the Matildas with Hunt out and Heatley in with Montemurro saying it is a technical change to allow them to pass out from the back better.
The big time
This is Australia’s first major final in eight years but it’s only Joe Montemurro’s 14th match in charge of the Matildas.
Can he and the team rise to the pressure?
Joe looked pretty calm pre-game and said “the girls are ready”.
HERE. WE. GO!
We are under an hour away from kick off as the Matildas stride for Asian Cup glory.
Japan have been red-hot with 28 goals across the tournament while only allowing one against.
But Sam Kerr is in form and the girl from Fremantle likes a big game!
Stay tuned for all the latest ahead of the Asian Cup FInal.
