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Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson is blessed with however his broadside has handled high-pressure situations passim the tournament.

"I deliberation (against) Ireland erstwhile it came to those large moments, for example, the past 15 minutes erstwhile we were nether the gun, they've got 1 of the champion aerial presences successful the world, they've got a batch of acceptable plays, I deliberation the squad was highly composed," helium told the media connected Sunday.

"One of the things we looked astatine successful the reappraisal of that crippled was that we stayed composed and focused, and controlled the past 15 minutes ... but we weren't blessed astir the attacking crippled successful that archetypal game.

"If you look astatine the Nigeria game, I deliberation the 1 infinitesimal that was mentally a truly pugnacious situation for america was conceding a extremity precise precocious successful the archetypal half, and we could person mentally had the immense antagonistic effect of that astatine the opening of the 2nd fractional but I deliberation the squad came retired truly beardown astatine the opening of the 2nd half.

"Then erstwhile we conceded that 3-1 goal, you could cave arsenic a subordinate if you're frightened but they didn't. We had a wide program connected however to spell for a goal.

"In presumption of the players' absorption and however they handled the unit successful those moments, I deliberation they were superb successful presumption of scoring 3-2 and that 'never accidental die' attitude.

"So mentally, I'm blessed with however the players person responded successful those antithetic moments successful the archetypal 2 games."

They'll request to amp it up adjacent much contiguous due to the fact that each infinitesimal volition substance against Canada.