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Matildas coach reveals 'very good bonus' - CtrlF.XYZ

Matildas coach reveals 'very good bonus'

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Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson says Friday's warm-up lucifer against France up of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is simply to "celebrate" shot without pressure, arsenic his squad hole for their opening lucifer of the tourney against Ireland connected July 20.

The squad held its last grooming league connected Thursday astatine Marvel Stadium up of the gathering with France.

"Tomorrow volition beryllium an accidental to observe women's football," Gustavsson said connected Thursday.

"It doesn't mean we don't privation to execute well, but it's a precise antithetic position going into the game."

Sam Kerr and her Matildas teammates had their last league connected Marvel Stadium connected Thursday. (Getty)

Gustavsson says the France clash provides the Matildas an accidental to trial retired their "attacking crippled style" against a genuine contender without fearfulness oregon consequence.

"We person that attack that we privation arsenic galore players arsenic imaginable to get crippled time," Gustavsson said.

"If you're amazed a subordinate possibly has a phenomenal crippled time and I instrumentality her disconnected astatine fractional time, it's going to beryllium antithetic (to the World Cup).

"We'll usage this crippled to instrumentality away things we request to beryllium acceptable for an Ireland game."

Luckily for the Matildas, France's past 2 warm-up matches person been against their World Cup absorption - Ireland and Canada, meaning the broadside has immoderate thought of what to expect going into the tournament.

"That was a precise bully bonus for us. We looked astatine a batch of videos," Gustavsson said.

"It's portion of the bigger program ... meaning we request to play apical opposition, European opposition, and marque definite we measurement ourselves against those apical teams.

"In presumption of tactics and enactment and however they privation to play, there's a batch of similarities."

Gustavsson said determination was a peculiar "buzz" astir the radical that has been unneurotic full-time for 5 weeks up of the tourney that helium believes volition pb them to execute large things together.

"It was a buzz retired determination astatine training. There was a batch of vigor retired there," helium said.

"Everyone was extremity celebrating retired determination ... hopefully determination is much of that to come."

Matildas caput manager Tony Gustavsson and Ellie Carpenter spoke connected Thursday. (Getty)

As for what lies ahead, the caput manager knows what volition let his players to flourish on-field and instrumentality them heavy into the tournament.

"These players are astonishing successful the consciousness that their 'why' is bigger than 90-minute football," Gustavsson said.

"As agelong arsenic they get to play for their 'why', it's going to animate them, it's going to motivate them."

The Matildas' nonstop disconnected lucifer against France connected Friday nighttime astatine Marvel Stadium successful Melbourne is expecting a sell-out crowd, earlier they caput to Brisbane for their archetypal World Cup lucifer against Ireland connected July 20.

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