Matildas deliver ominous World Cup message

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The Matildas remained unbeaten to triumph the Cup of Nations women’s tourney with a 3-0 triumph implicit Jamaica connected Wednesday night.

Katrina Gorry gave the Aussies a 1-0 pb successful the 28th infinitesimal earlier Alex Chidiac (56th) and Caitlan Foord (69th) finished the scoring.

The location broadside was unbeaten successful 3 matches and scored 10 goals. It was Australia's seventh consecutive triumph overall.

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"It wasn't a superb crippled tonight," Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson said.

"It wasn't a superb archetypal fractional against Czech Republic, it wasn't a superb 2nd fractional against Spain, but tourney shot is astir uncovering a mode to win, grinding through, believing successful what you're doing."

Midfielder Gorry said the players should beryllium blessed astir remaining unbeaten.

"We wanted to travel retired beardown contiguous and decorativeness this tourney disconnected and that's precisely what we did," she told Network 10.

"Three (wins) from 3 (matches), I deliberation we're beauteous blessed with to commencement disconnected 2023 (that way)."

Gorry said she enjoyed the carnal conflict against a Jamaican squad that showed plentifulness of grit and determination, peculiarly successful the archetypal half.

"It was decidedly physical, but we emotion that. That's what we're each about," she said.

"Playing successful the midfield erstwhile it's a carnal game, it's ever enjoyable

"We knew that was going to hap but we came backmost beauteous strong."

Earlier Wednesday, Esther Gonzalez scored 2 goals to pb Spain to a 3-0 triumph implicit Czech Republic and unit the Matildas to astatine slightest gully their precocious lucifer against Jamaica to triumph the tournament.

Gonzalez scored successful the 29th and 40th minutes successful the rain-filled lucifer astatine Newcastle, northbound of Sydney, earlier Athenea del Castillo sealed the triumph with an 84th-minute penalty.

Spain won 2 of its 3 matches, the Czechs 1 of 3 and Jamaica mislaid each 3 of its games.

The tourney was an aboriginal warmup lawsuit for the Women’s World Cup scheduled from July 20 to August 20 successful Australia and New Zealand.

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