Kerr makes huge call for must-win World Cup clash

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Matildas skipper Sam Kerr has confirmed she is disposable for her side's must-win FIFA Women's World Cup clash against Canada connected Monday night.

Kerr was ruled retired of the Matildas' archetypal 2 excavation matches soon earlier their opener against Ireland with a calf injury.

"The program has (remained) the aforesaid - miss the archetypal 2 games and past reassess," she told media connected Saturday.

"I was retired connected the transportation today, and I'm arsenic bully arsenic I tin be.

"I would emotion to archer you everything, it's going to spell down to the wire. I'm decidedly going to beryllium available, but however we determine to usage that is not to beryllium fixed to the absorption is the main thing.

Sam Kerr speaking to media connected Saturday morning. (Getty)

"I'm going to beryllium determination (and) I'm going to beryllium ready."

Kerr said she had ne'er had an wounded similar this 1 successful her career.

"Touch wood this is the past – but usually erstwhile I've been injured it's been a large 1 wherever I've been retired for months connected extremity truthful it's an casual pill to swallow, but I deliberation with these ones it's a spot much annoying," she said.

"It was disappointing, but I had to suck it up. I'm portion of a team, I'm not portion of an idiosyncratic sport, it's not astir me, and that's what I've done implicit the past nevertheless galore days it's been.

Sam Kerr was connected airy duties during the Matildas' grooming league past week. (Chris Hyde via Getty Images)

"I've been fortunate capable to person ever been connected the transportation implicit the past fewer years … and had teammates not connected the transportation supporting me, truthful that's been my relation the past 10 days.

"To beryllium honorable it's an honour to beryllium here. I consciousness fortunate and privileged to beryllium here.

"The astir important happening is I'm a bully teammate who supports their team."

After winning their opener against Ireland 1-0, the Matildas suffered a daze 3-2 nonaccomplishment successful their 2nd crippled against Nigeria connected Thursday night.

The Matildas volition instrumentality connected the Canadians astatine the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium connected Monday night, astatine the aforesaid clip Nigeria instrumentality connected Ireland astatine Brisbane Stadium.

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