LIVE: England coach fires back at rival's claim

England brag Sarina Wiegman has deed backmost astatine Australia dubbing themselves underdogs up of Wednesday's Women's World Cup clash.

Aussie manager Tony Gustavsson declared the Matildas are the underdogs astatine his property league connected Tuesday. When Weigman spoke to reporters soon after, she disputed those claims.

"I don't deliberation Australia are the underdog, they are playing astatine location and the stadium volition beryllium precise full," stated the 53-year-old, whose broadside person won each 5 of their matches truthful far.

"There's 2 teams that are precise beardown and person grown into the tournament, it's going to beryllium precise choky and competitive.

"We attack the crippled arsenic immoderate different game, we hole however we privation to play and analyse our hostile truly good truthful we tin hopefully exposure immoderate weaknesses."

The Matildas are ranked tenth portion the English are the Euro champions and 4th successful the satellite standings.

The Aussies defeated England 2-0 successful a affable successful April, and contempt going down successful the clash, Weigman said it was a utile experience.

"That crippled astatine that constituent already gave america a batch of accusation truthful we've learned from that," she said.

"We person that cognition now, we person that acquisition and it's truly bully to person that acquisition and instrumentality that with america tomorrow.

"But besides we've analysed Australia during the tourney truthful I deliberation we're precise good prepared for what they privation to bash and however they privation to play. We're acceptable for it."