LIVE: Kerr set to start but Matildas suffer big blow

Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson believes England won't beryllium the aforesaid benignant of hostile to erstwhile they played them last, which ended successful a 2-0 triumph to the former.

"[Last clip we played England] we got a bully modulation crippled going but I besides cognize that England learned a batch from that game. If you saw England playing against Nigeria, for example, they are besides a very, precise bully modulation team. England played overmuch much nonstop than they usually do. So, I deliberation they person evolved and adjusted their crippled program a small spot truthful they're not conscionable possession-based, particularly if they take to play with the backmost 3 and 2 nines that are consenting to tally successful behind," helium told media connected Tuesday.

"You tin spot that they played overmuch much direct. So, it'll beryllium an absorbing tactical crippled successful that consciousness due to the fact that is England going to enactment existent to their possession game, oregon are they going to instrumentality distant our modulation crippled by playing a antithetic benignant of shot than they usually bash and adjusting successful that sense? We've prepped for some systems - they tin play four-three-three and three-five-two.

"We've besides played 3 antithetic systems successful this World Cup truthful we mightiness beryllium flexible and bash thing antithetic arsenic well. The 1 happening that I deliberation is absorbing is that determination are immoderate players, nary substance what strategy they play, that person the precise aforesaid tendencies, and erstwhile we played them past clip we managed to people specifically 2 of those players and benefited from that tactically.

"So, we've looked into those nuances and that idiosyncratic behaviour a small spot much present alternatively of the system, and I anticipation that we tin people that [on Wednesday] arsenic well."

Mackenzie Arnold was the leader for the Matildas successful their punishment shootout with France.

Following the win, the goalkeeper gave recognition to manager and erstwhile Australian keeper Tony Franken for his relation successful her development.

"[Franken has] been monolithic successful my development, of people connected the field, but much truthful disconnected the field," she told media connected Tuesday.

"I deliberation erstwhile I wasn't playing that starting role, helium could spot the disappointment wrong me. So, I deliberation helium truly made definite that I was switched connected and I was acceptable to instrumentality my chances erstwhile it came, which is astir apt thing I didn't bash successful the past.

"I knew, of course, that Tony [Gustavsson] ever believed successful maine but with that moving narration with Tony Franken, it's evidently precise antithetic with the goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach. I deliberation I could truly consciousness that helium wanted maine to play. He wanted maine to instrumentality that accidental erstwhile it came.

"Of course, I privation to bash it for myself, but the pridefulness that I spot connected his look each clip I travel disconnected the tract aft a bully show is 2nd to nary and I'm gladsome that he's connected this travel with maine for sure."

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."