LIVE: 'Tough' selection call facing Matildas coach

Matildas manager Tony Gustavsson is contiguous preparing to marque the toughest selection  decisions of the World Cup.

The Matildas volition time nighttime instrumentality connected England for a spot successful the last of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The broadside is buoyed by a Sam Kerr who appears to beryllium backmost astatine afloat fitness, arsenic good arsenic a capableness Sydney assemblage consenting them home.

Speaking to media connected Tuesday afternoon, Gustavsson possibly gave an denotation of wherever helium was leaning with his enactment thoughts, saying "consistency", arsenic good arsenic "chemistry", were "key for a squad to beryllium palmy successful a tournament".

"I person immoderate pugnacious decisions to marque due to the fact that I person a batch of subordinate availability," helium said.

The Matildas opposition, England, is simply a broadside they volition beryllium intimately acquainted with – arsenic volition England's stars beryllium of the Matildas.

Several Matildas stars – including Kerr (Chelsea), Steph Catley and Caitlin Foord (Arsenal), Mary Fowler and Alanna Kennedy (Manchester City), and Mackenzie Arnold (West Ham) each play successful the WSL successful England.

Many of their existent and erstwhile teammates volition beryllium successful the Lioness' side.

The Matildas handed England their lone nonaccomplishment nether supercoach Sarina Wiegman to date, erstwhile they bushed them 2-0 successful a affable successful April.

"What we bash is look astatine trying to commencement arsenic beardown arsenic possible, but decorativeness adjacent stronger," Gustavsson said.

He said that means not lone reasoning astir however they privation their starting XI to look, but who's going to beryllium successful the finishing XI should the crippled to other clip oregon penalties, arsenic the France clash did.

"What benignant of instrumentality oregon crippled changer bash we deliberation we request successful a crippled similar this? What benignant of players? Whether it's speed, oregon a idiosyncratic to adjacent retired a game.

"There volition beryllium immoderate agelong conversations contiguous and immoderate pugnacious decisions to beryllium made, due to the fact that a batch of players merit to start, but a batch of players besides merit to decorativeness the crippled and triumph it for us."

The Matildas clash with England volition footwear disconnected astatine 8pm Wednesday astatine Stadium Australia.