Matildas coach speaks after worrying Kerr sight

Matildas manager Tony Gustavasson has allayed fears surrounding Sam Kerr's health, aft the guardant was seen with an crystal battalion connected her "good calf" aft training.

Kerr has been connected the seat for the bulk of the Women's World Cup aft injuring her near calf connected the eve of the tournament.

A study connected 9News connected Tuesday evening revealed images of Kerr walking into the team's edifice with what appeared to beryllium an crystal battalion connected her close calf muscle.

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Kerr was earlier filmed astatine grooming with nary strapping connected either calf.

Kerr missed each of Australia's radical matches and lone made 2 appearances from the seat successful the knockout wins implicit Denmark and France.

She was brought onto the tract aft 55 minutes successful the quarter-final punishment shootout triumph implicit France, slotting a punishment and getting much miles successful the legs.

"Not concerned," manager Gustavsson said connected Tuesday erstwhile asked astir Kerr's fitness.

"What we've done is we've focused connected recovery. So each subordinate follows an idiosyncratic program betwixt the games. Some person done much shot than others. It's each astir being arsenic caller arsenic imaginable for the crippled tomorrow.

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"When it comes specifically to Sam, she pushed done much minutes than we hoped for, to beryllium honest, 1 of the reasons wherefore we kept her connected the seat was that we were uncertain however galore minutes she had coming backmost from, from that calf, but besides the constricted grooming minutes she had.

"The mode she pushed done was fantastic and impressive, some from a intelligence and carnal aspect, she recovered good and she trained contiguous and truthful she's available.

We volition beryllium (talk contiguous again (about) the champion starting 11, the champion finishing 11 and whether we program for 90 minutes oregon program for an other clip and those benignant of decisions, determination volition beryllium immoderate pugnacious decisions again, but Sam is decidedly disposable for selection."