The Matildas are down 2-0 in their World Cup third-place playoff clash with Sweden, with Sam Kerr appearing to suffer a leg injury. Follow all the updates in our live blog.
It's hard to see the Matildas getting back into this one.
Their only decent chance of the second half has come through a Sweden error, when Clare Polkinghorne almost toe-poked the ball into the net after the Swedish defenders failed to clear a free-kick, but aside from that, Australia haven't really created anything convincing. Mary Fowler and Kyra Cooney-Cross both look absolutely exhausted, with most of their touches and passes going astray, and Sam Kerr has just been clattered in the back of what may have been her injured calf, so the chances of her pulling off another miracle strike like she did against England are looking slimmer by the second.
Gustavsson has just switched formations to a back three, throwing Alex Chidiac on for her earliest entry in a game so far in the tournament, while Emily Van Egmond looks like she's been asked to bomb forward a bit more. But will it be enough? There's just over 10 minutes of regulation time to go, plus who knows how much added on. It's now or never.
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