Matildas star Katrina Gorry says she harbours no ill feelings about the commentary surrounding her star exploits in her side’s World Cup opener, as she prepares to take to her home Brisbane turf.
Channel Seven commentator David Basheer drew the ire of fans for exclaiming “motherhood has not blunted her competitive instincts” after the Queenslander completed a tackle against Ireland.Kyoko Kurihara/Football Australia
“At the end of the day I’m sure he didn’t mean it in a negative way, sometimes things just come out in the wrong way but it is what it is.”Gorry’s path to a World Cup appearance at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night to take on Nigeria has been fraught with trials – she overcame injury to take part in the 2019 World Cup and admitted she had lost her love for the game.
Ireland’s Kyra Taylor Carusa vies for the ball with Australia’s Gorry during the Women’s World Cup on July 20.In the Matildas’ opening match of the World Cup, Gorry’s work rate through the middle of the field, topping her team’s tackle count with six, laid the foundations for Australia’s attacking chances – chances converted by a penalty goal as the forward line struggled in execution while missing injured superstar Sam Kerr.
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