After two years of trying and often failing to unlock the full potential of the Matildas’ attacking wares, it turns out the answer was staring Tony Gustavsson in the face all along.
Ten months ago, amid frustrations within the playing group regarding what they saw as Gustavsson’s overly convoluted tactics, the Swede tossed the keys to Sam Kerr and Caitlin Foord.It’s been pretty much all sunshine, ever since.
On paper, it looks like a 4-4-2, but so fluid can the movements be in modern football that prescribing set formations in such a way is almost anachronistic.Getty “She obviously is world-class with her head as well – I feel that anything that would come in the air is going to, 90 per cent of the time, end up in the back of the net.
It’s all about speed – by foot, chiefly, but it’s more than that. The Matildas can expect, at least in the first part of the tournament, to face teams who will sit back in defence and make it hard for Australia’s attack to play that transitional game that works so well for them.
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