Matildas v France: 2023 Women’s World Cup warm-up – live updates | Matildas
Key occasions Present key occasions solely Please activate JavaScript to make use of this characteristic By the identical token, I’d prefer to see France play a composed, sluggish tempo, low block, to ask precisely the sort of questions the Matildas don’t wish to reply. Spain handed them to distraction in February with a B staff and Australia want to determine how to reply to these challenges. They are going to face opponents within the World Cup whose focus is on retaining possession and grinding by means of a recreation with a number of stoppages, doing their finest to disclaim that top octane momentum that makes the Matildas look so threatening at their finest. There’s going to be loads of vitality from the stands tonight, and plenty of expectations round how the Matildas ought to play. I want to see them channel that and go full throttle. Take full benefit of the tempo of Carpenter, Vine and Raso, and make an announcement to France and the remainder of the World Cup they’re right here to play a sure method, and that method is 1,000,000 miles per hour. Gentle the blue contact paper and watch the fireworks.…