After their shock exit at the quarter-final stage focus will, and must, now turn to the tenure of coach Tony Gustavsson Full story for The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/31/no-sugar-coating-disastrous-matildas-asian-cup-failure
Pressure is mounting on Australia’s women to shake off spluttering form and show they are on the right path to 2023. Full story in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/jan/20/focus-shifts-from-performance-to-results-as-matildas-eye-asian-cup-success
Set to welcome a familiar, and previously thought lost, face back to the fold, Tony Gustavsson and the Australia women’s national team head to this month’s AFC Women’s Asian Cup seeking to remove the rod the Swedish coach has constructed for their own backs. Full story published in ESPN: https://www.espn.com.au/football/australia-ausw/story/4564541/aivi-luik-is-back-with-the-matildas-does-it-bode-well-for-australia-ahead-of-womens-asian-cup
2022 is shaping to be a significant year for Australian football, but what does that mean for the Socceroos, Matildas, and the A-Leagues? Full story published in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/29/what-will-happen-in-australian-football-in-2022
Every part of this A-League Women season will be viewed through the prism of the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. JOEY LYNCH runs the rule over the players who could rocket into Tony Gustavsson’s Matildas plans with a big domestic campaign. Full story published in Optus Sport: https://sport.optus.com.au/articles/os36046/10-matildas-bolters-world-cup-gustavsson-aleague-women
Everything is on the line and nothing guaranteed as the expanded league gets set for the 2021-22 season Full story published in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/02/welcome-wellington-phoenix-just-dont-mess-with-melburne-victory-a-league-women-guide
The Matildas may have fallen short in their “dress rehearsal” for the 2023 Women’s World Cup Final, but their coach insists that these are the moments the side will have to have if it is to mount a challenge for football’s biggest prize. Full story for Optus Sport: https://sport.optus.com.au/articles/os35715/matildas-australia-usa-international-friendly-gustavsson-analysis
A record crowd pointed to a bright future, but the same old problems remain for the Matildas Full story published in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/nov/27/great-expectations-no-guarantees-as-us-expose-matildas-frailties
Getting a sneak peek during the Matildas’ two-game series against Brazil, coach Tony Gustavsson is looking forward to getting a chance to spend an extended time Down Under — and get a firsthand look at the talent assembled in the A-League Women competition — in coming months. Due to the combination of Australia’s mandatory 14-day … More Show me what you’ve got: Gustavsson eagerly anticipating chance to observe A-League Women season in person
The need to find an equilibrium between playing for the present and planning for the future is one of the great, vexing constants for coaches, and Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson is well aware of the tightrope he is walking heading into 2023. Fielding a starting XI packed with experienced players that were largely playing in … More Gustavsson seeking to balance fresh faces with finding consistency
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