After five months of distended speculation over the status of Sam Kerr , whose January ACL tear seemed to all but eliminate her from Olympic contention, Australia n football's governing body hasAfter all, Kerr is only half-way through her expected rehabilitation to repair a ruptured ligament in her knee, which typically takes eight to 12 months to heal fully. Some athletes have returned faster than that, while others have taken longer.
Having scored three of her team's four goals across a difficult group stage that included the USA and Sweden to scrape into the knockouts, she then spear-headed a Matildas side that battled through one of the all-time great Olympic matches, scoring two of Australia's four goals inMatildas into Tokyo Olympics semi-finals with manic win over Great Britain
Indeed, the USA and Germany will be particularly motivated in Paris, having tumbled out of last year's World Cup in rather humiliating fashion at their earliest ever respective stages. The inclusions of Kaitlyn Torpey, Sharn Frier, and Cortnee Vine provide more options for the Matildas' speedy transition play out wide, though the motor of their midfield in Katrina Gorry remains in doubt as she rehabilitates an ankle injury.
Exactly what kind of Matildas team emerges from it will be, like Sam Kerr's rehab, a long and torturous waiting game.
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