Socceroos suffer 3-goal collapse in 17 mins; third straight friendly loss. Overwhelming Colombian fan support at Queens. #AUSvCOL https://fefd.link/gN07R
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A timeline firms for the next Matildas coach, the good and the bad from a 2-1 loss to Colombia and takeaways from the SheBelieves Cup as a whole. Takes ⬇️
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An additional growing lamentation is how this is ending Sermanni's time with the NT and forming the lasting view of him for a lot of (younger) Tillies followers, rather than his earlier success and future-building with the NT. #AUSvCOL #SheBelievesCup
Anyway, that's your lot! We'll break down today's game and the tournament as a whole on next week's podcast, which I'm sure won't run for much over six hours 😅 I've been @daleroots.bsky.social and I'll catch you on the flipside 🤙🏻 #AUSvCOL #SheBelievesCup
Things to work on: We could do with some goals and a bit of defensive surety, and more players need to be blooded into the senior team from the promising U20 and U17 squads. #AUSvCOL #SheBelievesCup
Positives: We saw good minutes for Prior, Grant, and Heatley across the tournament, plus deserved debuts for Freier and Murphy. Micah and Arnold continue to battle for the first-choice keeper's spot, and Cooney-Cross continued to cement her position at CM. #AUSvCOL #SheBelievesCup
Tough loss to take for the Matildas, but Bonilla's moment of brilliance and a cruel deflection for Usme's goal sees the team finish the tournament without a result in three matches.
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Even with Colombia these days very much being a case of opposition improvement, may as well repeat this whole thread.
Coaching situation, to say the least, is hardly the stuff of a professional programme. #AUSvCOL #SheBelievesCup
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Sigh
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Sorry for negativity but even in one of the better hypotheticals of Montemurro being set to take over later, there are the two drawbacks of lost time and how much the squad going forward will have more players relatively new to him than if he was lured away from Europe ahead of WC 2023. #AUSvCOL
Disappointing loss to end a disappointing tournament. Midfield not good enough in all 3 games, defence too many lapses and forwards not finishing the few chances they had. Probably needed to blood more players and/or more time to those with few minutes at international level. #AUSvCOL
FULL TIME
🇦🇺 Australia 1 (Raso 69
🇨🇴 Colombia 2 (Bonilla 15' Usme 73')
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90'+6: Gorry's clever ball following her free-kick finds Hunt, but the makeshift striker fouls in the Colombia box.
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This she Believes Cup has shown how we really need to appoint a coach asap this interim period has gone on far too long and he isn't getting the job full time and it's very frustrating Sermani will be in charge the next window aswell #AUSvCOL
90'+3: SUB COLOMBIA
OFF: Santos & Ramirez
ON: Montoya & Chacon
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90'+1: Fowler's deep free-kick is cleared and Caicedo counters, but Reyes sends her shot somewhere into the San Diego River.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the fourth official has indicated a minimum of EIGHT MINUTES time added on.
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87': Fair bit happening here
- Usme gets clobbered and stays down
- Caicedo goes up the other end and has her shot blocked
- Foord and Raso counter
- Potential handball stops Raso
- Colombia get possession
- Referee stops play for Usme
Ooft size: large
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Another window with a caretaker coach, Jesus Christ get it together FA #AUSvCOL
83': SUB AUSTRALIA
OFF: Cooney-Cross
ON: Murphy
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82': 🟨 Gorry with a yellow card that probably has a tinge of orange about it, leaving her studs in on Ramirez in a late tackle.
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79': SUB COLOMBIA
OFF: Martinez
ON: Reyes
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76': INCHES WIDE! Cooney-Cross drives a free-kick into the box and Fowler's follow-up shot finds Hunt's knee but it spears away for a goal kick!
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To be nitpicky, just like Gorry's loose pass for the first goal, Foord had to do better closing down the goalscorer rather than turning her back. Not much you can do with a big deflection though.
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73': GOOOOAAAAL COLOMBIA!
Usme has a shot from 25 metres, and a cruel, cruel deflection loops the ball over the diving Micah to give Colombia the lead once more!
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sigh. five players around Usme and that happens #AUSvCOL
god, that's brutal. #AUSvCOL
72': Caicedo with another wriggling, shimmying run and shot, which is deflected for a corner.
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