Live coverage of Matildas v Chile international friendly from Newcastle
After a stale first half, the Matildas exploded into life with a five-goal blitz against Chile in Newcastle. See how we covered the match in our blog.
Matildas coach Alen Stajcic will demand improvement at both ends of the field, as he seeks swift vengeance on Chile after Saturday’s shock loss.
The teams meet on Tuesday at Newcastle’s McDonald Jones Stadium, three days after Chile’s 3-2 win in Sydney.
While there’s been plenty of comment on sloppy defending which had contributed to all three goals, Stajcic has stressed Australia, who are winless in their past three games, also need to sharpen their attack.
Both of the Matildas’ goals came from the penalty spot and they were unable to capitalise in open play, despite bossing large parts of the game against a nation ranked 33 places lower.
“Chile had four chances and executed three and that’s why they deserved to win the game, so we have to be better in both ends of the park,” Stajcic said on Monday.
Stajcic said might be three or four changes to his starting side.
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