Matildas midfielder Katrina Gorry certain that commentator’s motherhood line wasn’t meant in a ‘negative way’

Matildas star and mum Katrina Gorry isn’t concerned by a “motherhood” comment that was made on live television during Australia’s FIFA Women’s World Cup win over Ireland.

Matilda and mum Katrina Gorry holds no grudges against television commentator David Basheer for saying she had “retained her competitive instincts despite becoming a mother”, believing it wasn’t said in a “negative way”.

Channel Seven’s Basheer has come under fire on social media for making the comment about Gorry – who returned to football last year after giving birth to daughter Harper – during the broadcast of the Matildas’ 1-0 FIFA Women’s World Cup win over Ireland last Thursday night

However, star midfielder Gorry, who was arguably Australia’s best player in the win, isn’t concerned by Basheer’s comment.

“I’ve heard about it – I don’t take things like that too personally,” she said.

“I don’t really look at things like that but I can see how it got taken the wrong way.

“I’m sure he didn’t mean it in a negative way. Sometimes things just come out in the wrong way, but it is what it is.”

Katrina Gorry (front) and her Matildas teammates are preparing to face. Nigeria. Picture: dam Head

Gorry, 30, has been superb since retuning to national duty, with her composure, distribution and tenaciousness at the base of the Matildas’ midfield crucial to Australia’s hopes of becoming world champions.

“I knew it was going to be a pretty tough road but falling back in love with the game has changed everything for me,” the proud Queenslander said ahead of the Matildas’ battle with Nigeria at Suncorp Stadium on Thursday night.

“I enjoy every training session now, I enjoy playing the games, and I promised Harper that I would do whatever I could to get to the World Cup team, and I feel like I did that.

“Now to be able to play in the second game of the World Cup at home in Brisbane. in front of family and friends, I feel like everything is just a dream come true.”

Fellow midfielder and Queenslander Kyra Cooney-Cross, 21, said Gorry had been “amazing” since her return.

“As soon as she came in, she just took me under her wing, and she made me feel so confident,” Cooney-Cross said.

“I really enjoy playing with her. I don’t think words can describe how grateful I am.

“I’ve told her as much as I can that I appreciate her so much because she’s made me feel more and more confident every game.”

The Matildas trained on Monday at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, where injured captain Sam Kerr was again a spectator in her ongoing recovery from a calf injury that will sideline her for at least another match.

“Just to have her (Kerr) here is a massive support,” Gorry said.

“As a team, we always come together, we always pull through, we know that whoever plays

is going to do their role on the field.

“We’ve got so much ‘X-factor’ across the whole team.”

A Football Australia spokeswoman denied that Kerr had torn her calf, but it’s unlikely she will play until the knockout stages of the tournament if the Matildas can secure a berth in the round-of-16 with a Group B game to spare by beating Nigeria.