Matildas ready to get physical in Ireland WWC opener
The Matildas are ready to go toe-to-toe with Ireland in the physicality 火刑／賭けるs when 要求するd in their Women's World Cup opener.
Ireland's build-up to the tournament has been 影を投げかけるd by an abandoned friendly against Colombia.
The Irish, a physical team in their own 権利, pulled the pin 23 minutes into the game after a challenge on Denise O'Sullivan resulted in the 星／主役にする midfielder 存在 sent to hospital with a 向こうずね 傷害.
"ーに関して／ーの点でs of what happened the other night, 明白に that 衝撃s the Irish team and for us, that 明白に doesn't やむを得ず 衝撃 our 準備," defender Clare 追跡（する） said.
"It's terrible that a game has to be abandoned for those 推論する／理由s.
"But ーに関して／ーの点でs of the Irish physicality, they've always had it and they always will and I think that we are 準備するing in that same way and we know that that is a strength of theirs and we're just working to 無効にする that in any way that we can.
"We're 明白に also a very 過度期の and physical team, so I think it will be a good 戦う／戦い."
Fellow centre-支援する Alanna Kennedy is 用意が出来ている for a 堅い contest.
"We're not only a 堅い team, but we're also technically and tactically sound 同様に," she said.
"So it's a combination of all those things and just playing smart football, whether it's physical or whether it's 戦術の, whatever it is.
"So we'll be ready for whatever they throw at us."
O'Sullivan has been （疑いを）晴らすd of a fracture but there is 明確に some 疑問 over her 関与 in Thursday night's opener at Accor Stadium.
"I hope she's 承認する because 明白に you don' t want to see any players 負傷させるd at the moment, 特に 権利 before the start of the World Cup," Kennedy said.
"明白に she's a big player for them.
"But for us, I guess whether she plays or whether someone else 取って代わるs her in there, it doesn't change anything for us and our game 計画（する） will stay the same."
Australia won't read into their 3-2 loss to Ireland in Sam Kerr's 100th game in Dublin in September 2021.
"We're all at our 頂点（に達する） at the moment," Kennedy said.
"At the time (we were) coming off a major tournament and bringing in new players, playing a different style of play 同様に - just a 完全に different moment in time 支援する then.
"明白に we're a much more 一貫した team as a 集団の／共同の at the moment, which is what we want to be 長，率いるing into the biggest tournament yet."
Charli 認める (illness) didn't train with the main group on Monday, nor did Tameka Yallop (膝) while Kyah Simon is on her own program.
