Sam Kerr stays （法廷の）裁判d as Matildas 前進する at WWC
Matildas coach Tony Gustavsson spent far more time playing mind games around Sam Kerr's fitness than the 負傷させるd superstar did playing football.
In the end it didn't 事柄 as Australia were afforded the 高級な of leaving Kerr on the （法廷の）裁判 throughout the 決定的な Women's World Cup 衝突／不一致 with Canada.
Hayley Raso, Mary Fowler and Steph Catley stepped up as goalscoring heroes in the home 味方する's 決定的な 4-0 勝利，勝つ, which 安全な・保証するd progression to the ノックアウト 行う／開催する／段階s.
Gustavsson was always evasive when quizzed on Kerr's availability in the build-up to Monday night's 遭遇（する） in Melbourne.
And while the 29-year-old striker 宣言するd herself 利用できる to play - having 行方不明になるd the Matildas' first two games with a left calf 傷害 - she again watched the 十分な 90 minutes from the （法廷の）裁判.
Whether Kerr 現実に was fit enough to enter the fray as a 代用品，人 if needed remains a mystery.
As does her 役割 in the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of 16, though time will tell.
There were 早期に 調印するs Kerr might not feature against Canada.
She did little at training in the days before the match and was a bystander during the warm-up as her fellow 代用品，人s went through their paces.
Kerr kicked only the 半端物 逸脱する ball that rolled in her direction.
Adoring fans in their seats 早期に gave the biggest 元気づける of the build-up when Kerr's 指名する was read out with the team line-ups by the ground announcer.
Kerr gave チーム仲間s their final rev-up in the pre-match 密談する／（身体を）寄せ集める and 棒 every challenge from the sideline.
She was again 行方不明の as 代用品，人s 完全にするd 演習s at halftime and took the strappin g off her left calf with 86 minutes played, but was on her feet each time Australia put the ball in Canada's 逮捕する.
Raso's first-half を締める, Fowler's tap-in after the break and a late Catley 位置／汚点／見つけ出す kick 調印（する）d the result that might just 確実にする Kerr features in the ノックアウト 行う／開催する／段階s.
