Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Matildas’ Asian Cup clash with South Korea. This is third group game, and it’s the big one, if you will.
Australia entered this tournament with ambitions to top Group A. Do that and they get to stay in Sydney for the remainder of their campaign and play a relatively straightforward quarter-final against a third-placed team from Group B or C, before a massive semi-final likely against Japan.
To place second would mean a trip back to Perth and quarter against Group B’s runner-up, either defending champions China or the strong North Korea, before a semi against quite possibly the other of those two.
So how to top Group A? The only way is to win. The Matildas sit second to South Korea on goal difference, and even a draw with maintain the status quo. They came oh so close to levelling that ledger against Iran, needing only to add one more goal to their 4-0 win. But they have not, and so we do not ruminate on that.
Kick-off at Stadium Australia is at 8pm AEDT.
