Injury Kerr-fuffle shows Tony Gustavsson is happy to gamble for greater good

Kerr, as captain, was always going to be the player who would sit next to Gustavsson at the Ireland pre-match press conference, where they both put those poker faces to work. She injured her calf at training that morning after the 15-minute window in which reporters were allowed to watch.

The Matildas could have swapped Kerr for another player, but that would have elicited suspicion from the media as to why the skipper wasn’t there. By forging ahead with the original plan, Gustavsson rolled…