‘Sometimes we put everything in the pot of negativity’published at 12:09 GMT
Australia
Meanwhile, Australia head coach Joe Montemurro has been speaking this week about how to take the women’s game to the next level.
Since hosting the World Cup in 2023, the Matildas haven’t taken off in the same way that the Lionesses did, for instance, after hosting Euro 2022 – albeit Sarina Wiegman’s side won the thing.
Football Australia opted not to renew the contract of coach Tony Gustavsson after he failed to lead the Matildas beyond the group stage at Paris 2024, and the hunt for his replacement was protracted, leaving Australia fans wondering – what next?
“I say this in a positive way: I think we just need to do more,” Montemurro said. “We need to play more. We need to coach more. We need to get players exposed to more high-performance, international football and international games.”
“Sometimes we put everything in Australian football in the pot of negativity, ‘oh, we haven’t got that, we haven’t got this.
“The one thing that I’ve definitely observed, there are issues overseas with a lot of organisations and we’re not that far behind.”
