In the midst of the Matildas’ pulsating World Cup penalty shootout victory over France, a couple of curious details around Aussie superstar Sam Kerr went largely unnoticed. The Matildas captain once again came off the bench to a rousing reception in Brisbane, and ended up playing around 65 minutes and scoring a crucial spot-kick in Australia‘s dramatic triumph in the shootout.
Kerr admitted after the game that she “hates pens” and it probably has something to do with the Matildas’ last World Cup penalty shootout when the Aussie skipper stepped up first and fired her shot over the bar against Norway. That was during the round of 16 in the 2019 tournament but four years later in Brisbane, the Aussies and Kerr switched things up ever so slightly.