 - A late cameo by Sam Kerr warmed the hearts of Australian fans but it was creative dynamo Mary Fowler given a royal reception in the nation's media on Tuesday after){kind=link}
Fowler has been key in the Australians’ advance to the quarter-finals, scoring in the 4-0 win over Canada and laying off passes to set up both the Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso goals against Denmark.
An Australian has graced Denmark’s royal family for nearly 20 years since Tasmania-born Mary Donaldson married Frederik, the Scandinavian nation’s crown prince.
But 20-year-old Fowler, playing as a false nine, is now soccer royalty in Australia after stepping up in Kerr’s absence.
“Princess Mary Offs Denmark,” read the front-page headline in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper on Tuesday.
The Australian newspaper elevated Fowler higher.
“Denmark might have Princess Mary but Australia crowned a new queen after a stunning Mary Fowler performance helped the Matildas qualify for the quarter-finals,” Martin Gabor wrote in his match report.
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