How will a Sam Kerr-less Matildas tackle their 'group of death' at the Paris Olympic Games?

Thus spoke Football Australia. After five months of distended speculation over the status of Sam Kerr, whose January ACL tear seemed to all but eliminate her from Olympic contention, Australian football's governing body has finally confirmed that the Matildas striker will have to miss yet another major football tournament through injury. We all remember that old self: the one that the Matildas depended upon during their last Olympics, in Tokyo, when Kerr almost single-handedly carried Australia into the bronze medal match. Having scored three of her team's four goals across a difficult group stage that included the USA and Sweden to scrape into the knockouts, she then spear-headed a Matildas side that battled through one of the all-time great Olympic matches, scoring two of Australia's four goals in their 4-2 extra-time win over Great Britain. Matildas into Tokyo Olympics semi-finals with manic win over Great Britain Photo shows Sam Kerr celebrates goal against Great Britain It was ugly at times, it was messy at times, it often made no sense.