Matildas captain Sam Kerr and manager Tony Gustavsson speak ahead of their FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 opener against Republic of Ireland.

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Brought to you by Optus Sport: Matildas captain Sam Kerr and manager Tony Gustavsson speak ahead of their FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 opener against Republic of Ireland.

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00:00 share your range of emotions that you're experiencing

00:02 ahead of playing in Australia as they host the World Cup.

00:07 - Toni.

00:09 - Me?

00:09 - Yes.

00:11 - Yeah, really excited.

00:12 I think, you know, we've been waiting for this moment

00:14 for a long time.

00:15 So it's nice that it's finally here

00:17 to come to this stadium and kind of have the realization

00:21 that we really have brought the Women's World Cup

00:24 to Australia is a really proud moment for all of us.

00:27 But at the moment, we're just excited.

00:29 We've been ready to go all week.

00:30 So we can't wait to get started tomorrow.

00:32 - Yeah, we spoke about that, Sam and me coming up.

00:36 It felt a bit unreal.

00:38 It's actually happening tomorrow.

00:39 All the prep work that we've done for years,

00:41 all the days of hard work,

00:42 and now it's finally coming together in 24 hours.

00:46 So a good night's sleep now and then off we go tomorrow.

00:48 I can't wait.

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