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The Matildas have praised the Iranian women’s team as “brave” ahead of their Asian Cup showdown, as conflict intensifies in Iran following US-Israeli strikes.

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00:00It was really exciting um it didn't quite feel like such a momentous occasion but it was my first
00:04major tournament debut um and I actually haven't thought about it in that way until now. Goal
00:10difference of course is really important and scoring goals you know it's the aim of football
00:14and maybe some people think that we should have scored more against the Philippines um but you
00:20know we're getting into the tournament flow our focus is to win the games and uh if we win all
00:25our games in the group then we don't have to worry about golden days. Of course um our heart goes
00:30out
00:30to them and their families it's a difficult situation um and you know it's really brave
00:36of them to be able to be here and to perform like they played last night and they put on
00:41a really
00:41strong performance and even though with the political climate that's going on and the
00:46struggles that they might be going through but I think we're excited and looking forward to the game
00:52on Thursday just to the best we can do to contribute is to just give them the best game of
00:57football
00:57that we're able to.
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