The Matildas are getting closer to next year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup and have secured an important friendly match for their preparation.<\/p>\n
The Matildas will ramp up their preparations for next year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup in Brazil with a friendly match against European powerhouse Germany in October.<\/p>\n
Australia will return to competitive action against the world No.3 at BBBank Wildpark in Karlsruhe on Saturday October 10.<\/p>\n
Germany are two-time Women\u2019s World Cup winners, eight-time European champions and five-time Olympic medallists.<\/p>\n
They dealt Australia a brutal 3-0 loss in their opening match of the Paris Olympics \u2013 where they claimed bronze as the Matildas made a group stage exit.<\/p>\n
More recently, Australia beat Germany 2-1 in a friendly in 2024 thanks to a world-class strike from Kyra Cooney-Cross, plus Clare Hunt\u2019s first international goal.<\/p>\n
\u201cGermany is one of the premier teams in world football and a match against them is exactly the type of challenge we need as we continue building towards the Women\u2019s World Cup,\u201d coach Joe Montemurro said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the most important aspects of our preparation is exposing the group to different football cultures, playing styles and tactical approaches.<\/p>\n
\u201cGermany has a distinct football identity and is one of the strongest European nations, so this match gives us a valuable opportunity to experience a different type of opponent and for our players to test themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we look towards the World Cup, it is important that we continue challenging ourselves against a variety of playing styles and the pressures that come with facing some of the world\u2019s best teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery international window is an opportunity for us to grow, learn and further strengthen the foundations we are putting in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Europe-based players should be able to hit the game in some form, given England\u2019s Women\u2019s Super League and Germany\u2019s Frauen Bundesliga seasons will have kicked off by then.<\/p>\n
But it is hard to see any A-League Women players involved in the squad given that season doesn\u2019t start until October 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Matildas are getting closer to next year\u2019s Women\u2019s World Cup and have secured an important friendly match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,5717,44],"class_list":["post-830930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-germany","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}