Gustavsson and Foord speak to media after win over Sweden

The CommBank Matildas have marked their return to Melbourne for the first time since 2019 with a 4-0 win, comprehensively defeating World No. 2 Sweden, with head coach Tony Gustavsson and Player of the Match Caitlin Foord speaking to media post-match.

Caitlin Foord, scoring a brace against Sweden to make it five goals in three games for Australia and being named Player of the Match in the victory, spoke to media about the win.

“I’m just enjoying myself at the moment, enjoying my football... I just love playing with these girls.”

“I feel like we’ve finally come together, found that sweet spot. We want to be an attacking team, want to be aggressive, and we play our best when we’re like that.” she said

"We want to be aggressive, and we want to take it to teams no matter who they are. That's what we did today and the results showed." 

"We do feel good and we're playing the style of play that we want to play," Foord told media.

Gustavsson himself said: “Am I happy about this performance? Yes but I’m not over the moon. I’m very humble about where we are. This is one game.”

“I thought we struggled for 30 minutes in the first half and were lucky not to be down 1-0,” he said.

“We started off the game very well in the first five minutes, pressed high and were aggressive and could’ve scored. But after that, we got way too stretched and passive in our defending. We did a tactical adjustment with 15 minutes remaining and it worked out well."

“I think the second half was one of the better halves we’ve played against a top opposition but I have to say our first half against Canada was just as good.”

After the win, Gustavsson praised how equal both side's chances were in the game “It was a very equal game, but we were clinical in the final third,” he said.