Ahead of the July 28 FIFA Women’s World Cup clash against Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Australia’s striker Sam Kerr has warned the former African champion as well as Canada and Ireland to be wary of her scoring potency.
Super Falcon are drawn in Group B alongside Canada, Australia and Ireland while their first game will be against Canada on July 21 and an epic showdown against the Aussies ladies on July 28.
Kerr said Falcons’ Onome Ebi-led defense line-up will have to be on their toes to stop her from scoring at the World Cup.
The Chelsea striker with 63 goals in 120 international appearances, is well established as one of the leading strikers and she will expectedly spearhead Australia’s attack in what would be her fourth FIFA Women’s World Cup.
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“If two people are marking me then that means someone else is free so it might be someone else’s tournament to shine and that’s all part of being in a team,” she cautioned defenders who might be putting eyes on her alone.“Whatever it takes to win, if I take away two players then good for them, we’ve got electric speed everywhere else so good luck to them.
“That’s the great thing about being a striker, they can isolate me for 90 minutes but really I need only one opportunity,” she said.
“Over the past year playing with Chelsea I’ve really focused on that. I’ve been really, really isolated but have been able to work on being alive for that one moment and I feel like at Chelsea I’ve really succeeded with that.”
With this, the Australian captain has sent out a chilling warning to the other 31 nations at the tournament.