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Australia book spot in Asian Cup decider – as it happened

Matildas Joe Montemurro Steph Catley China Australia Joey Lynch Kyra CooneyCross Sam Kerr Alanna Kennedy Perth
Sam Kerr celebrates scoring the Matildas’ second goal as they face China in the 2026 Women’s Asian Cup semi-final. Follow live scores and updates from the Chn vs Aus game.
Sam Kerr celebrates scoring in the second half. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Match report

But that’s all for our live coverage of tonight’s semi-final, an evening that has ended with the Matildas punching their tickets to the final of the Women’s Asian Cup after defeating defending champions 2-1 in Perth.

They’ll face either Japan or South Korea in the final, with the identity of that opponent to be confirmed on Wednesday evening.

Here’s Sam Lewis’ match report from Perth.

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Looking at the average positions of the players really tells the tale of just how much pressing Wheeler did after her late introduction.

Despite nominally being a more defensive-minded midfielder in the national setup, her average position was higher up the park than any of her teammates – even Kerr.

The performance of Torpey across that second stanza, in particular, bears mentioning. She took her game to another level when the game needed to be seen out and her, Foord, and Wheeler had some real key contributions.

After being unable to shut the door on South Korea in their final group game and the nervousness of the win over North Korea in the quarterfinals, the professional manner in which the Matildas saw this game showed a real level of growth from the squad.

They didn’t need to tap into their reservoirs of ‘Never Say Die’ spirit to take out the win in this one because the way in which they defended and controlled the game following Kerr’s goal meant they didn’t need to.

The Matildas will now head to Sydney, with a date in the final of the Women’s Asian Cup set for Saturday at Stadium Australia.

They’ll play either Japan or South Korea in that game, with those two set to meet tomorrow evening in Homebush.

FT: Australia 2-1 China

The Matildas are into the final of the Asian Cup!

Thanks to goals from two of their stalwarts in Foord and Kerr, this Golden Generation of players are now just 90 minutes away from lifting a breakthrough trophy on home soil.

It was a back-and-forth affair in the opening stanza but once Kerr rounded Peng Shimeng and put the hosts ahead the result was never in doubt, as Montemurro’s side masterfully managed the game out.

90+5 Mins: China sends the ball into the penalty area and Carpenter boots it clear. On the next ball swung in, Torpey clears, then Van Egmond.

Kerr then gets forward to pressure the defence and wins a throw-in on the halfway line – rallying the crowd in the aftermath.

90+4 Mins: Foord finds herself isolated up top and opts to try a spectacular long-range effort that would kill the game off but puts it over the bar.

90+3 Mins: Liu Jing thinks she’s won a corner but is left fuming when the ball’s adjudged not to have last come off Wheeler but instead, herself.

90+2 Mins: A better chance to China, as flashes an effort from outside the penalty area just wide.

Montemurro, meanwhile, makes two more changes, bringing on Charlie Rule and Van Egmond for Kennedy and Gorry.

In coming on, Van Egmond brings up Matildas appearance 170 – the most of any Australian in its senior international history.

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90+1 Mins: China works the ball to the edge of the Matildas’ penalty area. A chance? No, Yuan Cong is unable to get a shot off.

90+1 Mins: There will be six minutes of added time.

90 Mins: Given their staring down elimination from the Asian Cup, China will be inevitably be disappointed with how this evening has gone. They’ll likely be quite down, however, on their second-half, in which they’ve failed to register a single shot on target and been taken completely off their game by Kerr’s go-ahead goal.

89 Mins: The Matildas have masterfully managed the game out across these last 15 minutes: China has hardly had a sight on Arnold’s goal.

88 Mins: Catley rolls her free kick down the left for Foord, where she and Wheeler erode a few more seconds before winning a throw-in.

87 Mins: Zhang Chengxue and Chen Qiaozhu make way for Wang Linlin and Yuan Cong.

Wu Haiyan goes into the referees notebook after she drags Kerr down following the resumption of play.

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87 Mins: China’s attempts to get the ball forward are being frustrated by the Matildas press and, more often than not in these past few exchanges, that’s been leading to turnovers before they can work the ball into the final third.

86 Mins: A hopeful ball forward from Torpey is in a vague, Kerr-like direction but it’s quickly claimed by the Chinese defence.

84 Mins: Torpey is able to sneak past Zhang Chengxue and Shao Ziqin and move into the penalty area but slips just as she looks for a cutback. Torpey’s having a big second half.

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83 Mins: Precious seconds continue to tick away and the Matildas have the ball in their attacking third, with Foord and Torpey locking the ball up near the corner flag to aid in wasting away the clock.

81 Mins: Torpey again puts in a big challenge, assisted by Foord, and wins a throw-in. She comes up limping but will be able to continue.

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80 Mins: Really good defending by Torpey! China work the ball into the final third but the Newcastle defender makes a series of tackles, following the ball further back with each one, to force the side in red back to the halfway line.

79 Mins: Wheeler making an instant impression on her Chinese opponents, getting up in their faces and frustating their attempts to play out.

77 Mins: The ball goes bouncing in behind the defence but a fatiguing Shao Ziqin is slow in her attempts to close it down and she’s enveloped by defenders.

Two more changes for China, with Li Qingtong and Liu Jing replacing Zhang Rui and Wang Yanwen, while Clare Wheeler and Amy Sayer replace Cooney-Cross and Fowler.

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76 Mins: 35,170 is the attendance at Perth Stadium.

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75 Mins: Some, small, signs of resistance from China but their latest attempt to get in behind is poor. This game has been completely turned on its head since Kerr’s goal.

74 Mins: Ooof, it’s a good delivery to the back post, where it drops onto the head of a running Chen Qiaozhu. The resulting attempt on goal can’t be dragged back far enough, however.

73 Mins: Finally, China get forward, and while they’re initial fast break is closed down by a retreating defence they shift bodies forward fast enough to retain the ball and win a corner.

72 Mins: Carpenter and Fowler look to combine on the right but the defence holds. Unfortunately for those in red, they’ve been pegged so far back that they don’t have the numbers to try and shift the territory and they’re soon under pressure again.

71 Mins: A change is made by China, with Jin Kun replacing Wurigumula.

70 Mins: Fowler’s corner from the right is good, too, but China knock it clear. The Matildas get a throw-in taken by Carpenter but China once more head it away.

Frustrating Milicic’s side’s efforts to hunt down an equaliser, however, the Matildas grab the ball again.

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69 Mins: Catley’s delivery is a really good one, landing on the head of Kerr at the penalty spot in stride. Her header slices wide but, fortunately for the skipper, it bounces off a Chinse shoulder on the way out and goes out for another corner.

68 Mins: Foord drives to the byline and tries to cut the ball back as a sliding challenge from Wu Haiyan comes in. It’s a good tackle but Kerr is on the spot to contest it and force China to clear the ball for a Catley corner.

67 Mins: China launches the ball forward in the Wurigumula direction but the Matildas knock it clear and take possession.

66 Mins: Torpey gets the ball to Foord and continues forward after the Arsenal forward cuts inside, her attempt to return the ball is picked out by China.

64 Mins: Kerr goes down after a heavy challenge, as does Torpey. And now Gorry. And amid all that, China reset and come again.

None of the Australians have remained down, however, and they’re up to defend as Fowler earns a free kick for her defensive work against Chen Qiaozhu on the left.

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63 Mins: China launches a free kick into the box but it’s deflected away. They clean up and reset but the Matildas get eleven players behind the ball to defend.

62 Mins: The crowd has suddenly roared back into life: the Australians finding their voice after watching their hometown hero put the Matildas ahead and the Chinese contingent doing all they can to urge their side to find another equaliser.

60 Mins: Montemurro has made a change in the aftermath of the goal, with Heatley coming in for Hunt.

Goal! Australia 2-1 China (Kerr 58')

And just like that, in a flash, Australia get out in transition and restore their lead!

Torpey gets a boot in to shut down a Chinese attack and all of a sudden the Matildas are off the races as she combines with Gorry and then gets the ball to Kerr.

The Aussie skipper then slides the gets to Foord on the left and continues her run, putting herself in a position to receive a pass behind the lines, round Peng Shimeng, and roll a shot on an acute angle over the line.

Kerr scores in her home town for the second-straight game and the Matildas have one foot in the Asian Cup final.

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55 Mins: Zhang Chengxue has a throw-in deep on the attacking right flank and then gets a cross in but the Matildas are able to scramble it away.

Still waiting for one of these two sides to quicken the pulse of their foes in this second stanza.

52 Mins: More back-and-forth play in the midfield without either side generating true forward momentum in the last few exchanges. An arm wrestle.

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48 Mins: Another thing to keep an eye on is the fatigue levels of China. They have made six changes but, still, they were forced to go 120 minutes against Taiwan in their quarterfinal and had a day less rest than the Matildas.

47 Mins: Remember, folks, if we’re still locked up at 1-1 at the conclusion of the 90 we’ll play another 30 minutes of extra-time. No golden goal, two 15-minute halves.

And if we’re still locked up after that? Penalties.

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46 Mins: China get the second-half under way.

Neither side has made a change at the break.

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The players are back on the pitch and huddling up, the second half is soon to get under way.

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Half-time: China 1-1 Australia

An entertaining opening stanza comes to an end, with both sides recording a goal apiece and missing chances that could have seen them record more.

It’d be difficult to score if it were a boxing match, with both sides exchanging periods where they looked the more likely – Australia having 61.9% of the ball but China having ten shots (four on target) to four (two). Maybe you’d say the defending champions are just shading it.

As evidenced by their goal, the Matildas have looked at their best when they’re able to get through the Chinese press, build up a bit of momentum and attack space in the attacking half, with the move that preceded Foord’s goal the exact type of thing they excel at. It explains why, despite some nervy moments, they continue to look to play through the Chinese pressure rather than go over it.

China, meanwhile, are looking to get forward quickly and then lock the ball in their final third, letting their dangerous attackers go to work. Wurigumula increasingly loomed over the contest as it progressed, as did the speed to get in behind possessed by Wang Aifang.

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45+3 Mins: China’s press forces the Matildas to go long and it comes straight back. Wurigumula tries to feed a darting run from Wang Yanwen but Fowler has retreated deep to snuff it out.

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45+2 Mins: The ball is sent to Wurigumula, who hold the play up for her teammates to come into the attack. But the quality to go on with the move is lacking and the attack breaks down.

45+1 Mins: We’ll have three minutes of added time to conclude the opening stanza.

45 Mins: Chen Qiaozhu hurls the ball in the Wurigumula direction on the left but the striker’s attempt to let it run sees China lose possession.

The Matildas look to counter quickly but Foord’s teasing ball intended for Kerr atop the penalty area rolls beyond her.

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44 Mins: A heavy touch from Kennedy, who has dropped the ball between the centre-backs, sees her pressured and forced into a quick pass to Hunt, which she can’t wrangle. Throw-in China.

43 Mins: Peng Shimeng launches another one and China flicks it on, looking for the pace of Zhang Linyan. She threatens to break into the box once again but Catley has the awareness to get across and clear the ball.

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42 Mins: Fowler goes to work on the right, trying to feed the run of Kerr but under pressure from Wang Yanwen she gets far too much power on the pass.

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40 Mins: Really nervy moments for the Matildas as Shao Ziqin gets behind their defence and tries to cut the ball back to Wang Yanwen at the top of the six-yard-box. A last-gasp challenge, though, prevents the ball from reaching her and stops what probably would have been a goal.

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39 Mins: Foord tries to crash her way towards the penalty area but Wang Aifang gets across to poke the ball clear. Foord remonstrates with the official for a free kick but she’s unmoved as the Chinese take possession.

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38 Mins: China’s press forces Arnold to clear quickly and there’s a brief moment of concern as the side in red rebounds quickly, only for the Matildas to see off the danger.

38 Mins: Peng Shimeng goes long again and this time the Chinese are able to win the second ball. However, when they get the ball into the final third the offside flag denies them any more progress.

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37 Mins: Neither side are able to cleanly take control of Peng Shimeng’s hoofed free kick and the ball eventually rolls back to the Chinese keeper.

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36 Mins: Catley lifts the free kick into the box but Hunt’s squaring header can’t find a teammate. The Matildas, however, retain the ball.

Until they don’t retain it, with Gorry pinged for offside.

35 Mins: An extended period of Australia pressure sees Gorry brought down once more, with Wang Aifan gearning a yellow ticket for the challenge.

Gorry gets up sore, checked on by Carpenter, but looks like she’s going to try and run off the knee-on-knee contact.

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34 Mins: Foord instigates a move on the left, with the ball eventually worked to Fowler in a central area. She has another ping but it’s blocked away.

32 Mins: Another chance for the Chinese as the ball is lofted towards Wang Yanwen on the edge of the box but she’s fractionally strayed into an offside position.

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31 Mins: China has a free kick and Wang Aifang tries to be cheeky and lob Arnold from nearly the halfway line. The referee, however, is having none of it and calls it back so she can get set up.

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30 Mins: It’s been a really entertaining opening half-an-hour in this contest, with both sides battling to take control.

29 Mins: Kennedy gets the ball to Fowler and she’s able to find some space and get to the edge of the penalty area and, when finally closed down, shoot. It’s straight at Peng Shimeng, though, and saved.

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28 Mins: Montemurro is shown on the broadcast in deep conversation with assistant Husband. Given the brilliant job she did with the Mariners, the assistant looms as a potential future head coach of this side and she and Palatsides are excellent resources at Montemurro’s disposal.

27 Mins: Almost straight from the re-start Foord is brought down by a series of heavy challenges, with Shao Ziqin delivering the final blow. The intensity is rising.

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Goal! China 1-1 Australia (Linyan 26')

After wining the penalty, Zhang Linyan makes no mistake from the spot, calmly passing the ball into the bottom corner of the net – sending Arnold the wrong way – and tying this game up.

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25 Mins: Arnold continues to protest during the lengthy VAR review but the video referee confirms the penalty.

24 Mins: Penalty to China!

The ball bounces off Hunt and ricochets in behind the Australian lines and Zhang Linyan is on it in a flash. She rounds Arnold but there’s contact and she goes down, the referee points to the spot and flashes a yellow card for Arnold.

VAR will review.

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22 Mins: There’s a little more confidence on the ball evident from the Matildas after the goal, Cooney-Cross showing some neat skill to wheel away from a maker before facing forward and feeding Gorry, who is hacked down to earn a free kick near the halfway line.

21 Mins: There’s a lot of space on the right as the Matildas look to get forward quickly but Gorry’s lofted pass has just too much on it for Fowler to track down.

20 Mins: China pinches the ball off Kennedy in the midfield and Wurigumula takes control on the edge of the penalty area. She cuts inside onto her right foot and curls an effort on goal, one that forces Arnold to dive to her left and punch clear.

On the next exchange, Wang Aifang has a long-range speculative effort which doesn’t trouble the Aussie keeper.

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19 Mins: China looks to provide an instant reply as Wang Yanwen winds up from well downtown but her effort has to much underneath it and soars beyond the crossbar and out for a goal kick.

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Goal! China 0-1 Australia (Foord 17')

The Matildas have absorbed the pressure from China and answer back with a Foord haymaker!

Getting the ball forward quickly, Fowler works the ball to Carpenter and continues her run, allowing her to be in position to receive the return pass in the penalty area. Fowler then cuts the ball back to the arriving Foord, who finishes first-time into the net.

It’s a brilliantly worked goal, probably their best of the tournament, and it’s got them ahead.

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15 Mins: Australia, under severe pressure, hoof the ball away to Kerr. She tries to hold the play up and work the ball to Fowler but the attacker is promptly swarmed by a host of retreating defenders and loses the ball.

14 Mins: Another Chinese chance! On the second phase of the corner, the ball falls to Chen Qiaozhu at the top of the box. She launches a shot that works its way through a mass of bodies but it’s also straight at Arnold, who saves.

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13 Mins: A turnover from Torpey also haunts the Matildas. The Newcastle defender works to keep the ball in but, as she does so, her heavy touch falls to China. The ball gets worked to Wurigumula in the penalty area but her shot is blocked away by the retreating Kennedy.

13 Mins: Quality approaching the final third lacking from both sides in these last few exchanges, with neither able to figure out a way to get the ball down close to their opponent’s goal.

11 Mins: It’s been a back-and-forth opening, with both sides seeking to put their foot on the throats of the other and wrest control of the game their way. Carpenter is showing really good signs for the Australians with her positive runs.

9 Mins: China has a chance of their own! Getting down the left, the ball is cutback to Zhang Linyan by Wurigumula, who sends a shot in on goal but straight at Arnold.

Carpenter again goes galivanting down the flank soon after but she’s shut down by the Chinese defence.

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8 Mins: Carpenter goes steaming up the middle of the park – it looks like she’s in the mood, tonight – but a heavy touch won’t cost her as it comes just moments before she’s cleaned up by Yao Wei, who goes into the book.

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6 Mins: Some early signs of promise from the Matildas, Torpey getting the ball to Foord, who sends in a cross that’s headed away by Ziqin Shao. The flag then goes up.

Already, though, the Australians midfield is showing more life than they did for the entire quarter-final against the North Koreans.

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5 Mins: A first proper sight on goal and it goes the way of Fowler! Torpey has space on the left and slices a cross to the back-post, where Fowler has darted beyond her maker. She sends a volley on goal but it slices wide.

Looking at the replays, that’s a really good chance that’s gone begging. A superb delivery from Torpey.

4 Mins: A first proper touch for Shao as she tries to hold the play up but the support doesn’t arrive in time and she’s forced to concede a throw-in. Australia work the ball to Torpey on the left and she tries to feed Foord ahead of her but the ball is sent into touch.

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3 Mins: The Matildas get the ball to Foord at halfway but she’s quickly closed down and the Australians are forced to recycle the ball across the backline. The ball comes out to Carpenter but Chen Qiaozhu grabs hold of her with both arms to prevent her galloping away, conceding the free kick.

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2 Mins: China looks to dart down the left but Fowler gets a boot in, forcing a throw-in. Chen Qiaozhu hurls it in but it it’s defended away by Carpenter and the Matildas subsequently win a free kick.

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1 Min: Some early touches for Catley at centre-back as the Matildas take possession and retreat back. However, it’s not the easiest of stars to the game as China steps up to press and forces a turnover.

Kick-off

The Women’s Asian Cup semi-finals are under way!

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As they topped Group B, China will receive the honour of wearing their home kits tonight and, thus, will be playing in red. Group A runners-up the Matildas are wearing their away, black kits.

The national anthems are being sung. Kick-off is imminent.

A few Arsenal jerseys visible in the stands alongside the Matildas ones, which makes sense given the Ausenal contingent. Having a harder time explaining the Man United shirt, though.

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Checking the temperature gauge, and it’s currently reading 30°C (86°F) approaching the 6pm local kickoff time in Perth. So the heat an extra-factor to watch for tonight.

A message to the Matildas from Tom Sermanni, the coach of the 2010 Women’s Asian Cup triumph and most recently a caretaker between the tenures of Tony Gustavsson and Montemurro, plays on the broadcast.

It’s a stirring message, I hope someone showed the players beforehand because I think they’re a bit distracted right now.

The familiarity between China and the Matildas doesn’t stop there, though.

Striker Wurigumula scored eight goals in 25 appearances for the Central Coast Mariners in 2023-24 A-League Women season, where she was signed by current Matildas’ assistant coach, Emily Husband.

Beyond the aforementioned history that Milicic brings with the Matildas, there’s also a heavy Melbourne City/Heart dugout across the two benches tonight.

Milicic served as an assistant at the Heart for two years in the early 2010s, while Montemurro was poached from Melbourne Victory to serve as the first-ever gaffer of their women’s side upon their entrance to the W-League.

He also went on to serve as a youth boss and men’s assistant before moving abroad to take over Arsenal’s women, the former role also one filled by his current assistant with the Matildas – and former teammate at Brunswick Juventus – Joe Palatsides.

Milicic’s assistant Ivan Jolic, meanwhile, also served as an assistant in Bundoora from 2014 to 2016.

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Tonight marks the first semi-final of the tournament, with Japan and South Korea watching on to see who they might face in the final this weekend.

The Japanese will enter that clash as the heavy favourites to progress; Nadeshiko Japan having scored 24 goals so far in the tournament and, forgot conceding goals, have restricted opponents to two shots across their 360 minutes of football.

In their semi-final against the Philippines, a 7-0 win, the official AFC stats said they had 50 (50!) shots to zero as they broke down the Filipinas low block.

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China has won the Women’s Asian Cup more than any other nation, including an incredible run of seven straight as they became one of the first true global powers in women’s football.

That status has fallen away somewhat in recent times but they did notch their ninth continental crown back in 2022, producing an incredible comeback to drag themselves off the canvas at 2-0 down on the hour mark to claim a 3-2 win – Xiao Yuyi providing the winner in the 93rd minute.

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26-years-old today and starting in a Women’s Asian Cup semfinal. Warra day for Torpey.

China XI

Milicic, meanwhile, has made six changes to the unit that required extra-time to defeat Taiwan 2-0 in the quarterfinals.

Peng Shimeng retains her place in goal, behind a backline of Chen Qiaozhu, Wei Yao, Wu Haiyan, and Zhang Chengxue. Zhang Linyan, Zhang Rui, Wang Yanwen, and Aifang Wang start in the midfield, behind a frontline of Wurigumula and Ziqin Shao – the towering striker one of the standout players of the tournament thus far.

There’s a huge absence, however, in the form of Wang Shuang, who is suspended for this game.

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Early returns are in, and the Matildas faithful appear to approve of Montemurro’s changes.

Yes I snuck my own tweet in there, sue me.

Matildas XI

The line-ups are in and Montemurro has made two changes to the team that defeated North Korea.

Catley, as expected, comes back into the XI. Somewhat more unexpectedly, however, she comes in at the expense of Wini Heatley to partner Clare Hunt at centre-back, with Kaitlyn Torpey’s impressive performance in deputising at left-back against the North Koreans rewarded with a second-consecutive start. Ellie Carpenter, meanwhile, starts on the right.

In the midfield, Kyra Cooney-Cross comes in for her first start of the tournament, replacing Emily van Egmond in the XI – the veteran needing to come off the bench if she is to record a record-setting 170th appearance for the Matildas this evening.

Katrina Gorry and Kennedy retain their places in the middle of the park, as do Kerr, Caitlin Foord, and Mary Fowler in the final third.

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Missed how the Matildas got here? If you’re the nervous sort and of the green and gold persuasion, perhaps it’s better that you did, given that Joe Montemurro’s side had to batten down the hatches and ride out an onslaught from North Korea.

Here’s the match report from Sam Lewis, who is on the ground tonight in Perth.

In the context of tournament football, of course, it doesn’t matter how you win games. It’s important to always keep that in mind when we’re analysing games.

But the victory over the North Koreans was an interesting one in that it simultaneously postponed an intensification of discourse surrounding the team’s move into a new era under Montemurro and, in avoiding elimination in the quarter-finals for the second-straight tournament, gave it the much-needed space it needs to occur, as well as removed the scope bad actors to hijack the conversation.

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China are a formidable opponent supercharged by Australian insiders, making Tuesday night’s semi-final at Perth Stadium the Matildas’ toughest test of the Women’s Asian Cup so far.

Here’s Jack Snape’s look ahead to tonight’s fixture.

Preamble

Howdy all, and welcome to the Guardian’s penultimate minute-by-minute of the Women’s Asian Cup, tonight bringing you all the action as the Australia face off with China at Perth Stadium, with both sides looking to punch their tickets to Saturday’s final.

Can the Matildas do it? They were forced to settle for second in Group A after drawing 3-3 with South Korea and then had to ride their luck to a smash-and-grab 2-1 win over North Korea in the last eight but now, a chance at silverware is just 90 (or perhaps 120, or 120 minutes and penalties) minutes away.

For a golden generation of players (2010 champion Sam Kerr notwithstanding), a chance at a first trophy in green and gold is agonisingly close, with two of the most celebrated of that cohort – Steph Catley and Hayley Raso – passed fit to play after missing the quarter-finals with concussion.

The stage is set for someone to emerge as a hero, perhaps surprise talisman Alanna Kennedy, whose thunderbolt against the North Koreans put the side on their way to victory and who, as a converted centre-back, leads the golden boot race as a defensive midfielder.

Standing in their way, however, are the defending champions. And in the opposing dugout a familiar face: the man who led the Matildas to the 2019 Women’s World Cup, Ante Milicic, now plotting his former group’s downfall at the head of the Steel Roses.

An intriguing contest awaits. Let’s get into it. Kick-off time is 6pm local/9pm AEDT.

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