Matildas captain Sam Kerr is still on the road to recovery from a torn ACL but interim coach Tom Sermanni wants to bring the injured striker back into the team camp ahead of friendlies against Switzerland and Germany. Rising star Daniela Galic is among the 23 players called into Sermanni’s first squad since taking the reins of the Matildas for a third time, but pacey winger Cortnee Vine will miss the matches against Switzerland in Zurich on 25 October and Germany in Duisburg on 28 October (local time).
Sermanni, who handed Kerr her national debut as a 15-year-old in 2009 during his first spell in charge of Australia, is in talks to have the star join up with the squad for the first time since she sustained a serious knee injury earlier this year. Kerr has not played since rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament in January and missed Australia’s disappointing Olympic campaign as well as the second half of her WSL club Chelsea’s 2023-24 season.
