If Joe Montemurro had wanted to quash the speculation linking him to the vacant Matildas post it was not the most convincing way to do so.
As he basked in the tactical triumph of masterminding Lyon's 2-1 win over his former Arsenal team in Saturday's first leg of their Uefa Women's Champions League semi-final in London, he was asked if his experience enabled to him to block out the 'noise' around the subject.
There was a pause, a whispered aside to the club's press officer, then he said, "I have a semi-final (second leg) next week. We have a game against Nantes (in the French league) during the week ... and then we look at the semi-final. The rumours are just rumours, and I'll leave the rumours to you guys."
