Sam Kerr has offered a smiling, upbeat message as she begins her long recovery after undergoing surgery to repair her anterior cruciate ligament.
The Matildas captain had her operation on Thursday following her season-ending, and almost certainly Olympics-ending, injury that she suffered while on a warm-weather training break in Morocco with English champions Chelsea.
Posting a social media message from her hospital bed, accompanied by a picture showing her right leg strapped up, a beaming Kerr offered a thumbs up to fans with the message: "On the road to recovery."
