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Jacob Shteyman

Rising star leads Matildas to victory in injury return

Amy Sayer scored a double to help Australia to a 4-1 demolition of Argentina. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

After 11 months of gruelling rehab and 549 days without a Matildas start, Amy Sayer was happy to just be on the field against Argentina, let alone scoring a brace to send off interim coach Tom Sermanni in winning style against Argentina.

The 23-year-old struck twice in the first half to secure a 4-1 win in front of a record 25,125 crowd at GIO Stadium in Canberra on Monday night.

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