Joe Montemurro will use the start of his tenure to test the depth of Australian women’s football, after the new Matildas coach announced an extended squad for four friendlies that lacks star power and is awash with fresh and fringe faces.
Continuing the experimentation of interim coach Tom Sermanni, nearly half of the 33 players called up by Montemurro for the series against Slovenia and Panama have fewer than 10 caps.
