Matildas veteran Michelle Heyman has stepped up in Olympic qualifiers against Uzbekistan and is adamant she can keep pushing to snare a prized ticket to Paris.
Matildas captain Sam Kerr has suffered an ACL injury while in a training camp with Chelsea and is unlikely to play at the summer Olympics if Australia qualify.
Captain Sam Kerr will start a second consecutive game as part of an unchanged Matildas line-up for the Women's World Cup third-place play-off against Sweden.
Peter Dutton has slammed a proposed public holiday if the Matildas win the World Cup, saying a better investment would be to improve sports facilities.
Sam Kerr played 65 minutes plus penalties against France and focus will turn to whether she can start Australia's Women's World Cup semi-final against England.