The Matildas ought to shelve any plans to begin Sam Kerr in opposition to Denmark in the event that they need to “get the best” out of their captain in Monday night time’s FIFA Women’s World Cup round-of-16 conflict at Stadium Australia.
That’s the professional opinion of physiotherapist and “injury analyst” Brien Seeney, who has a powerful social media presence by way of his @nrlphysio Twitter deal with.
Confident that Kerr’s thriller calf downside is a “minor strain” given the damage was reassessed 10 days after it occurred on the eve of the World Cup and that she was “walking around” 24 hours after it occurred, Seeney believed that there can be sufficient restoration time for the star striker to play a job in opposition to the Danes.
“It’s going to be a minor calf strain, so in that case, 19 days (from the time of the injury to Monday’s match) is enough time,” Seeney advised News Corp Australia.
“The usual return-to-play range for minor calf strains is one to three weeks, so with three weeks you’re looking at 21 days worst case usually.”
Seeney mentioned Kerr might “theoretically” play for all the match however that it will be a health gamble.
“Calves are put under most pressure under fatigue,” he mentioned.
“She theoretically could last for the whole match but she’s going to be at high risk of aggravation as she gets fatigued towards the end of the game. She’s more likely to get through the first half-hour than she is the last half-hour.
“The feeling I get is that they might start her on the bench to get the best out of her.”
Kerr isn’t the Matildas’ solely damage concern, with key midfielder Katrina Gorry having been seen in a moon boot on Tuesday after hurting her foot and ankle in Australia’s 4-0 win over Canada lower than 24 hours earlier.
“The sense I got was that she just got stepped on and they needed to settle the inflammation down, but unfortunately the moon boot doesn’t actually tell us a lot because it could be a range of different things,” Seeney mentioned.
“Moon boots can range from anything from ‘this is super serious and we’ve got it in a boot because it needs surgery’, or ‘it’s got stepped on, it’s really tender and sore, she’s going again in seven days time so we just want to settle the inflammation down’.”
Gorry was pressured off late within the match with the Matildas already main 4-0. The win secured the Australians high spot in Group B.
Source: www.news.com.au
