{"id":25129,"date":"2023-04-07T05:44:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/matildas-star-opens-up-on-broken-hand-club-frustration-ahead-of-epic-scotland-clash-tonight\/"},"modified":"2023-04-07T05:44:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T05:44:00","slug":"matildas-star-opens-up-on-broken-hand-club-frustration-ahead-of-epic-scotland-clash-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/07\/matildas-star-opens-up-on-broken-hand-club-frustration-ahead-of-epic-scotland-clash-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"Matildas star opens up on broken hand, club \u2018frustration\u2019 ahead of epic Scotland clash tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matildas star Hayley Raso is confident she can overcome a lack of game time with her club Manchester City to play a key role for Australia at this year\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Used mainly as an impact player off the bench in the English Women\u2019s Super League, the 28-year-old winger said City\u2019s \u201creally high training environment\u201d ensured she was ready to make a contribution every time she represented the Matildas.<\/p>\n

\u201c(As) frustrating as it is in club football not getting as many playing minutes as I\u2019d like, I feel that when I come over to my national team, I\u2019m getting a lot of minutes and doing well,\u201d Raso said from London, where she is preparing for Australia\u2019s clash with Scotland on Friday night at Cherry Red Records Stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I put this shirt on to represent my country, I am in good form and ready to go.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a confident player; I feel like I\u2019ve been performing well in our recent games, (and) keeping my training level high every single day. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to have (that ability) to come on and do something or turn a game around.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hayley Raso playing with a broken hand in recent weeks. Picture: Marc Atkins \/ Getty Images<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Raso said the clash with Scotland and Wednesday morning\u2019s battle with England, also in London, would continue the Matildas\u2019 ideal preparations for the World Cup, which starts in July and is being co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwo really good games (against) tough opposition \u2013 it\u2019s about preparing for us now, and making sure that we\u2019re getting opponents in who are tough and will prepare us for the World Cup,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really good to be coming into form at this point in time because we have the World Cup right around the corner.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like when the World Cup comes around, we\u2019ll all be ready to go and firing. I hope to be a big player for the team at the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hayley Raso during the 2023 Cup of Nations Match between Australian Matildas and Spain at CommBank Stadium.<\/span>Source: Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Raso played in two of the Matildas\u2019 three matches in February\u2019s Cup of Nations, scoring a brace in Australia\u2019s 4-0 win over the Czech Republic in Gosford.<\/p>\n

However, the former Brisbane Roar star broke her hand in Australia\u2019s next game \u2013 a 3-2 defeat of Spain \u2013 and missed the team\u2019s tournament-concluding 3-0 victory over Jamaica.<\/p>\n

\u201cI broke my hand, (but) only missed a couple of games from that. I\u2019m training well, performing well when I\u2019m on the pitch, (and) definitely ready to go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Matildas v Scotland<\/b><\/p>\n

Friday, 10.15pm (AEST)<\/p>\n

Cherry Red Records Stadium, London<\/p>\n

TV: Network 10<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Matildas star Hayley Raso is confident she can overcome a lack of game time with her club Manchester City to play a key role for Australia at this year\u2019s FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup. Used mainly as an impact player off the bench in the English Women\u2019s Super League, the 28-year-old winger said City\u2019s \u201creally high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6807],"tags":[1800,3747,3746,12999,2904,2892,1429,13002,7715,1425,12998,526,475,3745,3272,1415,6270,13001,2895,1533,1427,4334,5681,3769,1856,13000],"class_list":{"0":"post-25129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leagues-cups","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-brisbane-roar","10":"tag-caribbean","11":"tag-confident-player","12":"tag-czech-republic","13":"tag-eastern-europe","14":"tag-europe","15":"tag-family-life","16":"tag-game-time","17":"tag-getty-images-inc","18":"tag-ideal-preparations","19":"tag-impact-player","20":"tag-jamaica","21":"tag-katrina-gorry","22":"tag-london","23":"tag-manchester-city-football-club","24":"tag-marc-atkins","25":"tag-moer-playing-time","26":"tag-newswire-sport","27":"tag-north-america","28":"tag-northern-europe","29":"tag-saeed-khan","30":"tag-single-day","31":"tag-super-league","32":"tag-united-kingdom","33":"tag-v-scotland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}