England face co-hosts Australia in Womens World Cup semi-final on Wednesday - kick-off 11am UK time; Lionesses boss Sarina Wiegman says Australia are not just Sam Kerr with striker available for semi-final; Matildas boss Tony Gustavsson says England are favourites to progress to final
Australia ended England's 30-game unbeaten run under Wiegman with a 2-0 friendly win in April at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium.
Despite missing the group stages, Kerr returned as a late substitute in the last 16 before playing more than 60 minutes in the quarter-final against France. "There'll be some long conversations and some tough decisions to be made. A lot of players deserve to start, but a lot of players also deserve to finish the game and win it for us."Kerr has returned to action in the knockout stages for Australia
"Not just the starting 11, down to 15, 16. We have bench players in those teams. We have players playing in mid-table teams in Sweden.
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