Interim head coach Tom Sermanni says he's hopeful Sam Kerr will soon return for the Matildas. Video by AAP
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00:00We've had players that have started pre-season, we've got players that have just come off a winter break,
00:07we've got players that aren't necessarily playing regularly in their club teams.
00:13Putting it all together with the amount of names and things that we have,
00:19there were some difficult decisions in the selection, but I'm happy with the squad that we've selected.
00:27My main aim as the head coach is hopefully to have Sam fit and healthy in as quick a time as possible.
00:36I saw some video of her last week and she's running pretty strongly,
00:41so from my perspective I'll let this process take its course and then we'll look at what we do after that.
00:48The good thing is that because the game now is 52 weeks of the year, players don't tend to get greatly out of shape.
00:55I'm a great believer that regardless of your situation, whether you're in pre-season or you're just coming off a winter break,
01:04or you maybe haven't been in the team, when you're asked to perform you've just got to go over that white line and go out there and perform.