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Sam Kerr is the only Australian to win golden boot at the Asian Cup. A teammate in a new position could be next
If you had to guess which Matilda would most likely win the golden boot at the Women's Asian Cup before a ball had been kicked, Alanna Kennedy would unlikely be first to mind.
But the Australian veteran leads the race to do exactly that.
A move from being a defender to a holding midfielder has worked a treat for Kennedy, who has become the top goalscorer for the national team at the Women's Asian Cup.
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Not only has she sent the most goals into the net for the Matildas, she also is equal with Japan's Riko Ueki on the leaderboard for the most goals scored in the tournament so far.
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Alanna Kennedy was not even in frame when Sam Kerr bodied An Kuk Hyang off the ball and tore towards the box.
She wasn’t there when the Matildas captain cut the ball back towards Emily Van Egmond, stationed all alone near the D, nor when Chae Un Yong stuck out a hopeful toe to try and poke it away.
But then, suddenly, there she was: her long, loping limbs apparating just outside the paint, producing a neat, futsal-like roll of the ball under her right foot before sending it flat and fizzing into the back of the net with her left.
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Alanna Kennedy is quick to point out she was a striker as a kid.
“I love it whenever we get the chance to shoot in training – I always want to be shooting,” she says. “I enjoy that part of football. I just see it as an opportunity to cause a bit of disruption. But also, if the ball falls at my feet, I’d like to back myself to finish that.”
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