Matildas v Taiwan friendly LIVE updates: Heyman, Siemsen combine for goal as Matildas go 4-0 up
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Final crowd is 30,097
The Matildas just continue to bring fans through the turnstiles with tonight’s crowd at Geelong 30,097 fans.
That is an exceptional return for a game against a smaller football nation and with many of the elite overseas players not playing.
Victorian fans have shown over these two games that they will turn out in force for the women’s national team.
GOAL: Prior makes it two goals from two
Defender Tash Prior has scored her second goal in two games powering home a header.
She towers over the Taiwan players and has made the most of it in these two games.
AUS 5, TAI 0 after 74 minutes.
Yallop, Heyman off as Hughes makes debut
Laura Hughes, who was just called into the squad, has come on for Tameka Yallop and Karly Roestbakken has come on for Michelle Heyman.
Yallop has been the player of the match for mine.
Hughes is making her Matildas debut.
AUS 4, TAI 0 after 70 mins.
Arnold gets a curtain call
World Cup hero Mackenzie Arnold has also come off after getting a huge cheer from the local fans.
Arnold didn’t have heaps to do tonight bar make a few passes from the back but she was typically assured.
Chloe Lincoln has come on for her national team debut.
AUS 4, TAI 0 after 66 minutes.
Polkinghorne bids farewell
Clare Polkinghorne has received a huge ovation from the Geelong crowd as she goes off at the 64th minute in her final Matildas game.
She had a farewell at home in Brisbane against Brazil and now an encore in Geelong.
That was her 169th game for the Matildas.
Clare Polkinghorne of Australia.Credit: Getty Images
GOAL: Heyman on the board
Remy Siemsen has already made an impact on the game despite only coming on for the second half as she drilled a low cross from the left to Michelle Heyman who booted it into the roof of the net.
That is Heyman’s eighth goal for the national team in 2024, what a super return after a long stint out of the side.
AUS 4, TAI 0 after 56 minutes.
Siemsen, Chidiac on as play resumes
The Matildas are back on field and back on the attack.
Alex Chidiac and Remy Siemsen have come on Davidson and Gielnik.
No more goals but the Matildas are still dominating possession.
AUS 3, TAI 0 after 52 mins.
Emily Gielnik attempts a bicycle kick late in the first half.Credit: AP
HT: Matildas 3, Taiwan 0
The Matildas has been in command from start to finish in the first half.
With all the changes in the squad between the Brazil series and the first game, the team had some struggles but they have been far more clinical in this game and if not for some good defending from Taiwan, they could well have gone four or five goals ahead.
Players are already warming up on the bench so I’m tipping we will see a bunch of changes in the second half.
Matilda’s Leah Davidson, centre top, celebrates with teammates after scoring.Credit: AP
GOAL: Gielnik heads home
Yallop turned provider with a brilliant cross that landed flush on the head of Emily Gielnik who guided it into the top corner.
Gielnik has been frustrated to not have put away a goal until now, she looks very relieved and happy to see that one go in.
AUS 3, TAI 0 after 40 mins.
Emily Gielnik of Australia heads the ball.Credit: Getty Images
Taiwan loses player to injury
Taiwan’s Ting Chia-Ying has been stretchered off the field with what looks to be a serious knee injury, possibly an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
She is being taken around to the changing rooms.
AUS 2, TAI 0 after 33 minutes.
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