- Star Striker has recovered from an LCA tear for 14 months
- Returned to Australia with Matildas but did not play
- Chelsea updated the return with the print season
Sam Kerr faces a race against time to appear in the push at the end of the Chelsea season for four titles, the English champions reporting the injured Matildas captain are still “a few weeks” to be ready.
With the blues that take place in a punitive calendar as they seek to add the female super league, the FA Cup and the champions league crowns to the League Cup that they have already hit, the manager Sonia Bompastor had frustrating news on Friday for desperate fans to review their star attacker.
Bompastor estimated that it was a key step for the 31 -year -old young woman to join her Matildas teammates in Australia during the international break after what was difficult for Kerr, who was exempt in a high -level judicial case of causing harassment racically aggravated by a police officer.
“It was really important for her,” said Bompastor.
“First of all, mentally, because she was lucky to be with the national team, which is really important for her, and she could also see her family, which is really pleasant to have the opportunity to do so.”
But as for Kerr’s return to action, it has now been 14 months since she suffered her LCA injury in a training camp and Bompastor admitted: “ We are still a few weeks from Sam which returns completely on the ground, so it is difficult to put a delay on it. ”
Sam Kerr returned to Austalia with the Matildas for recent friendly matches against Korea, but did not play
Matildas fans hope that Kerr will be back in action soon with the Chelsea season at its end
This forecast suggests that it may not be before the end of April that Kerr could return, when there were only three weeks of the national season, the last day of the WSL being May 10 and the FA Cup final the following weekend if Chelsea arrives there.
Chelsea will face his FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool on Saturday, before the two stages of their semi-final of the Champions League against the Champions Barcelona on April 20 and 27, which would be an exaggerated to think that Kerr would be ready after such a prolonged break.
Chelsea’s dream is to finish her push with four betrayals with a final of the Champions League on Saturday May 24 in Lisbon, leaving the question of whether, after 15 months, she could turn into a team that has lost only one match all season.
As she continues to recover, Bompastor says that Chelsea is ready for their great final push, but noting that they need a “ruthless mentality” after a recent shift of standards.
“In March, we lost four points against Brighton at the start of the block, and the last match against West Ham that we drew. As a team, we cannot delete our standards as we have done and it is up to us to make sure that we have this ruthless team mentality.
“For the game tomorrow, I just want to see the best version of Chelsea on the field.”
The other semi-final of the FA Cup on Sunday includes a Manchester derby between United and City, which should repel Mary Fowler in the team after impressing for the Matildas.
