Hey, football fan – because isn’t that what we all are this week? Tonight’s the night to get a fix on the team the Matildas will face on the weekend, no matter how we fare in tomorrow night’s semi-final. That’s because, win or lose, we’re lacing up the boots in either the final on Sunday (fingers crossed) or the run-off for third on Saturday. And coming in hot are Spain and Sweden – according to the bookies, Spain’s the pick to take it out tonight, but the Nordic nation has its expert supporters too… For ours, we’d like a Sweden v Australia final because surely our coach, Swede Tony Gustavsson (who turned 50yo yesterday – so grattis på födelsedagen to him…), would bring a lipreading advantage… Where we don’t have an advantage in tomorrow night’s game is time on the pitch after Saturday night’s epic adventure, so it’s no wonder the team is resting up. Also fresh from the World Cup bench is former Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce – he ‘fessed up yesterday to accidentally watching a rerun of the Matilda’s July friendly against France rather than the live game. Oops…