If Uzbekistan's plan to best the Matildas in Olympic qualifying is to lock down, then Kyra Cooney-Cross is ready to be the key that can spring open their defence and bring them undone.
Uzbekistan appear poised to sit deep and frustrate an Australia attack missing injured superstar captain Sam Kerr at the Milliy Stadium in Tashkent on Saturday, then at Melbourne's Marvel Stadium four days later.
