Matildas Olympic squad announced, coach Tony Gustavsson speaks [Video]

Tony Gustavsson ended one guessing game on Tuesday morning and then started another. Straight after unveiling the 18 players who will contend for Australia’s first Olympic medal in football, the Matildas coach refused to engage with the question left hanging in the air: will he still be in the job after Paris?

Gustavsson had admitted a few hours earlier, after the Matildas’ 2-0 victory over China on Monday night, that he was feeling “a bit emotional” and was trying to take everything in a little bit deeper. That was because, as things stand, there was every chance it was his final match as coach on Australian soil, since his contract runs out at the end of the Olympics and he is yet to sign an extension.

Asked if he had broached the topic of an extension with his employers, Football Australia, he gave nothing away.

“We said, let’s respect the current …