Matildas coach Joe Montemurro making impact felt in first camp ahead of opening game against Slovenia

It has taken Joe Montemurro just three days to make his mark on the Matildas and the new coach had officially begun the countdown to his first major tournament in charge.
Almost eight months out from the Matildas opening their Women's Asian Cup campaign at Optus Stadium, Montemurro's reign as Matildas coach will begin against Slovenia at HBF Park on Thursday night.
It will be the first of four games Australia will play in WA, with a second fixture against Slovenia on Thursday followed by two matches against Panama in Bunbury and Perth.
With a limited runway — only two more international windows beyond the current one — until the first major tournament of his tenure kicks off, Montemurro has wasted little time in instilling his ideas into the group.
'It is the official start of our build up for the Asian Cup. I am looking at a lot of players. Yes, I am trying to instill some language, some new ideas, but the approach to the game is still the same,' Montemurro said.
'We're playing at home, we're in our country so the attitude has to be 'it's a big game'.
'It's a game we want to make sure we do the right things, to get that mentality leading into a big tournament.'
Vice-captain Ellie Carpenter, who spent the last season playing under Montemurro at French giants Olympique Lyonnais, said the squad had already felt the changes he had made in such a short amount of time.
'By day three, we've implemented a new style of play, a new rhythm. It's really important to really nail those down the first couple of days, to really set up the next couple years here with Joe and the team,' she said.
'These next two weeks are going to be really important for the team to try to apply that in these four games.'
Montemurro has spoken of his desire to see the Matildas control games with and without the ball, something Carpenter said the team was relishing.
'The most important thing he's implemented so far is possession-based football. We're very capable of doing that.
'Even the last two sessions, the girls are learning new language that maybe they haven't heard before, and I think we've really implemented that very well in the short space of time that we have.
'You'll be seeing us more with the ball, controlling the game, a lot of possession-based and exciting football, which I think this team needs to get back to playing.'
It has not been all smooth sailing so far for Australia, with Everton midfielder Clare Wheeler, who figured to be a key part of Montemurro's engine room, withdrawing due to personal reasons.
Western United FC midfielder Chloe Berryhill (nee Logarzo) and Central Coast Mariners defender Jessika Nash have been drafted in as replacements.
With a swathe of A-League Women's players to train with the squad over the next two weeks, Carpenter said it would be a vital opportunity for local players to work under Montemurro — who has won titles with Arsenal, Juventus and Lyon.
'Bringing that training method here into the national team is really going to boost us and also develop the girls here who maybe have not been exposed to that type of training, the type of language, the technical sessions as well,' she said.
'Nothing happens overnight or over 48 hours for our first two sessions, but at least we've implemented, the base, and we can keep building from there.'