Renée Slegers, coach of the female arsenal, said yesterday that “we respect Barcelona because it is a very good football team”, but they are in Lisbon “to win” this afternoon in the final of the Champions League. This was assured at the press conference at the José Alvalade stadium, in Lisbon, in which it was accompanied by midfielder Kim Little and the front Alessia Russo.
“We want to show courage” in the countryside, the Dutch technique continued, who said: “We respect Barcelona, it is a very good team, so we are very humble for the occasion, but we are here to win.”
On the strategy that the English team will follow, the coach 'Gunner' explained: “We have to find a way to win. For us it will be important that we face each moment really well and we have to be concentrated, we will have to make many decisions.”
Slegers stressed that there is “a lot of work” to have managed to reach the final and that they are very “proud.” “We are going to use ourselves thoroughly in this challenge,” concluded the coach of the English team.
On the other hand, Arsenal Alessia Russo striker said that FC Barcelona is “a first team”, but said that the 'gunners' are “prepared.”
“I think Barcelona is a first team, they have won at the highest level consistently and we are aware of that, but I fully believe in us as a team, the journey we have had and in the performances we have had this season,” Russo said.
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For her part, Captain Kim Little said that “it is incredibly special” to have arrived here. Little stressed that they believe “a lot” in each other and in what they have achieved: “We know that when we work together and do things, we connect in a way that we can have the performance we have had in the two games I have spoken of”, in reference to the quarter and semifinal matches. where they traced in the return.
