Resilience to excellence.
Arsenal’s trip to become queens of Europe has been far from being simple. A season of setbacks, especially in the Champions League, would be enough to break most of the teams, but not the arsenal.
I have been lucky to be close to the team all week and the whole season. When they said they thought they could overcome Barcelona that everything conquers could be said to be genuine.
No team has gone from the beginning of the classification rounds of the Champions League to the final, it does not matter to win all the competition.
They lost the first leg against Hacken during the qualification, but they did. They lost 5-2 against Bayern in the group stage, but they did. They exceeded the deficits against Real Madrid and Lyon in the internships of knockout, but they did. And now they have gone from the helpless to the best dogs against the best team on the continent.
Steph Cately, Leah Williamson and Chloe Kelly celebrate the victory of the Arsenal Women’s Champions League
It is even more noticeable considering how low the squad was felt in the accumulation and after Jonas Eidevall’s departure. Enter the coach who will fall into the history of Arsenal …
“Renee Slegers, what a woman,” Chloe Kelly told me proudly after the game.
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When he turned to a provisional capacity, the morale of the team was lower than the leg for years.
They had dropped too many points in October to be consulted in the realistic WSL title and their European dreams hanging by a thread.
The sections entered and instilled beliefs, trust and personal freedom within the team.
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Open policy was seen as a way not only to improve performance, but also talk about topics outside the beautiful game.
“Renee is the glue,” admits the defense Emily Fox. It is not an empty iron, the players are interested in showing their appreciation.
Arsenal had some star candidates for the best job, but passers -by showed that the culture that created outside the field and the improvements in the results were something with more experience with more experience in the game that could only dream.
Senior Arsenal sources insist that they are happy with where they are with their coach, but their contract expires at the end of next season. One would think that there is a large extension and an even greater salary increase is on the horizon.
But those conversations are for another day. At this time, we allow Arsenal to enjoy an achievement that no other English team has achieved. They have won the Champions League.
