Sunday’s a large event as Barcelona Femeni tackle Chelsea girls within the closing of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, which is able to give the world a first-time UWCL champion. Neither Barcelona nor Chelsea have gained the title earlier than and it’s additionally a primary European closing for Chelsea. For Barca, they’ve a earlier expertise – their 4-1 loss to Lyon in 2019. However, having put that behind them and studying from that recreation, Barcelona are prepared to convert the dream right into a actuality this time round.
“It’s a dream come true to finally win the Champions League closing. So, let’s see, it’s going to be a tremendous factor to stand there with the trophy,” right winger Caroline Graham Hansen said in the media day ahead of the big match.
In another international media conference, Barcelona’s Asisat Oshoala had quite firmly put that there was no difference in the way Barcelona men and Barca Femeni play and people just need to watch more of women’s football. Hansen reiterated that point and said, the philosophy runs through the club as a whole.
“Barca plays a certain way, they live football a certain way, doesn’t matter if you are playing for men’s team, women’s team or the youth team, the philosophy is followed through the club and yeah, I noticed a big difference when I came here. They have different way of thinking football and I enjoy the style of play here very much. For me, its been a good change and I guess I am just enjoying my time here.
“I came here to play this type of football and I believe in it very strongly. With all the good players here, not only did I have the chance to improve but also to win big titles. We are very close but we meet a strong team in Chelsea and I’m looking forward to the game,” she stated.
Hansen said that the important thing for Barca would be to win the mini-battles within the subject towards Chelsea and enhance their probabilities of successful the massive closing. Hansen admitted that Chelsea’s was a counter-attacking model of play however stated they might even need to preserve the ball and have extra management over the sport, the best way Barca does. The winger believed her expertise of getting performed Chelsea earlier than might come in useful too.
“I feel in every single place on the sphere, there’s going to be a mini-game within the recreation. We win all our mini-games, we may have an even bigger alternative to win the sport and I feel that is the important thing within the recreation – the fights one-v-one or two-v-three – the conditions are going to determine the sport, how we go on the market as a workforce will be a deciding issue. If everyone manages to beat their opponents extra instances than Chelsea does then we’ve got the important thing of how to beat them.
“It’s laborious to say, we all know Chelsea has plenty of robust attackers and so they like to assault with the ball so clearly they might need to preserve the ball as a lot as attainable, which we additionally do. In the top, they’re very harmful at their counter-attacks or might be it’s attainable they might strive to go for counter-attacks greater than retaining the ball, I don’t know. I do know they’ve plenty of confidence of their play, so I wouldn’t be stunned if they only strive to take the ball and management the sport on this manner as a lot as attainable.
“I’ve performed Chelsea a few instances within the Champions League, had a superb expertise of enjoying them. But it’s going to be a totally distinction recreation on Sunday however I wouldn’t say no to the victories I’ve had towards them,” she opined.
Among all the mini-battles, Hansen will have fellow international Guro Reiten in the midfield to deal with as well. However, the Norwegian felt that would be special but as a team, Barca will just have to be calm and focussed. “Of course it will be special to play a player you know so well from the national team. I think we have good possibilities, we know Chelsea is a good team. The key would be to keep our confidence in our game and play our style. Finals always have weird ways of living their own lives and so, we just have to be calm and composed and play our game.”
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