Dutch midfielder Lieke Martens within the UEFA Women’s Champions League last with FC Barcelona for the second time in three seasons and she or he feels this time they’re extra prepared for the problem. Barcelona have been within the Champions League last within the 2018-19 season they usually went up towards the then-five occasions Champions League winners Lyon and the favourites gained 4-1. Two seasons later, Barcelona are within the Champions League last once more and this time they’re up towards FA Women’s Super League champions Chelsea.
Barcelona have had a improbable season up to now and they’re already the Primera division champions. They are nonetheless unbeaten within the league and have scored a whopping 128 targets in simply 26 matches, having conceded solely 5. Second-placed Levante have performed 29 video games and regardless of taking part in three much less video games, Barcelona are 16 factors forward of them. Barcelona are additionally to play the semi-final of Copa de la Reina on May 26 and are favourites to win that event too.
With that sort of confidence, FC Barcelona will tackle Chelsea within the Champions League last on May 17 and Martens mentioned that throughout the camp, “the sensation is wonderful”.
“We have had a really good season so far. We are really looking forward to the final. We had reached the final in 2019 and we really want to win this time. It’s different from last one, we feel more ready. Hoping for a special one.
“It’s a really good experience for the team that we made the final once. All that experience will help the team play on Sunday. With the pressure and everything else, it will help. We will look to take advantage of everything we have and will like to go on,” Martens mentioned within the media day on Wednesday.
Barcelona had eked out a 3-2 mixture win towards Paris Saint-Germain within the semi-final of the Champions League. With PSG’s excessive press fashion, Barcelona have been in a position to dictate phrases and play their fashion. However, Chelsea being a counter-attacking workforce and as soon as that takes its possibilities nicely, will probably be a complete completely different problem within the last.
Martens opined that Barcelona ought to play their very own recreation however they key issue could be to make the most effective of the probabilities they get through the recreation. “How we have now been taking part in the entire season, that offers us confidence. We need to make the probabilities we get depend as a result of that’s essential towards huge groups because you don’t get too many. They (PSG and Chelsea) are two completely different groups with completely different qualities and we have now to adapt. We used our alternatives towards PSG. Chelsea are counter-attacking and we have now to see how we will press on the edges. It’s utterly completely different from PSG.”
Martens called the Champions League final “the most important game of the year” and mentioned regardless of the Spanish Cup last additionally arising, their full focus is on Sunday.
“We have a extremely good feeling this season however within the last, something can occur. We will give our every thing, we have now been working very onerous. I consider within the workforce and we shall be completely different than two years in the past.
“We are focussed on the ultimate as a result of it’s an important recreation of the 12 months. We have the semi-final of the Cup however that’s later and our full focus is on the UCL last,” she said.
Martens herself has had a good season and has been crucial to Barcelona’s success. Martens like to play on the left in the midfield and possesses great technical ability and dribbling skills. For the entirety of the season, she has consistently been a danger to the opponents due to her pace and eye for goal. In fact, Martens scored two goals against PSG in the UWCL semi-finals, which helped her team advance to the final.
“This season I have played well and the whole team’s level is high. We are champions now (in Spain) but the most important game of the year is on Sunday.
“I had to deal with expectations in the beginning of course. My life changed a lot but you can’t keep thinking about it. Later, we changed out style as well, which fits me better. We are more attacking and forward now and that fits me. You can always do better though and I try to push myself everyday,” Martens defined.
Martens chuckled and shared that she likes the truth that not too many individuals recognise her in Barcelona. “There aren’t too many Dutch folks in Barcelona now and in order that’s extra stress-free (smiles). Mostly Dutch folks recognise me and so, I can stroll on the road usually and I prefer it truly.”
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