Cushing offers replace on Metropolis quartet
Nick Cushing says Laia Aleixandri and Yui Hasegawa may very well be out there for Metropolis’s UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-final second leg in opposition to Chelsea.
Nevertheless, our Interim Head Coach has confirmed that Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Aoba Fujino will miss the encounter at Stamford Bridge, with Metropolis at present holding a two-goal mixture lead.
Each Aleixandri and Hasegawa have been substituted late on in Sunday’s Barclays Girls’s Tremendous League assembly with Chelsea on the Etihad Stadium, however the pair have been each concerned within the newest coaching session forward of travelling to London.
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Cushing admits Hasegawa’s return remains to be contact and go after the midfielder left the Etihad on crutches, however he hasn’t dominated out her availability for Thursday’s 20:00 (UK) kick-off.
“After the sport there was concern, and it’s not very best to carry off two key gamers – now we have to seek out the options to that,” Cushing stated.
“The plan must be a little bit bit higher, the group did an incredible job over the three video games, you may see the video games have been even.
“Two high groups going at one another – having these gamers again is a testomony to them and their dedication but in addition to the unbelievable work of the medical group.
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“Yui leaving the bottom in crutches and I’m not going to leap the gun and say she’ll be prepared.
“The group has been unbelievable the likes of the youngers gamers to enter these video games and be as assured and hungry as they’re is simply to going to assist.”
Shaw and Fujino have been unavailable since that includes within the League Cup last earlier this month, with Cushing beforehand saying their availability would go ‘all the way down to the wire’.
The duo have each sadly run out of time to function on Thursday, however our Interim Head Coach was filled with reward for the efforts of his medical group in making certain Metropolis are in the absolute best form at Stamford Bridge.
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“We’re nonetheless working by the group,” our Interim Head Coach defined.
“Clearly, you might see after the sport on Sunday the kind of squad and pressure we had on it, however the medical group are doing an unbelievable job.
“The likes of Aoba [Fujino] and Bunny [Shaw] gained’t make the sport. It wasn’t very best to take off some key gamers, however we’ve labored exhausting to ensure the squad are aggressive for the sport.”
Chelsea v Metropolis App Protection
As all the time, the official Man Metropolis app is the most effective place to maintain throughout all of the motion.
Our Matchday Centre, which offers detailed textual content commentary, stats and evaluation, will get beneath manner from 18:30 and continues all through the night.
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From kick-off, Alistair Mann and a visitor co-commentator will then present stay audio commentary from Stamford Bridge.
Make certain to have push notifications turned on within the app as properly to obtain rapid alerts when any key moments of motion happen equivalent to objectives and pink playing cards.
After the ultimate whistle, an in depth match report and response from each Cushing and gamers will be accessed on the app.
Highlights and a CITY+ full-match replay will likely be out there at 23:00 (UK) on Thursday evening in the UK solely, earlier than being made out there globally the next day.