Arsenal defender Leah Williamson says that this night’s UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg tie towards Actual Madrid is a big sport however the concentrate on successful stays the identical.
The Gunners play host to the Spaniards on the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal have work to do after happening 2-0 within the first leg per week in the past.
When talking within the pre-match press convention, Arsenal defender Williamson highlighted the massive significance of the sport however mentioned that the emphasis is all the time placed on successful.
“It’s the largest month we’ve had by way of knockout competitions,” Williamson mentioned. “This sport isn’t any totally different.
“I believe the work that we’ve accomplished, you may see the route that we’re moving into. We have to make outcomes matter and depend for us all the time, as a soccer membership, so the main target by no means shifts. We are able to’t take into consideration these types of issues. We simply concentrate on the duty at hand within the subsequent sport and we’re clearly all the time making an attempt to win.”
Forward of the primary leg, Arsenal had been favourites to qualify for the semi-finals, however they now discover themselves with a number of work to do. Williamson says that The Gunners by no means underestimated the specter of Actual Madrid.
She mentioned “I don’t know if anyone underestimated them, I don’t suppose we ever did. I believe we’ve revered what their strengths are and the gamers that they’ve. The Champions League is as aggressive as ever, when you get to those phases, so I believe the outcomes don’t shock me. They’ve high quality, however we additionally do. These video games are extremely aggressive nowadays and also you wish to be the one which comes out on prime.”
Reflecting on final week’s defeat in Spain, Williamson admits that Arsenal’s requirements slipped and he or she says that The Gunners have to be stronger at each ends of the pitch this night.
She mentioned “I believe there was a basic feeling that we wasted a possible alternative.
“The pitch wasn’t at the usual that it wanted to be, however we each performed on it. I believe the anger is extra frustration at ourselves as a result of we all know what we are able to do and we didn’t. We all know that we have now extra and that’s scary for different groups additionally as a result of I believe within the sport, we had been nonetheless aggressive.
We have to rating targets. That’s what it comes right down to and we have to cease that. We had been pissed off, however more-so at ourselves than anything as a result of the pitch, climate, no matter it’s, the requirements of Arsenal are larger than they had been final Wednesday.”
Arsenal’s UEFA Girls’s Champions League quarter-final, second leg tie towards Actual Madrid kicks-off at 8pm this night. Tickets stay on-sale and could be bought by .