Ouahabi: Champions League exit ‘robust to take’
Leila Ouahabi says Manchester Metropolis will use the ache of our UEFA Girls’s Champions League exit to Chelsea to enhance transferring ahead.
After successful the primary leg of the quarter-final 2-0 on the Joie Stadium, Nick Cushing’s facet have been eradicated by the Londoners following a 3-0 defeat within the second.
It delivered to an finish a difficult 12 days for the Blues who locked horns with Sonia Bompastor’s facet 4 successive occasions with an injury-hit squad.
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That noticed gamers reminiscent of Lauren Hemp, Alex Greenwood, Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, Rebecca Knaak and Aoba Fujino all lacking in each last-eight clashes.
Regardless of a memorable European marketing campaign this time period, Ouahabi defined the outcome within the capital was a merciless expertise as our journey on the continent got here to an finish.
“I feel it is robust tonight,” she stated.
“We had outcome from the primary leg. They have been higher in some moments. We’re workforce however they’re additionally workforce. They have been higher in some moments and took the chance to win.
“It’s totally robust. It is a massive dream for us. It is one among our targets to be there, to win the Champions League. We’ll overview the sport and I am certain we’ll be higher.”
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Metropolis’s focus now turns to the home season as we glance to qualify for the Champions League by the tip of the time period and proceed our FA Cup marketing campaign.
The Blues at the moment sit one place under the European qualification spots with 5 WSL matches to play and face Manchester United within the semi-finals of the historic competitors.
For Ouahabi, she’s decided to complete the season on a excessive earlier than the curtain falls on the marketing campaign.
“We dream of one of the best video games, of trophies. Generally it is exhausting. Now we have plenty of accidents, we’re going through plenty of completely different conditions that is not regular.
“I feel we had workforce to go and win [against Chelsea] however we did not.”