Jonas Eidevall has revealed Arsenal sporting director Edu despatched him a congratulatory message after his facet reached the Champions League semi-finals for the primary time in a decade.
Arsenal Girls beat Bayern Munich 2-0 on Wednesday night time on the Emirates to advance to the Champions League semi-finals 2-1 on mixture because of targets from Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius.
Eidevall is trying to turn into the primary head coach to guide a British facet to glory on this competitors since 2007 – when Arsenal beat Swedish facet Umea to win it – and he says he has everybody’s full help on the membership.
“I acquired a really good message from Edu after the sport,” stated Eidevall.
“The help from the entire membership is magnificent. There’s numerous discuss at all times performing elegant – you actually get the which means of that whenever you’re contained in the organisation.
“It is ingrained and spreading by means of the group. The communication and conviction from them is unbelievable.”
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Sheffield United striker Courtney Sweetman-Kirk reacts to Frida Maanum’s scream in opposition to Bayern Munich within the Girls’s Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Arsenal produced a near-perfect first half to attain two targets previous Bayern and take the lead on mixture, and Eidevall believes his facet have now proven they’ll tackle anybody.
They are going to discover out on Thursday night if they may face Paris Saint-Germain or Wolfsburg within the subsequent leg.
“It was a long-term purpose to achieve the Champions League semi-finals,” he stated. “I am very completely satisfied we will the semi-finals. It is an incredible achievement that we’re so happy with – I advised the gamers earlier than the sport, we have now the potential to beat any group after we attain every thing which is ideal.
“That does not imply it is easy or that we are able to do it each time. However we have now that potential now. So if we have now it, it would not be wonderful and delightful if we may deliver that to a another step on this competitors, to see how robust our wings are and the way excessive we are able to fly collectively.
Stina Blackstenius celebrates after scoring Arsenal’s second purpose in opposition to Bayern Munich
“We managed to do this right this moment, it is a proud second for the entire membership. If we do nicely, we are able to beat any group. It additionally means that there’s a lot of labor within the efficiency to be constant. I do not take something as a right.
“We now have to face each state of affairs and do our greatest.”
Arsenal misplaced captain Kim Little to harm early on earlier than Katie McCabe was helped with a knock within the closing phases, however Eidevall have been unable to offer an replace on their standing.
Eidevall might be hoping to get well rapidly forward of Sunday’s big sport in opposition to title rivals Manchester Metropolis within the Girls’s Tremendous League. Arsenal path second-placed Metropolis by three factors, however have one sport much less.
“I do not know [on the injury front]”, he stated. “We now have to make use of the hours of tonight and tomorrow with the intention to have a transparent understanding. When we have now extra info, we’ll replace.”
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