Arsenal striker Alessia Russo has been opened for its revival of form since the appointment of coach Renee Sleger.
The 25-year-old had failed to score in the eight opening matches of the 2024/25 campaign, before shooting in clothing in the 2024 closing months. Shortly thereafter Jonas Eidevall's resignation as the main coach BY attackerRusso wrote her name on the score sheet at the club 4-1 Victory over Norwegian side Valerenga in the UEFA Women's Champions League.
From then on, the ball continued to hit the back of the net. England's international has scored 11 in 14 matches since then Slegers learned the postshooting it up to second place in Super league of women (WSL) Goal marking.
Talking to talk media Last week, Russo revealed how the Slegers leadership helped increase her confidence in the field.
“As a player you go through different spells and different things go into it, confidence or you are not playing constantly or different things like this,” she said. “Form is one thing and you have to find out what makes you score when you feel good. For me, it also goes down to training. We spend so much time in training, so I'm just trying to be better every day and do what I can every day. ”
Russo continued to joke that she is “a pain when it comes to finishing exercise” claiming she is always looking for time and space to improve.
“After all, whether you are scoring or not, you can check how much you are working and what you are doing the ball,” she added. “I think this is something that can keep you very balanced during a game and throughout the season, when you know you are working hard and running. If sometimes there is a doubt, I always believe you can work many. “
The attacker withdrew for the importance of pleasure when he said, “I really believe I play better when I am enjoying it.”
“Even as a kid, my happiest memories are just playing football, I love the game and I think I'm excited at the moment and happy to have come to work every day,” Russo explained. “I've always wanted to come to training. I don't call it the job even though I'm lucky that football is a job.”
Despite falling to a narrow 1-0 loss in Chelsea At Stamford Bridge last Sunday, Gunners have made clear improvements since the club appointed Slegers as the main coach.
Russo said the cause of the Renaissance is “difficult to paint”, but noted that “people are feeling really good”.
“We have a lot of football conversations within the units and groups and people seem to be really clear in their roles,” she said. “You can see that we are playing with freedom within a structure and a game plan, but players have that instinctive advantage to go and express too.”