Jonas Eidevall revealed Arsenal sporting director Edu despatched him a message of congratulations after his aspect reached the Champions League semi-finals for the primary time in a decade.
Arsenal Women beat Bayern Munich 2-0 on Wednesday night time on the Emirates to progress to the final 4 of the Champions League 2-1 on combination because of targets from Frida Maanum and Stina Blackstenius.
Eidevall is trying to develop into the primary head coach to steer a British aspect to glory on this competitors since 2007 – when Arsenal beat Swedish aspect Umea to win it – and he says he has the total backing of everybody on the membership.
“I got a very nice message from Edu after the game,” Eidevall stated.
“The help from the entire membership is magnificent. There is plenty of speak about at all times appearing with class – you actually perceive the which means of that while you’re contained in the organisation.
“It’s engrained and it spreads down in the organisation. Communication and belief from them is amazing.”
Sheffield United ahead Courtney Sweetman-Kirk reacts to Frida Maanum’s screamer towards Bayern Munich within the Women’s Champions League quarter-final second-leg.
Arsenal produced a near-perfect first-half show to fireside two targets previous Bayern and take the lead on combination, and Eidevall thinks his aspect have now proven they will tackle anybody.
They will discover out on Thursday night in the event that they face Paris Saint-Germain or Wolfsburg within the subsequent stage.
“It’s been a long-term goal to reach the semi-finals of the Champions League,” he stated. “I am very happy that we’re going to the semi-finals. It’s an incredible achievement that we are so proud of – I told the players before the game, we have the potential to beat any team when we hit all things perfect.
“That does not imply it is simple or we will do it each time. But we now have that potential. So if we have now that would not or not it’s unimaginable and delightful if we will convey that to 1 extra stage on this competitors, to see how robust our wings are, and the way excessive we will fly collectively.
Stina Blackstenius celebrates after scoring Arsenal’s second objective towards Bayern Munich
“We managed to do that today, that’s a proud moment for the whole club. If we hit it right we can beat any team. It also means there is a lot of work going into performances to be consistent. I don’t take anything for granted.
“We have to cope with each state of affairs and do our absolute best.”
Arsenal lost captain Kim Little to an injury early on before Katie McCabe was helped off with a knock in the closing stages, but Eidevall was unable to provide an update on their status.
Eidevall will be hoping they can recover quickly ahead of Sunday’s huge game against title rivals Manchester City in the Women’s Super League. Arsenal trail second-placed City by three points but have a game in hand.
“I do not know [on the injury front],” he said. “We want to make use of the hours this night and tomorrow with a view to get a transparent understanding. When we have now extra data we are going to replace.”
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