Jonas Eidevall has expressed frustration on the inconsistencies between the demanding situations going through Arsenal and Chelsea forward in their Champions League semi-finals this weekend. The Gunners face a tough midweek commute to play Manchester United whilst the Blues’ calendar is unclear.
Eidevall’s aspect shuttle to Leigh for the following installment within the Women’s Super League identify race on Wednesday night time ahead of flying to Wolfsburg on Saturday for the Champions League semi-final first leg on Sunday.
Chelsea, who beat Aston Villa on Sunday to safe a spot within the FA Cup last, welcome Barcelona to Stamford Bridge on Saturday after per week of preparation and considerably much less shuttle.
“I find it very odd that we are the only one of the two English teams that have qualified for the semi‑final that are forced to play before our semi-final,” Eidevall stated.
“I have a really hard time getting my head around that because it’s almost like you want one of the teams to have a better chance to succeed than the others.”
Arsenal’s recreation in opposition to the WSL league leaders, Manchester United, which was once because of be performed this weekend, was once rescheduled on 4 April. Chelsea’s recreation in opposition to West Ham was once introduced on 14 April having been moved to 17 May, 3 days once they compete within the FA Cup last.
“We need to go to Manchester, we need to play well there, and then we need to go to Wolfsburg,” Eidevall stated. “Of course, it’s the preference to, like the other team has, have no games at all, to train and just to prepare for the Champions League. I can’t see the reasons for it and it’s something we need to look into. I can’t see the logic.”
A WSL spokesperson said: “Arsenal’s Barclays Women’s Super League match against Manchester United was rescheduled for Wednesday 19 April. The fixture was moved, following consultation with both clubs, to avoid clashing with Arsenal’s UEFA Women’s Champions League semi-final this weekend.”
The Arsenal manager took the time to praise the response of his team to the loss of players to injury this season. Kim Little is the latest to be ruled out for the rest of the campaign with a knee injury.
“It would hurt any team to lose a player like Kim, but we have managed during the season to handle the absence of many great football players and we need to show that adaptability again,” he said. “Keeping the key principles in the way we play but adapting to the individuals.
“This group of players has responded very well in tough situations, in tough moments we stick together, we stick to the plan, we believe in the way that we play, and that’s going to be even more important here at the end of the season .”
The Manchester United supervisor, Marc Skinner, stated he was hoping his aspect had were given the rust proven of their 3-2 defeat of Brighton on Saturday “out of our legs” for the discuss with of Arsenal.
“Arsenal have found their way past Bayern Munich with the same injuries so we know the threat that they have, we know the way Jonas wants to play, we know their adaptations, so it will be a very difficult game regardless [of who they put out]Skinner said.
“It’s a heavyweight contest, one punch from either can knock the other team out so we have to make sure we’re the team that is the aggressor.”
Skinner was once unsatisfied with 7,500 tickets being allotted to each and every of the 2 aspects within the FA Cup last, United and Chelsea, with greater than 65,000 tickets already issued for the fit at Wembley. “I don’t know how many it is in the men’s game,” he stated. “But to give clubs like Chelsea and Manchester United 8,000 tickets to sell, it’s crazy.”
Chelsea and Liverpool had been allotted 30,500 tickets each and every for final season’s males’s FA Cup last at Wembley, which has a capability of 90,000.
A spokesperson for the FA stated: “The Vitality Women’s FA Cup last is the showpiece tournament of the ladies’s home season, and to this point we’ve got issued over 65,000 tickets. Chelsea and Manchester United have each and every been issued with an extra 7,500 tickets for his or her enthusiasts.
“This is to help meet the likely demand for each club and is almost double the amount of tickets that the finalists received last year.”