There’s more to this answer but I edited to the bit I cared about;
> **On Blackstenius upfront and Russo starting wide…**
> What I like is that we have Alessia as a wide forward, you get something completely different from Beth Mead and Caitlin Foord. Like you have a real presence on the back post there were a lot of situations coming from that and I like to see that when we play to the strengths and qualities of the players.
We have had so many crosses where it goes past the first player and there’s no one to follow up. What boggles me is when they warm up that exact scenario is one drill they consistently do, they will cross the ball have the first player hop over the ball and the player at the back post shoots. Yet in play we never see that situation! It’s insane.
> **On Lia Walti saying the team watched the men’s game on Monday evening and used it as motivation…**
> Not as a structured thing but when we speak about things and how we play, the way they play and the way they suffocated them for the first 15 minutes and how brave they were in their positioning, I think that is the same thing we speak about and look what happens when you get a complete hit with that way of playing. That definitely inspired us with our players today and it’s such a nice thing when you speak about a one club mentality and being able to take inspiration.
I said this on a different thread but it’s so clear to me the club have a style of play they want and so I don’t think it really matter who we have in charge we will play that way. So whether you want Jonas or not, losing him will likely change very little for us tactically.
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There’s more to this answer but I edited to the bit I cared about;
> **On Blackstenius upfront and Russo starting wide…**
> What I like is that we have Alessia as a wide forward, you get something completely different from Beth Mead and Caitlin Foord. Like you have a real presence on the back post there were a lot of situations coming from that and I like to see that when we play to the strengths and qualities of the players.
We have had so many crosses where it goes past the first player and there’s no one to follow up. What boggles me is when they warm up that exact scenario is one drill they consistently do, they will cross the ball have the first player hop over the ball and the player at the back post shoots. Yet in play we never see that situation! It’s insane.
> **On Lia Walti saying the team watched the men’s game on Monday evening and used it as motivation…**
> Not as a structured thing but when we speak about things and how we play, the way they play and the way they suffocated them for the first 15 minutes and how brave they were in their positioning, I think that is the same thing we speak about and look what happens when you get a complete hit with that way of playing. That definitely inspired us with our players today and it’s such a nice thing when you speak about a one club mentality and being able to take inspiration.
I said this on a different thread but it’s so clear to me the club have a style of play they want and so I don’t think it really matter who we have in charge we will play that way. So whether you want Jonas or not, losing him will likely change very little for us tactically.