Robert Vilahamn has made it clear that Tottenham Hotspur should have the ability to beat Manchester United in the event that they need to combat for a spot within the Girls’s Champions League.
Spurs have had a combined begin to the 2024/25 Barclays Girls’s Tremendous League marketing campaign, beating Crystal Palace on the opening weekend, however drawing in opposition to Aston Villa and being stung late by Liverpool final trip. In addition they narrowly beat Charlton Athletic within the Girls’s League Cup.
Recent from struggling the painfully late 3-2 defeat to Liverpool, Vilahamn’s facet now put together to tackle the Pink Devils at Leigh Sports activities Village.
Discussing the match, Vilahamn stated the squad’s means to counter assault once they win again possession will probably be very important to their probabilities of strolling away with a win.
“Now we have scored eight targets in our first three wins,” he stated.
“Now we have some actually good attacking patterns and have some actually good gamers. In a technique, we need to be sure we play actually good soccer and create probabilities. The opposite factor will probably be to try to use the second after we within the ball in opposition to them and attempt to counter assault as nicely.
“Now we have some actually fast gamers that may be helpful on this recreation, however we all know they will play a extremely robust group. We should be very sharp in all of the aim probabilities we get.”
Regardless of a heavy defeat within the FA Cup last in Could, Vilahamn revealed that Tottenham’s “good pre-season recreation” in opposition to United has helped construct confidence of their means forward of this one.
“If we need to be a prime group, then we have to compete with the highest groups,” he stated.
“It should be a enjoyable recreation in opposition to United. We had a great pre-season recreation in opposition to them, so we all know we are able to damage them, however we additionally should be excellent in any other case we aren’t going to have a great probability of successful.”
Manchester United will probably be going into the sport having had an extended relaxation interval than Spurs after their WSL conflict with Chelsea was postponed, after a controversial scheduling battle that was a knock-on from the latter’s involvement within the Girls’s Champions League.
When requested whether or not this places them better off, Vilahamn defined: “In the event that they received an additional weekend off then they will have used that to coach very well and have good self-worth, however we have come from a extremely powerful combat. We clearly misplaced the sport, however we need to try to win this recreation and we’ll use our vitality from that.
“Each groups will probably be prepared for the sport. We can’t blame the schedule and it will be the most effective groups who wins.”
The match can also be set to mark the primary time Tottenham have come up in opposition to midfielder Grace Clinton, who returned to United after a season-long mortgage. Celin Bizet quickly adopted her as nicely.
Vilahamn counseled her efficiency thus far on this season which has seen her rating in two of their three fixtures. “This recreation goes to be powerful for us as a result of we’re taking part in in opposition to her,” he stated. “However alternatively, we play in opposition to good gamers each week, so we’re going to have a method. We additionally know her nicely and likewise know the way maybe to cease her, however she is an excellent participant.”
The conflict between each groups is ready to gasoline the new-found rivalry between each groups that was created once they met within the FA Cup last final yr which noticed United reign supreme.
Vilahamn revealed that he “likes the ambiance” that is created when the 2 come up in opposition to one another. “I really feel like they’re a kind of groups final season that we competed with and had been one spot greater than us,” he stated. “I really feel like if we need to break into the Champions League, United is a kind of groups we have to beat and be higher than.
“In addition they have an enormous assist of followers who’re loud and I simply love that. They introduced them to Brisbane Highway earlier than and for me, as a coach, to be part of thise league and that fan base is nice. I just like the ambiance that is created when we’ve got our followers and we really compete.”
