Arsenal must kill the bare of female football when they face Barcelona on Saturday Final Champions League, but in the form of Alessia Russo, “World Class” rifles can win the Catalon of all conquests.

Barca were cruised in the fifth final final league of the champion, throwing English chelsea 8-2 on the aggregate in the last four, as they look for The fourth European crown in five years at the Sporting Lisbon Stadium Jose Alvalade.

Arsenal They are the only English club that ever won the upper prize in Europe, back when it was the Women’s Cup of UEFA 2007. years.

But famous wins Real Madrid and Lyon They confirmed the rise in the London side back to the former women’s game plan, and 60,000 capacities Emirates Stadium now their primary home.

Russo He jumped from Manchester United to join Arsenal Project 2023. year on a free transfer, just a month after Red Devils The then female world of record 500,000 pounds (671,000 USD) offered by the rifle.

The 26-year-old exploded on the stage and became a national hero for its displays as Super Sat in Euro 2022. in the English Trumph on the house.

She also drove a laurel line with distinguishing as they reached the World Cup finals a year later.

But Russo struggled to match his arrival during the difficult first season until Arsenal could qualify for the phase of the Champions League Group and ended in the third-league.

Arrival Renee Slegers replace Jonas Eidevall As Arsenal the boss, however, he caused a transformation in Club and Furtunes Russia.

Was appointed as a female player of football writers of the year earlier this month after sharing the WSL Gold boot with Manchester City Khadija Shaw at 12 goals.

But it’s in the Champions League, Russo really shone, it’s seven times to embark on to the final as the second best scorer of the competition together with team mate Mariona Caldentey.

It included a quick fire in Udred against Madrid as an arsenal covered first leg deficit 2-0 to win 3-0 in the famous night in the emirates and one in their way in the second leg of the semifinals.

“Everyone will say that at some point they will obviously did not achieve as much as they loved, and as an attacker you often evaluate your goals, and is hard,“Russo said on the conversation.

“I will always say that I want to achieve more, I want to keep pushing.

“I never think that I will be pleased, but it was nice, it was good to get some consistency, and I think when I’m surrounded by world class players in the frame or slip bright passages, it’s my job to answer in the end.“

Now comes an acid test of the arsenal rise to the side that swallowed everything over the past five years.

“We know how good they are, we know how consistent they are at the highest level“Russo was added.

“I think when we are at best, so we are on the ball. We have a lot of different diversity and our gameplay and our attacks, so I think when we’re on it, we can be a world class and I think we have shown this year. “