Arsenal Renee Slegers will enter the first leg of his female Champions League on Saturday against the European giants Lyon on Saturday with “belief and courage” after an extraordinary turnaround on her guard.

The 36-year-old former Dutch international was placed in a temporary charge for Gunners afterward Jonas Eidevall Completely in October after a bad start of the Super League Women’s campaign (WSL).

Ten wins and the draw deserve a permanent job and has not looked back since then.

No WSL team won more points (24) or scored more goals (34) from the colonel from the end of the year.

Beneath SlagariArsenal took 40 points of 15 WSL games, another Chelsea leader in the same period.

Despite their shining form, rifle is unlikely to catch Sonia bompaistorA four-time quadruple side that is three points clean on top of the table with games in hand while the sixth flat title passes.

But Arsenal has a European pedigree that none of their domestic rivals match as the only English team that surrounds the Continental Champions, in 2007. years.

And the Slegers team showed that they can perform under the intensive pressure this season.

They set up their semifinals against Lyon After withdrawing with 2-0 defeat in the first leg of its last eight ties against Real Madrid to win 3-2 on the aggregate.

The conquest European Champions of Lyon, which in the last eight and knocked out Bayen’s Munich, and are currently the top of the French premiere league, there will be a difficult test, but the batons said that the emiration factor could help her.

Arsenal also made a house for his male team also a place for most female games for the first time this season after they attracted huge crowds last season.

“I think this is such a special place, especially with so many fan“” Said the sleighs after this week, Leicester bristles in the stadium.

“I think if we have a belief and we hit the highest level, I think we can do special things.

“Huge respect for Lyon and everything they have already been proven in the Champions League, the qualities they have in the team.

“It will be a great challenge, but we cannot enter the semifinals not believing that we can do something that happens, so we will definitely go there with belief and courage. “

Arsenal are in an extraordinary form for targeting and their record in the Emirates is stunning – they won the last eight games there in all competitions with a total result 31-2.

Sleghers, who were Assistant Eidevall on Arsenal, was Optin after beating Leicester for crushing, but realistically about the challenge in front of her team.

“It is very positive,“She said.”We wanted everything. So that’s good, but we’re realistic and we understand that the challenge will go several levels on Saturday. “

Arsenal boss said she is sure she was ahead Chloe Kelly and Alessia RussoNobody had against Leicester, it would be a fit to face Lyon.

Russo is in this season Arsenal’s best scorer, twice the bodacle in the quarterfinal return of the second leg against Real Madrid, while Kelly gave two assistants in that game.

The winner of the two-legged semifinals is advanced on confronting or chelsea or defenders Champions Barcelona in the final in Lisbon 24. May.