19 h. ago Arsenal v Lyon: five key factors in the Women’s Champions League semi

Joe Montemurro and Renée Slegers are reunited but can they find a way to stop each other’s array of attacking talent?The former Arsenal manager Joe Montemurro, who left the club at the end of the 2020-21 season, returns to the Emirates Stadium when Arsenal host the eight-time European champions Lyon on Saturday in their Champions League semi-final first leg. Montemurro, who led Arsenal to a first Women’s Super League title in seven years in 2019, was previously back in N5 in 2023, where his Juventus team lost 1-0 in the Champions League. Arsenal look very different, on and off the pitch, to the club he left. They upped their investment in and commitment to the women’s side after a review towards the end of Montemurro’s tenure, but a face familiar to him sits in the home dugout. While with Arsenal Montemurro was paired with Renée Slegers on the Uefa coach mentor programme in the early stages of the former Netherlands international’s coaching journey. Montemurro describes her as “a pe...

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Success in Europe could have big impact on two players who have made it clear they want to win big trophies

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Real Madrid picked the wrong team to try and start a fight with. Arsenal were strong, resilient, and are going to be a test for anyone in the Champions League

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5 d. ago Agent Kieran Tierney is Arsenal secret weapon and Real Madrid know it as he aims to right a wrong against Mbappe

The former Hoops captain knows a thing or two about playing at the Santiago Bernabeu - and could prove key for the Champions League second leg

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Both Man United and Manchester City had a good weekend on the pitch last time out, each recording WSL victories.

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Grealish ended his Premier League goal drought in the comfortable win over Leicester on Wednesday.

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