Borehamwood. 4-0 in the opening game of the league at home against Brighton.
Then Jonas Edvall paid tribute to his two Swedish players, Stena Plaxtenius and first phenom Lena Hurtig.
– She (Hurtig) shows the qualities we recruited for, Eidevall tells Sportbladet.
Four Swedish players were on the move when the Premier League, WSLFriday evening.
In addition to Emma Kohlberg (who received a red card seven minutes later) and Julia Zygotti Olmi at Brighton, Stena Blacksteinius started centrally in Arsenal’s attack.
Swedish coach Jonas Edevaal said the Swede was crucial to loosening Brighton’s weak defence.
“It’s important then to have a player like Stena who can threaten deeply,” he says.
– Either you accept the run with Stina Blackstenius or you need to sit a little lower, and get a little more distance between the midfield and the backline. Good thing she got the recording too.
‘It will be very useful’
Blacksteinius scored the 3-0 goal in the match, which ended 4-0. In the 64th minute, she moved with Lina Hurtig, who arrived from Juventus last summer.
Hurtig captured a place on the left in the attack. Is this where you think she will play?
– This is where I think she will play. I think she’s made an amazing transformation, she showed the qualities we fell for with her.
Eidevall highlights some of Hurtig’s good qualities, such as his group game.
– But you also watched a fencing match where she takes care of herself, which is something we will get a lot of use from, says the coach.
According to him, Arsenal, one of the leading contenders for the title, has shown good tendencies in training in recent weeks.
“If we’re going to criticize something today, it’s a few simple, unstressed turnarounds, and if we’re going to score more goals against a low-level team like this, we need to be adept at finishing the game first blow,” Edvall says.
This often results in fitting. We have to be more precise there.
