The Arsenal striker Alessia Russo has opened up on her revival of the form since the appointment of head coach Renee Sleger.
The 25-year-old had not achieved in the first eight games of the 2024/25 campaign in the club’s 4-1 win over the Norwegian side of Valerenga in the UEFA women’s champions League.
From then on, the ball kept hit the back of the network. The English international scored 11 games in 14 games since Slegers took the post and fired Super League (WSL) in second place in the gates of women.
Last week, Russo showed how the leaders’ leadership contributed to strengthening their confidence in the field.
“As a player, you go through different spells and different things, self -confidence or you do not play consistently or different things,” she said. “Form is one thing and you have to find out what makes you tick when you feel good. For me it also depends on training. We spend so much time in training so that I only try to get better every day And what to do what I can do every day.
Russo continued to joke that she is “a pain when it comes to ending the training” to say that she is always looking for time and space to improve.
“Ultimately, you can control how hard you work and what you make out of the ball,” she added. “I think throughout the season, if you know that you work and run hard. If there are ever doubts, I always think that you can work hard.”
The striker raved about the importance of pleasure when he expressed: “I really think I play better when I enjoy it.”
“Even as a child, my happiest memories are just football, I love the game and I have the feeling that I am excited and happy at the moment to come to work every day,” said Russo. “I always loved to come to training, I don’t call it work, even though I am lucky that football is work.”
Although the Gunners fell on a narrow 1-0 defeat against Chelsea last Sunday on the Stamford Bridge, they have taken on the head coach since the club Slegen.
Russo said the cause of the rebirth was “difficult to determine”, but noticed that “people feel really good”.
“We have many football talks in units and groups, and people seem to be really clear their roles,” she said. “You can see that we play with freedom in a structure and a schedule, but the players have this instinctive lead to express themselves.”