Arsenal stuns Barcelona to win Women's Champions League
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Arsenal captain Kim Little calls her side's Women's Champions League success the "best moment of my career", although Gunners boss Renee Slegers feels this could just be the start.
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Arsenal manager Renee Slegers could barely believe what she had just witnessed as her side did the unthinkable and beat Barcelona to European glory.
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But having a plan is one thing, executing it is another. In Lisbon, Arsenal pulled off both to absolute perfection as Renee Slegers and her coaching staff masterminded the 1-0 victory over Barcelona, shutting out a side that had scored 112 goals in 30 league games this season.
Arsenal are champions of Europe and few, truly, have ever deserved it more. This was not just a vindication of their smash-and-grab approach to this final, with Stina Blackstenius’ winner bringing the seemingly insuperable Barcelona to heel,
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Little lifted the Women’s Champions League trophy with Leah Williamson and praised the gameplan set out by head coach Renee Slegers that frustrated Arsenal and allowed the Gunners to snatch a dramatic victory with Stina Blackstenius scored in the 74th minute.