MADRID, 11 avr. (Cinktank.com) –
Spanish striker Jennifer Hermoso made it clear on Monday that she is “building a team that will be talked about a lot” and praised the good atmosphere in the dressing room, and that she is also focused on achieving goals. ”another feat”, like qualifying for their third consecutive World Cup, for which they have to beat a Scotland side that will look nothing like November’s.
“Women’s football has changed so much in Spain that we are now fighting among the best in the world and creating a team that will go down in history and be talked about a lot. All this is possible because the clubs are betting more and more on their women’s section and now the players will have to accompany this change, which is favorable, even if there are still many things to develop”, admitted Hermoso during a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s game against Scotland.
The FC Barcelona player assured that she could not have “better teammates” in the national team and that “there could not be a better dressing room than this national team”. “We all get along very well and there is a very healthy group, everything that comes from outside is more publicized because it is done by people from outside. There are no problems between us, it has been proven, it continues to be proven and it will be proven. It’s a very happy team and we like to be with people from other teams because we all get along well,” she said.
The Madridista confessed that there are ‘fears’ of possible injuries because the season is ‘in very important dates’, but that they are ‘prepared and aware of being physically as good as possible’. “It’s part of our sporting life, we have to take care of ourselves as much as possible,” she said.
Moreover, Hermoso does not hide that there is a “pressure” to be in the EURO 23 list, but that it is “equal” to that which exists when training or playing. “The player is preparing individually to be in these championships and today of course there is competition, but the dressing room is healthy and we want to form a group that wants to do great things. We are aware that this Tuesday we are playing for a place in a World Cup, which seems easy, but that many great teams are left out. Participating in another competition is another achievement, then we will have to prepare for the EURO, which we are looking forward to with great enthusiasm,” he stressed.
Regarding the match against Scotland, he welcomed the fact that they will play in “a beautiful stadium” like Hampden Park and agreed with Jorge Vidal that “we should not take the previous match as a reference” . “That would be a mistake. They’ve been preparing for this game for a long time, their coach knows us and they want to be at the World Cup, so it won’t have anything to do with Sevilla and we’re preparing to do what we know how to do best and win.” said the striker.
The international isn’t worried about the conditions in Glasgow as in Spain they had a “fairly cold” few weeks and “very heavy pitches”. “The player is already used to it, but I don’t think that in a stadium like the one tomorrow the pitch will be very bad, the weather will not be an excuse,” she warned.
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