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Patrick Ssekatawa
May 25, 2025 1:34 am
Arsenal Women are champions of Europe

Eighteen years after becoming the first English side to win the Champions League, they are now the first team to go all the way through the qualifying rounds to lift the trophy.

In a rollercoaster season that began with high-profile player departures, on-pitch frustrations and managerial changes, Renee Slegers leading Arsenal to the European summit feels nearly impossible. They beat perennial Champions League winners Barcelona 1-0 after despatching record-holders Olympique Lyonnais in the semi-finals.

But, hey, this is the year of the underdog, isn’t it?

When Arsenal’s Champions League campaign began in September, with a 6-0 qualification win over Rangers, Slegers was still part of then-head coach Jonas Eidevall’s backroom staff. She was an academy player at Arsenal when they last won the Champions League, and Eidevall brought her back to work as an individual development coach.

Slegers’ focus was on the micro, on getting more out of each player in their own right, but that soon turned to the macro of forming a competitive squad that could win on the big stage.

She has succeeded where others had previously failed and became the first Dutch coach to win the Women’s Champions League

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It not yet known where this leaves manager Erik Ten Hag who is struggling badly to conjure results on the pitch. It is said Ratcliffe has already spoken to Graham Potter. He believes the Englishman is better suited to the development strategy he hopes to implement once his deal is ratified by the Premier League

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