‘We are in a tough spot’ Alessia Russo speaks to Arseblog News in Paris
After Arsenal’s 2-2 draw with Paris FC, Arseblog News spoke briefly with Alessia Russo. Do bear in mind we had a lot of questions written before the end of the game which were rendered less relevant by the result and we didn’t have a great deal of time to pivot, which goes some way to explaining the brevity of the conversation.
On the feeling of the team after losing a two goal lead…
There were good moments tonight and I think that the two goals were great and it was nice to get some free flowing attacks. That is what we’ve been working towards over the last couple of weeks. We are obviously disappointed to not get three points and the freak incident at the end, it’s not ideal. It obviously wasn’t intentional but I think we probably lost a little bit of momentum in the second half, regardless of that actual moment. It’s tough. Football has many highs and lows and we’re in a bit of a tough spot, but we know we have the quality of players and staff to get us out of it.
On personal relief at scoring her first goal of the season…
I’ll always take responsibility for that. I know things haven’t been good enough and I’m the first person to hold myself accountable. I’ve been really frustrated but all I’ve been trying to do is strip it back, focus on the positives, on the good things, train really hard and I think that’s been the messaging from the staff as well. We’re stripping it back. We are working hard in training. There is a lot of noise at the moment but internally, we’ve got a great group of girls, great group of staff and we’re just working really hard.
On whether she had been working on the timing of her shooting recently…
You are always looking for half a yard. I mean, I love shooting practice in training and it’s all about moments and fine margins and fine spaces. It was nice to get one come off tonight and hopefully, we’ll use that going forward as well.
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