Manchester Metropolis supervisor Gareth Taylor has issued a squad health replace forward of their UEFA Girls’s Champions League conflict towards Swedish aspect Hammarby on Tuesday night time.
The Cityzens secured a 4-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur within the Girls’’s Tremendous League on Friday night time, with striker Khadija Shaw scoring a hat-trick towards the North London membership. However consideration has now shifted to European competitors with one other important conflict on the horizon.
Forward of Metropolis‘s midweek UWCL fixture on the Joie Stadium, Taylor addressed the well being of his squad and revealed it’s excellent news concerning Naomi Layzell and Laia Aleixandri.
“In my final presser I discussed Naomi was getting nearer,” the supervisor defined on Monday.
“There’s some optimistic information on her after additional investigation and Laia is analogous. That is actually excellent news as a result of it might’ve been longer. They’re each working extraordinarily laborious, this sport has come too quickly for them however they are not far-off in any respect.
“Hopefully we will begin getting that little little bit of help for the gamers within the backline, we’re a bit stretched for the time being.”
Metropolis stay with out long-term absentee Vivianne Miedema, who underwent knee surgical procedure final month. The extent of the harm and restoration time has not been revealed by the membership at this stage.
One other wide selection query for the supervisor is the goalkeeper as he has rotated between Khiara Keating and summer season signing Ayaka Yamashita this season. Keating was a mainstay within the Metropolis group all through final season, however her sport time has been lowered within the early months of this marketing campaign.
The 20-year-old shot-stopper has began 4 video games throughout all competitions, whereas Yamashita, who was signed from Japanese aspect INAC Kobe Leonessa over the last switch window, has stored 4 clear sheets in her seven begins.
“Now we have two excellent goalkeepers,” Taylor continued, when requested concerning the goalkeeper competitors. “That is it. Khiara deserved to remain in [the team] after Crystal Palace. We’ll see about tomorrow and the following sport, however we do not look any additional than that.
“What I’ll say is Khiara’s response after not enjoying at first of the season has been excellent. She obtained her rewards by staying within the group, and she or he carried out very properly once more towards Spurs.
“We’ll see what occurs within the subsequent sport. We have performed 11 video games and Khiara has began 4 to date, it is in all probability not as huge of a swing as you’ll think about.
“Now we have two excellent goalkeepers who convey various things. We at all times take a look at the opponent and who we might want to implement our model towards these opponents.”
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