Arsenal Women’s Champions League campaign starts tonight as Danish side HB Køge visit Meadow Park, and this feels like the perfect opportunity for Renée Slegers to start using the depth of the squad she’s built.
HB Køge arrive in excellent form. They’re top of the Danish league, have won seven of their opening eight matches and came through Champions League qualifying unbeaten, including a 2-1 aggregate victory over PSV Eindhoven. So Arsenal should expect to win, but this isn’t a game to take lightly.
In this episode, Roberto looks at who HB Køge are, where they can hurt Arsenal and what Arsenal need to do to start their European campaign with three points.
Then we get into the team selection.
Does Selina Cerci finally start through the middle? Is it time to bring Géraldine Reuteler into midfield? Could Smilla Holmberg start again after changing the game at the weekend? And what would an Arsenal attack built around getting earlier deliveries into Cerci look like?
Plus, Roberto picks his Arsenal starting XI, with plenty of rotation and a few combinations we’ve been waiting to see.