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Mariona Caldentey says she believes Arsenal 'can beat anyone' - The Halfway Line Former Barcelona player Mariona Caldentey is excited for Arsenal to face Real Madrid in the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 ‘𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞’

The Gunners prepare for what could be considered a must-win fixture against Real Madrid in the #UWCL

More from Caldentey below 👇

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Spoke to Guro Bergsvand about facing Manchester United in the #UWCL. She also spoke about Wolfsburg’s UWCL ambitions & facing her friend Elisabeth Terland.

Full quotes 👇🏻👇🏻

Sonia Bompastor 'fully confident' in Chelsea ahead of UWCL clash - The Halfway Line Sonia Bompastor says Chelsea must be efficient in Tuesday's UEFA Women's Champions League meeting with St Pölten.

𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 '𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭' 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐔𝐖𝐂𝐋 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡

Hear from the Blues boss and Keira Walsh ahead of tonight's European meeting with St Pölten.

#UWCL #CFCW

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Arsenal 'have to be ready' to face Chelsea says Renée Slegers - The Halfway Line Ahead of Arsenal’s clash with Chelsea on Saturday, Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers says she has a lot of respect for the Blues.

𝐀𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 ‘𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲’ 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐞́𝐞 𝐒𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬

The Gunners boss says she has "huge respect" for Sonia Bompastor's side ahead of the London derby.

#AWFC #BarclaysWSL

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How much of that performance was down to incoming players having to prove themselves to the manager, do you think?

Renée Slegers: There is 'so much pressure' as a coach in the WSL - The Halfway Line Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers has said her role is 'very demanding' as WSL coaches call for greater support in the game.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 ‘𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞’ 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐒𝐋

Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers says that it is important that managers have a 'support system' whilst managing in the #BarclaysWSL

#AWFC #ArsenalWomen

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Yes I 100% agree.

This switch makes so much sense for her. Why play for a federation (Jamaica) that consistently dismisses their women’s team, when you can play for the 2 time Euro’s champions?

So yes, my mind went the same way yours did

Loved reading this!

Huge, huge loss for Wales

Fans weigh in on WSL scheduling By Roos Schelen (14/10/25) Above: The WSL logo. Photo: WSL Football / BBC Media Centre. The Women’s Super League introduced new kickoff times at the start of the season. Impetus surveyed fans to fi…

WSL Football Ltd, who run the league, face a conundrum. Is scheduling a zero-sum game?

I conducted a survey among 300+ fans to find out.

Read here 👇🏻 #BarclaysWSL

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In the past 2 WSL games we’ve seen that once our tactics have been ‘found out’ and the opponent has adjusted accordingly, we seem to fall flat. Do you think we need more tactical flexibility?

UWCL Analysis: Chelsea stumble in opener against FC Twente - The Halfway Line Sonia Bompastor's Chelsea drew with FC Twente in a disappointing first UEFA Women's Champions League showing of the season.

𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐂 𝐓𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞

🔍 #UWCL analysis by @roossch91.bsky.social

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Have already received well over 250 responses, which is great. But the bigger the sample size, the better. Please complete the survey if you can spare 5 minutes, thank you!

Reposts appreciated!

ANNOYED ABOUT THE NEW WSL KICKOFF TIMES? Or love them?

I would really appreciate you sharing your opinion with me, for my newest piece.

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The UEFA Women’s Champions League is back!

Had the pleasure of speaking to Dutch international Jackie Groenen about PSG’s approach to this new campaign, after they went out in the qualifying stages last season. Also asked her about PSG’s new signings.

Read here 👇🏻

Was a pleasure to work with @lambertsmarc.bsky.social on this one.

Will HERA United win the Champions League in 10 years? They have said they want to. It will be interesting to see how they will do. Read more into their formative story, data and similarities with LCL here 👇🏻

What is it that they have, according to you. And: Does this, and if so, how does it relate to our performance on Saturday? (2/2)

It’s not the Chelscast, but let’s draw a comparison here anyway. Chelsea were drab against Villa but won 3-1. They were drab against Leicester but held on to a 1-0. There’s a reason they constantly manage to win, despite not always playing well. Season in, season out (1/2)

She was phenomenal.

What would you have done if you were manager to break down Utd’s stubborn structure?

Hey, my two favourite podcasters.

Fox has played 3 full 90s with no clear back up. Does this worry you? Seen some sloppiness (unusual for her!) as well yesterday.

Don’t get me wrong though because Katie was 100% my POTM yesterday.

Reid is good, but Leah is better. Reid misses the progressive (long) passing that Leah has, which we also missed yesterday imo

'Plenty of games to go' for West Ham says Rehanne Skinner - The Halfway Line Rehanne Skinner has said that her West Ham side "have to be brave" and ensure they don't "hesitate" if they want to improve.

‘𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐦 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫

🗣️Skinner spoke to the media ahead of the Irons Brighton test on the weekend.

✍️ @roossch91.bsky.social

#BarclaysWSL
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Tottenham have 'confidence and belief' after opening weekend win - The Halfway Line Tottenham Hotspur head coach Martin Ho says last weekend's win over West Ham has instilled confidence in the team.

𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 '𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟' 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧

Martin Ho is pleased with his side's start to the #BarclaysWSL and prepared to face Everton away.

More below #THFCW

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Am watching the match now & her aerial presence is definitely lacking to me - plenty of times where I feel she should have gone for the ball but doesn’t. But you’re right, only one game.

Thanks. Keen to see her play soon - hopefully Wednesday, when we can actually watch the game. Bloody blackout!

Nice read! How did Borbe play? Did she do well? I agree that she would probably not have joined to be 3rd choice, she was finally 1st choice at Wolfsburg when she left them.

* it’s Anneke by the way (not Anekka)

Had a lovely chat with Simi Awujo about:

• adjusting to professional football
• having Jayde Riviere as a friend to lean on
• improving her game
• Man United’s ambitions for next season

Read all about it here 👇🏻🇨🇦