Looking ahead to Sunday’s Subway Women’s League Cup quarter-final away to Crystal Palace, Renée Slegers is expecting a tough test from an in-form side.
The Eagles are unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions, beating Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Birmingham City, Lewes and Bristol City.
“So we have been looking at the footage, but if you look at how the season has gone, they’re of course on a very good run, I think five wins, a good win last Wednesday as well, so they’re building,” our head coach said. “If you look at their team, there is a lot of experience in the squad, WSL experience. So definitely it looks like on a good run.
“It’s really impressive what Crystal Palace have done so far.”
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Asked what to expect from a Palace side who have reached the quarter-final stage of the League Cup for their second time after the 2020/21 campaign, Renée added: “What we’ve seen of them so far is, if I summarise it, they liked to spend time in the attacking half and they press really high.
“Very aggressive, high pressure, but then from their own half, they can be quite direct getting into the attacking half, so that’s what we’re expecting.
“Again, preparing for different scenarios, because they might choose to do something differently on Sunday. But that’s what we’ve seen of them so far and they’ve been effective of course, especially the last five games.”
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