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Sarina Wiegman speaks
[On picking Alessia Russo] It was really hard because we have three good centre-forwards, but I decided to go with Alessia. Lauren James was also close to starting. There’s huge competition on the wings, and today we’re starting with Lauren Hemp and Chloe Kelly. It’s really good that [Millie Bright] is back. She’s happy, we’re happy, and of course she brings lots of experience.
Haiti have some things in their game that will threaten us. I hope we dominate the ball, and when we’re on the ball they can’t use that. They have speed and unpredictability in their game, and they’re reelly dangerous in transition so we want to defend that.
I have interviewed a couple of the players and everyone seems excited. The environment seems really good. A young or new player coming into this squad should be thriving because they are part of a winning team with an aura about them and working with a top manager.
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