DOMINIQUE JANESSEN is relishing Wolfsburg being seen because the underdogs of their Champions League last conflict with Barcelona.
The Netherlands defender and her team-mates will battle their rivals on Saturday with their facet aiming to win the competition for a 3rd time.
Dominique Janssen and her facet will face a troublesome take a look at from Barcelona within the Ladies’s Champions League lastCredit score: EPA
Lucy Bronze and her Barca team-mates gained 29 of their 30 video games in Spain’s top-flight this seasonCredit score: Reuters
Saturday’s last might see Barcelona’s Keira Walsh elevate the Champions League trophy for the primary time in her professionCredit score: Getty
Of their earlier encounters Wolfsburg have been the dominant facet profitable 4 of their previous 5 matches.
Nevertheless their most up-to-date assembly noticed the Catalan facet knock the German membership out of final 12 months’s semis which included a 5-1 first-leg demolition at Camp Nou.
Janessen stated: “It’s one thing completely different and it’s good that we’re not all the time within the favorite position.
“We’re snug proper now. We simply wish to do one of the best we will and we’re going to attempt to give Barcelona the toughest time attainable.
“Barcelona are a fairly good crew – tactical, technical – so it gained’t be a straightforward recreation.
“We now have a extremely good plan however we should be 100% centered.”
The three:00 pm duel at PSV Eindhoven’s stomping floor within the Netherlands is ready to be watched by a sell-out 35,000-strong crowd.
The usage of Philips Stadion as the ultimate’s venue brings again heat recollections for Janssen who remembers watching her first skilled recreation on the stadium.
Janssen, who made 100 Gunners appearances earlier than her 2019 Wolfsburg change, added: “This recreation is fairly particular as I keep in mind my first professional recreation I attended was at this stadium.
“It’s also very shut for my household to come back to, so it is likely one of the most necessary video games in my profession.
“The journey has been fairly superb and tomorrow I hope we will have a good time.”
Wolfsburg’s conflict with Barcelona will see Tommy Stroot’s facet try to elevate the trophy a decade on from profitable it for the primary time.
Janssen helped Arsenal to win their third WSL title in 2019 earlier than becoming a member of WolfsburgCredit score: Getty – Contributor
In 2013 they beat Lyon 1-0 within the decider at Stamford Bridge.
Again then their contest-winning facet featured Germany star Alexandra Popp,
The Wolfsburg captain is extensively considered top-of-the-line strikers on the earth having netted 61 objectives in 127 senior appearances for Germany
The Frauen Bundesliga ace, 32, has scored 16 objectives in 21 top-flight video games this season along with her crew pipped to an eighth top-flight crown by Bayern Munich.
Popp stated: “We all the time have gone fairly far, and that exhibits the work on this membership.
Alexandra Popp is hoping Wolfsburg can win the Champions League ten 12 months’s on from their first triumph within the contest lastCredit score: Getty
“The best way they construct the squad yearly is nice and it exhibits how the coach and the crew work collectively, how the soccer has developed.
“”n 2013 we simply performed ahead balls; now we play soccer, which is sweet to see.
“We’re very properly ready for the sport and it gained’t be like the primary leg final 12 months (within the semi-finals).”