Arsenal’s historic dominance of the home sport might have been overhauled by Chelsea, however final season they succeeded the place their London rivals have fallen quick to turn out to be the primary English facet to style European success.
That earned them their spot on this event alongside the champions of North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia.
Earlier than it began, boss Renee Slegers believed the event may solely be optimistic for the ladies’s sport.
“It is superb that there are completely different competitions,” she mentioned. “Should you take a look at how rapidly ladies’s soccer has grown and the legacy that is already there, it is incredible.
“I am actually excited concerning the Champions Cup and I feel that provides an additional layer.”
With a report prize pot for a ladies’s soccer event of £1.7m on the road, Arsenal additionally acquired a bye into the semi-finals the place they performed AS FAR Rabat of Morocco – and duly thrashed them 6-0.
Whereas Slegers made six adjustments for that sport, Sunday’s choice bore just one distinction from the XI that beat Chelsea within the Girls’s Tremendous League final weekend – the return of £1m ahead Olivia Smith from suspension.
Silverware was on the road and Arsenal had been hungry.
That was borne out of their show and Slegers wanted each inch of her stacked subs bench to see off opponents that gave pretty much as good as they received.
Within the torrential rain, no-one may doubt the gamers’ urge for food for this competitors, which was mirrored by their response on social media.
“World champions – what an unbelievable feeling,” wrote goalscorer Smith on Instagram. “A second I will always remember.”
“Historical past made,” added fellow ahead Beth Mead, exterior, whereas England’s Chloe Kelly, exterior merely put “world champions – particular membership.”
