Hanna Bennison ready for ‘tough’ Arsenal test and a ‘must-win’ Women Champions League game for Juventus

HANNA BENNISON has grown accustomed to performing nether unit during her travel to the apical of women’s football.

Tonight the Juventus ace and her nine pals look the pugnacious task of attempting to support their Champions Leagues hopes live by avoiding a nonaccomplishment to Arsenal.   

It was 4 years agone successful January that the erstwhile Everton ace, past 17, was included connected a Uefa database of 10 young up and coming players to look retired for. 

Being named by arsenic 1 of Europe’s promising young players is simply a fond representation for Bennison

It besides made her bespeak connected the unit that comes with performing astatine elite level. 

The playmaker said: "It was truly amusive to get their nomination, but past besides I deliberation it brought a batch of unit connected me. 

"I felt similar I had to amusement that I’m 1 of those (top players). 

"But of people I was truly blessed to beryllium recognised successful that way. 

"I’ve ever been putting unit connected myself ever since I was young due to the fact that I privation to beryllium the champion I tin be.

"I've ever played with pressure. 

"At times it got a spot hard but past I took the assistance I needed, for example, by talking to my household and friends, and that has helped a lot. 

"You’re ever going to consciousness unit someway erstwhile you play football.

"You request to perform, you privation to execute and you privation to beryllium the champion you can. 

"I judge that determination is going to beryllium pressure. For maine it’s astir learning however to woody with it."

Since making her elder nine shot debut astatine 15 astatine the commencement of a three-year stint with Rosengard, Bennison’s travel has included her lifting a top-flight rubric with them successful Sweden.  

An August 2021 transportation to Everton, with the guardant signing for a nine record-breaking six-figure sum, followed her clip with the Swedish side.

And aft 3 years and 63 Women’s Super League appearances for the Toffees, Bennison sealed a three-year determination to Juventus successful July. 

Her power to the top-flight Italian broadside came 11 months aft helping Sweden conflict their to a bronze medal triumph successful past year’s Women’s World Cup successful Australia. 

And having been portion of Everton teams that finished tenth, sixth and eighth successful England’s apical tier, Bennison felt she was "ready for thing new" with Juve.

This includes competing for a Serie A Women’s rubric and successful the Champions League with the Turin club. 

Before her determination the midfielder chatted to her Sweden planetary team-mate Linda Sembrant who spent 3 years astatine Juve anterior to joining Bayern Munich this summer.  

Bennison adds: "I conscionable got a truly bully feeling speaking to the caput manager and different unit astir the club.

"I spoke to Linda who was present before. For me, I needed thing caller and Juventus are absorbing due to the fact that of their benignant of play.

"Winning games, playing successful the Champions League and competing astatine the highest level is important to me.

"I felt this is simply a bully situation for maine to travel to and to hopefully play a batch arsenic well. 

 "I privation to make and turn with the squad and of people we privation to triumph things.”

On the home beforehand Juventus are presently faring good with the squad apical of the table. 

Ahead of their Sunday distant clash with Como, Bennison’s broadside are unbeaten successful 10 games and 4 points disconnected second-placed Fiorentina. 

Tonight astatine 8:00pm nevertheless they look a conflict to support hopes of reaching the Champions League quarter-finals alive.

The squad are presently 3rd successful Group C and 3 points down Arsenal who are 2nd aft 2 losses from their opening 3 radical signifier fixtures. 

They indispensable debar a nonaccomplishment to Gunners astatine the Emirates should Bayern Munich bushed Valerenga successful the different Group C clash taking spot this evening. 

Bennison, whose broadside mislaid 4-0 to Arsenal past week, said: "It’s a crippled we request to win. 

"We volition bash our precise champion to present a bully show and effort to triumph it, but we cognize it volition beryllium hard. 

"We fto successful a batch of goals towards the extremity of the past crippled which we’re not blessed about. We privation to bash things otherwise successful this game.

"It would mean a batch (to win) and that’s our goal. But it’s going to beryllium pugnacious for sure."