{"id":6892,"date":"2026-04-29T21:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=6892"},"modified":"2026-04-29T21:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:25:22","slug":"smilla-i-like-to-be-involved-offensively-interview-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/?p=6892","title":{"rendered":"Smilla: \u201cI like to be involved offensively\u201d | Interview | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Smilla Holmberg had a big impact on Wednesday\u2019s 7-0 win at home to Leicester City in the Barclays Women\u2019s Super League.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally a right-back, Smilla was deployed higher up on the right wing for the visit of the Foxes, and rewarded Ren\u00e9e Slegers\u2019 decision with multiple attacking contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, she provided two goals and one assist on the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very fun and it&#8217;s always fun to play at Emirates and with this team,\u201d she said after the game. \u201cIt was a special night and it was very fun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;s pretty similar to the role I&#8217;ve played before here. I like to be involved in the offensive part as well so I just try to control my qualities and enjoy the game today.\u201d<\/p>\n<article data-entity-type=\"node\" data-entity-uuid=\"6cf97c44-4208-44f8-bae0-26616eb9305f\" data-embed-button=\"article_embed\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:node.tiny\" data-langcode=\"en\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"()\" class=\"embedded-entity u-spacing-down--xxl\">\n<article data-article-id=\"127220\" about=\"\/fixture\/women\/2026-Apr-29\/women-leicester-city-women-match-report\">\n<div class=\"article-card article-card--tiny card\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 200, small: 550, medium: 640, large: 768\">\n<div class=\"card__content\">\n<p>\n         <span class=\"h6 article-card__subhead\">Read more<\/span>                             <\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-card__title\" title=\"Report: Arsenal Women 7-0 Leicester City\"><span class=\"article-card__title-words\">  Report: Arsenal Women 7-0 Leicester City <\/span><br \/>\n          <\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/article>\n<p>Two of our goals in particular were all about the timings of the run, which were spot on. Holmberg\u2019s first goal came as she darted beyond Ashleigh Neville and received a great pass from Frida Maanum, and in the second half the former delivered a delightful corner for the onrushing Leah Williamson to head home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI worked really hard and it&#8217;s just a great feeling to score my first goal at this special club,\u201d Smilla reflected. \u201cAgain, I&#8217;m just so proud. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve dreamed of scoring my first goal here at Emirates so it was so fun and I really enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was an ideal way to set us up for this weekend\u2019s UEFA Women\u2019s Champions League semi-final away to Lyon, where we go with a 2-1 lead on aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about before the game that there&#8217;s always big games here at Arsenal and we have to take one game at a time,\u201d Smilla added.\u00a0\u201cFirst of all, we did a great game last weekend and had a good game today so now we have to be ready and focused on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Limited. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smilla Holmberg had a big impact on Wednesday\u2019s 7-0 win at home to Leicester City in the Barclays Women\u2019s Super League. Traditionally a right-back, Smilla was deployed higher up on the right wing for the visit of the Foxes, and rewarded Ren\u00e9e Slegers\u2019 decision with multiple attacking contributions. 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