by Morganna King (23/10/24)
Preparations are in full swing ahead of Cymru Women’s Euro 2025 play-off semi-final matches against Slovakia. There are already 7,000 tickets sold ahead of their home leg at the Cardiff City Stadium, but first, an away trip to the NTC Stadium in Poprad on Friday. Cymru players Carrie Jones and Lois Joel were present to speak to the media yesterday at the Vale Resort in Hensol.
On the possibility of making history:
Carrie Jones- Obviously, we’re all excited, there’s a lot of noise around the games but we as a team are all focusing on the first game against Slovakia.
Lois Joel- We obviously have our goals but we’re just going to focus on one game at a time. Slovakia is completely our focus and that’s what this camp is about. We’ll be looking to get the results this round before we look at heading back.
On Slovakia:
Carrie Jones- We know they’re a tough team to come against and you know, we’ve done a lot of analysis and like I said we’re just going to keep our feet on the ground. We’ve got to stay present, take each day as it comes, train hard and then at the day it comes to play the game we know what our role is. We know that they’re a really tough team and we know what we’ve got to do to execute the game plan.
On the absence of their teammate:
Carrie Jones- Soph (Sophie Ingle) is a huge loss, not just on the pitch but as a character as well so we all wish her the best with her recovery.
Lois Joel- The girls are gutted for Soph, we want to do as well as we can for her now as well. The good thing about our team is we have depth and other players that can come in and do a job. So yeah, it will be exciting for those players, whoever gets the opportunities to show what they’re about.
On the new captain:
Carrie Jones- Haz (Angharad James) has been there for me since my first camp. She’s a great person and you know I’m really glad that she has the armband, and I know that she’s a perfect fit and I know she’ll do great for the team.
Lois Joel- It’s great news we love Haz, we respect her as a leader. She’s been around the setup for a long time, she knows what it takes, and anyone can go up to her and talk to her so we’re all very happy for her and I’m sure she’s delighted as well.
On personal and team goals:
Lois Joel- Me personally I’m just trying to build on my role, grow it as much as possible. If I do get minutes or when I get minutes, making advantage of that and helping the team. And as a team like we said, our focus is just on the next two games and getting the results we need for this camp.
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