Inside Story of Man Utd Women day before Champions League tie away to Brann | 10 Sept 2025

It was blustery and a tad chilly as our media crew first arrived on the pitches – that means I went and grabbed the massive coat that had completely been sitting in my automobile boot for the final three or 4 months – however the solar did make a well timed look for the gamers’ emergence shortly after.

Phallon Tullis-Joyce was the primary out and swiftly adopted by the remainder of the squad, together with our duo of former Brann gamers, Lisa Naalsund and Elisabeth Terland, who loved the stroll out to follow whereas doing a fast ‘walk-and-talk’ interview to preview their return to acquainted territory. Whereas ready for Lisa to come back out, Elisabeth was interested by our media crew’s document of earlier visits to her dwelling nation and supplied a number of suggestions that I’m certain we’ll take her up on ought to we get time earlier than the sport on Thursday.

The pair then made their manner throughout to hitch up with the group, who have been huddled collectively earlier than the beginning by Skinner for a particular presentation. Summer time signings Julia Zigioitti Olme and Jess Park have been each reunited with the shirts that they made their WSL debuts for the membership in on the weekend, now adorning their team-mates’ signatures.

It was a pleasant contact, with the gamers additionally notably carrying their coaching tops inside out as a respectful mark of consciousness for it being World Suicide Prevention Day.

The session started with some fast working drills and adjustments of path by way of poles to get warmed up, whereas the gamers narrowly prevented the sprinklers watering the close by pitches. Our cameraman Noel sadly wasn’t so fortunate, getting a quick drenching as he admirably held in there to seize some close-up footage.

A sequence of small-sided ‘rondos’ adopted, whereas away from the outfield group, new goalkeeping coach Joe Potts started working with the keepers on one other space of the coaching pitches.

The coaches’ drone flying up excessive to seize the extra tactical particulars of the session was our cue within the media crew to show cameras off and head inside, however even in only a quarter of an hour there’s a lot experience, talent and high quality on present that could be a actual privilege to witness first hand.