Alessia Russo (24) is one of the rising stars of women football. The Arsenal forward with 10 goals in 26 competitive games is also rising on the international schene, playing her part in the recent England international 1-1 draw vs. Sweden.
Alessia Russo scored the England goal, taking the lead 1-0 in the 24th minute. Sweden equalized later on, goalscorer Barcelona forward, Fridolina Rolfo.
Alessia Russo joined Arsenal from Man Utd in front of this season, making more progress as her life in football looks to just move on to new and better stages.
Arsenal are a bit behind Man City and Chelsea in the race for the WSL title, but still being 3rd is hopefully giving a boost to challenge even more next season.
Russo scored England’s winning goal in a 2–1 quarter-final win against Colombia. In the World Cup semi-final, Russo scored England’s third goal in a 3–1 win against Australia as England reached the World Cup final for the first time.
She has to date played 37 times at full international level, with a total of 18 goals scored. A good tally as she will become more and more important for Sarina Wiegman as she prepare for new major tournaments. Russo has starred at the World Cup stage, ending runners-up in 2023, as well as being Euro champion a year before.
She also marked her presence with a special goal vs. Sweden in the 2022 Euro’s, possiplby another key reason why Arsenal made their move. Russo is one exciting prospect and why it is enjoyable to watch this sport as it will become better and better, taking huge steps inside a more professional environment.
The progress and rapid positive changes happing in the women game, makes the future bright and the football being played becoming even more enjoyable and exciting to watch. For more updates on the women football, check out Alissa Russo in our Top 100 football X accounts to follow in 2023/24, 10 categories of soccer tweets.
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