{"id":346568,"date":"2023-11-14T22:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T23:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=346568"},"modified":"2023-11-15T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T00:01:09","slug":"nothing-id-rather-do-arsenals-epic-chant-for-matilda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=346568","title":{"rendered":"'Nothing I'd rather do': Arsenal's epic chant for Matilda"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian young gun Kyra Cooney-Cross<\/a> is making waves in England's top women's leagues only two months after joining powerhouse club Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\ufeffThe 21-year-old Matildas<\/a> star was snapped up on a transfer fee reportedly worth $270,000 from Swedish club Hammarby IF in September, and already the Gunners fanbase are chanting about her.<\/p>\n

Cooney-Cross earned her first Women's Super League start on Monday (AEDT) in a 6-2 win at Leicester City.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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When the talented Aussie came off the pitch later in the game, fans got to their feet and chanted (watch the video above<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

"Nothing I'd rather do, than watch our (number) 32, Kyra Cooney-Cross, oi oi oi," they sang.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffWhen she's on the ball, she's f—ing magical, Kyra Cooney-Cross."<\/p>\n

The former Melbourne Victory<\/a> prodigy \ufeffcaught the attention of the world during the FIFA World Cup in July and August, leading to her Arsenal signing just weeks after the Matildas fell one game shy of the tournament final.<\/p>\n

\"Arsenal<\/p>\n

Former England star Izzy Christiansen\ufeff praised Cooney-Cross while watching her in the UK Super League.<\/p>\n

"She's a player I know and I've seen a lot. I know she has a massive future ahead of her," Christiansen said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

"She is the complete midfielder for me. The way that she plays and the intensity that she plays with the ball at her feet is unlike many others in the game.<\/p>\n

"I think Lia Walti brings that stability but Cooney-Cross coming into the team, having the likes of Lia Walti, Kim Little and Frida Maanum to learn from as a midfielder.<\/p>\n

"For me Kyra Cooney-Cross coming into this team is a big opportunity for her to show what she's about.\ufeff"<\/p>\n

Making her performances all the more impressive are secret illnesses and injuries that the public seemingly had no idea about.<\/p>\n

Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall made the revelations following Cooney-Cross' Super League outing.\ufeff<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CzmOQh5I2ht\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp<\/a><\/p>\n

"Kyra has been great, she has had illnesses and small injuries that have disrupted her rhythm a little bit," he said.<\/p>\n

"Nobody external knows about that but it takes a little bit more time and she has had to settle.<\/p>\n

"So even if she has made those matchday squads, the journey to those matchday squads might not have been ideal.<\/p>\n

"But it is great to see her playing well now."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian young gun Kyra Cooney-Cross is making waves in England's top women's leagues only two months after joining powerhouse club Arsenal. \ufeffThe 21-year-old Matildas star […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=346568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346573,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346568\/revisions\/346573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/346570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=346568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=346568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=346568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}