"The strength of football in society is that football is for everyone. It's really good that we have role models in all possible ways to show that football is for everyone. That just makes me happy. It's important. There are so many examples and different ways of how we can show that football is for everyone. This is one of them, so that's great."
"Norms have to be broken to get where we want women's football to go. That's what they're doing. They're trailblazers and they're doing things that are bigger than what they maybe know they're doing."
"We are very proud to be in this tournament, we are very proud to be the champions of Europe and we look forward to playing against the champions of South America. We are very respectful of the opposition, we are very humble also because of the unknown."
Renee Slegers praised Nouhaila Benzina's impact as a hijab-wearing footballer and emphasized that football is for everyone and benefits from diverse role models. Slegers described Benzina and others as trailblazers whose actions break norms and help advance women's football globally. Arsenal defeated Moroccan champions AS Far 6-0 at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium, marking the first official competitive match between a European and African club team. Arsenal will face Corinthians in the Champions Cup final, and Slegers expressed pride in European champions competing while stressing respect, humility and the unknown posed by unfamiliar opponents.
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