{"id":876053,"date":"2025-10-07T22:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/skinner-urges-man-utd-to-show-maturity-in-womens-champions-league-debut\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T22:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T03:21:27","slug":"skinner-urges-man-utd-to-show-maturity-in-womens-champions-league-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/skinner-urges-man-utd-to-show-maturity-in-womens-champions-league-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Skinner urges Man Utd to show \u201cmaturity\u201d in Women\u00b4s Champions League debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner has urged his players to show \u201cmaturity\u201d as they embark on their first-ever Women\u2019s Champions League campaign.<\/p>\n<p>United, who reached the main stage after overcoming Brann in qualifying, kick off their European journey at home to Valerenga on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Coming off the back of a 1-1 draw against defending Women\u2019s Super League champions Chelsea, United will be eager to continue their positive start. <\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils head into the clash unbeaten so far this season, and Skinner believes his side are ready for the challenge.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UWCL?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UWCL<\/a> is fast approaching<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester United Women (@ManUtdWomen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtdWomen\/status\/1975485148054626481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken about this as a team \u2014 we want to compete at the highest level,\u201d Skinner told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe in ourselves; you\u2019ve seen that in our performances this year so far.<\/p>\n<p>Skinner, who guided United to Champions League qualification for the first time in the club\u2019s history, hopes his side can carry their domestic form onto the European stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time, but I don\u2019t want that excitement to become naivety. We\u2019ve talked about maturity \u2014 that\u2019s the key. If we can show maturity and play the way we have been, I don\u2019t think many teams will want to face us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/skinner-urges-man-utd-to-show-maturity-in-women-s-champions-league-debut\/390934\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner has urged his players to show \u201cmaturity\u201d as they embark on their first-ever Women\u2019s Champions League campaign. United, who reached the main stage after overcoming Brann in qualifying, kick off their European journey at home to Valerenga on Wednesday. Coming off the back of a 1-1 draw against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":876054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79666,2005,29332],"tags":[117149,12912],"class_list":{"0":"post-876053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-skinner","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-urges","10":"tag-skinner","11":"tag-urges"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}